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Michael Hugh Medwin, OBE (18 July 1923 – 26 February 2020) was an English actor and film producer.


Life and career

Medwin was born in London. He was educated at
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, Dorset, and the Institute Fischer,
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, Switzerland. He first appeared on stage in 1940. Medwin's
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'', ''Duckers and Lovers'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' What the Butler Saw''.Biographical note for Michael Medwin, from programme for ''
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, December 1984. At the National Theatre he played a season which included ''
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'' (Ralph Makepeace), ''
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'' (Corvino) and ''The Madras House''. He appeared in ''Black Ball Game'' at the
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. He also played Lloyd Dallas in one of the casts of the long-running production of ''
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'' in the early 1980s. He is probably best known for his role as radio boss Don Satchley in the
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'', as well as for playing Scrooge's nephew Fred in the film version of '' Scrooge'', a musical based on
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'', and for his role in ''
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'', a British television comedy series of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With
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, Leslie Fyson and
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, he took the
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from ''The Army Game'' into the
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comedy series ''
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''. In 1961, Medwin played the lead named Michael in BBC Radio Light Programme comedy series about an advertising company called ''Something to Shout About''. In the same year he was the lead role in all 26 episodes of the comedy series
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. He made many film appearances, taking a leading role as Ginger Edwards in the 1953
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film '' The Intruder'', for which one critic wrote that Medwin "gives a brilliant study of a good fellow gone wrong." Others included ''
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'' (1959) and '' The Longest Day'' (1962), before turning to producing films. Among the films he produced for Memorial Enterprises, a company he established with actor
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, are ''
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'' (1967), directed by Finney, and
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's '' If....'' (1968), which won the
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at the
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. He worked again with Anderson on ''
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'' (1973), continuing the story of the
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character from their earlier film. Medwin has been quoted many times as saying "I knew at a young age I was going to be an actor: acting has always been in my bones". He also said that
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and Edward G. Robinson were the two biggest influences in his life of acting, and considered being appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queens Birthday Honour's List for Services to Drama the single greatest thing that ever happened to him. As a play producer, his work included ''
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'', ''Forget Me Not Lane'' and '' Another Country''. Medwin formed with David Pugh in 1988, David Pugh Limited, a West End and Broadway theatrical production company, of which he remained chairman until his death on 26 February 2020.


Selected filmography

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Piccadilly Incident ''Piccadilly Incident'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Coral Browne, Edward Rigby and Leslie Dwyer. Wilcox teamed his wife Anna Neagle with Michael Wilding for the first time, e ...
'' (1946) as Radio operator (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1947) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
The Courtneys of Curzon Street ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (also titled ''The Courtney Affair'' or Kathy's Love Affair, in the U.S.) is a 1947 British drama film starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. It is a study of class division and snobbery in Britain in the la ...
'' (1947) – Edward Courtney Jr * ''
Black Memory ''Black Memory'' is a 1947 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Michael Atkinson, Myra O'Connell and Michael Medwin. It featured the first screen appearance of Sid James, known for the ''Carry On'' films. Also making her ...
'' (1947) as Johnnie Fletcher * ''
An Ideal Husband ''An Ideal Husband'' is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for ...
'' (1947) as Duke of Nonesuch * '' Night Beat'' (1947) as Rocky * ''
Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writte ...
'' (1948) as Kitty's Doctor * '' Call of the Blood'' (1948) as Medical student (uncredited) * '' Just William's Luck'' (1948) as Spiv * '' My Sister and I'' (1948) as Charlie * '' Woman Hater'' (1948) as Harris * ''
Look Before You Love ''Look Before You Love'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones and Maurice Denham. Plot summary A woman working in the British Embassy in Brazil falls in love and marries a man, bu ...
'' (1948) as Emile Garat * ''
Another Shore ''Another Shore'' is a 1948 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Crichton. It stars Robert Beatty as Gulliver Shields, an Irish customs official who dreams of living on a South Sea island; particularly Rarotonga. It is based on the 1 ...
'' (1948) as Yellow * ''
William Comes to Town ''William Comes to Town'' is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring William Graham and Garry Marsh. It was based on the Just William series of novels by Richmal Crompton. It served as a loose sequel to 1947 film '' Just ...
'' (1948) as Reporter * ''Operation Diamond'' (1948) as Sullivan * '' Forbidden'' (1949) as Cabby * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1949) as Hovaisky * ''
For Them That Trespass ''For Them That Trespass'' is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray (actor), Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 For Them That Trespass (novel), novel ...
'' (1949) as Len, Herbie's bar pal * '' Helter Skelter'' (1949) as Man Giving BBC Boxing Talk (uncredited) * ''
Trottie True ''Trottie True'' is a 1949 British musical comedy film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Jean Kent, James Donald and Hugh Sinclair. It was known as ''The Gay Lady'' in the US, and is an infrequent British Technicolor film of the per ...
'' (1949) as Monty. Marquis of Maidenhead * ''
Boys in Brown ''Boys in Brown'' is a 1949 black and white British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully, which depicts life in a borstal for young offenders. It stars Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley. It is based on a 1940 p ...
'' (1949) as Alf 'Sparrow' Thompson * '' Children of Chance'' (1949) * '' Someone at the Door'' (1950) as Ronnie Martin * '' Trio'' (1950) as Steward (in segment Mr. Know-All) * ''
The Lady Craved Excitement ''The Lady Craved Excitement'' is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and written by John Gilling. It featured Hy Hazell, Michael Medwin and Sid James. An early Hammer film, it is significant as one of five films shot at Oakle ...
'' (1950) as Johnny * ''
Shadow of the Past ''Shadow of the Past'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Joyce Howard, Terence Morgan, and Michael Medwin. The screenplay involves a man who catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead. Cast * Joyce ...
'' (1950) as Dick Stevens * ''
The Long Dark Hall ''The Long Dark Hall'' is a 1951 British mystery, suspense, courtroom-drama, crime film directed by Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell and starring Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer and Raymond Huntley. It was based on the 1947 novel ''A Case to Answe ...
'' (1951) as Leslie Scott * ''
Four in a Jeep ''Four in a Jeep'' (german: Die Vier im Jeep) is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and Elizabeth Montagu. Cast * Ralph Meeker as Sergeant William Long * Viveca Lindfors as Franziska Idinger * Yossi Yadin as Sergeant Vassili ...
'' (1951) as Sergeant Harry Stuart * ''
Curtain Up ''Curtain Up'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford and Kay Kendall. Written by Jack Davies and Michael Pertwee it is based on the play ''On Monday Next'' by Philip King. It w ...
'' (1952) as Jerry Winterton * ''
Love's a Luxury ''Love's a Luxury'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hugh Wakefield, Derek Bond and Michael Medwin.Chibnall & McFarlane p.68 It was made by the Manchester-based Mancunian Films. Plot A theatre producer and an ...
'' (1952) as Dick Pentwick * ''
Miss Robin Hood ''Miss Robin Hood'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Guillermin, and starring Margaret Rutherford and Richard Hearne. Other actors involved include Dora Bryan, James Robertson Justice, Peter Jones (actor), Peter Jones, Sid James, R ...
'' (1952) as Ernest * ''
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'' (1952) as Smedley * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1952) as George Ackrody * '' Street Corner'' (1953) as Chick Farrar * ''
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'' (1953) as Father to be (uncredited) * '' The Oracle'' (1953) as Timothy Balke * ''
Malta Story ''Malta Story'' is a 1953 British war film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, which is set during the air defence of Malta during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War. The film uses real and unique footage of the locations at which the ba ...
'' (1953) as Ramsey, CO 'Phantom' Squadron (uncredited) * ''
Spaceways ''Spaceways'' is a 1953 science fiction drama film from Hammer Film Productions Ltd. and Lippert Productions Inc., produced by Michael Carreras, directed by Terence Fisher, that stars Howard Duff and Eva Bartok, and co-stars Alan Wheatley. '' ...
'' (1953) as Dr. Toby Andrews * '' The Intruder'' (1953) as Ginger Edwards * ''
Bang! You're Dead ''Bang! You're Dead'' is a 1954 British psychological drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Jack Warner, Anthony Richmond, Veronica Hurst, Derek Farr and Sean Barrett. The film takes as its subject the accidental killing of a m ...
'' (1954) as Bob Carter * ''
The Green Scarf ''The Green Scarf'' is a 1954 United Kingdom, British mystery film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Medwin. The film's plot concerns a man who is ac ...
'' (1954) as Teral * '' The Teckman Mystery'' (1954) as Martin Teckman * ''
The Harassed Hero ''The Harassed Hero'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones. It was based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Dudley. The film was produced as a second fea ...
'' (1954) (uncredited) * ''
Above Us the Waves ''Above Us the Waves'' is a 1955 British war film about human torpedo and midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship ''Tirpitz''. Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British command ...
'' (1955) as Smart * '' Doctor at Sea'' (1955) as Sub-lieutenant Trail * ''
Charley Moon ''Charley Moon'' is a 1956 British musical film directed by Guy Hamilton. It stars Max Bygraves, Dennis Price and Shirley Eaton. The screenplay and lyrics are by Leslie Bricusse. The story is based on Reginald Arkell's backstage novel of the sam ...
'' (1956) as Alf Higgins * ''
A Hill in Korea ''A Hill in Korea'' is a 1956 British war film based on Max Catto's 1953 novel of the same name. The original name was ''Hell in Korea'', but it was changed for distribution reasons—except in the US. It was directed by Julian Amyes and prod ...
'' (1956) as Pvt. Docker * '' Checkpoint'' (1956) as Ginger * '' Doctor at Large'' (1957) as Dr. Charles Bingham * ''
The Steel Bayonet ''The Steel Bayonet'' is a 1957 British war film directed by Michael Carreras and starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore and Michael Medwin. Michael Caine also had a small role in the film, early in his career. It is set during the Second World War, in ...
'' (1957) as Lt. Vernon * ''
The Duke Wore Jeans ''The Duke Wore Jeans'' is a 1958 British comedy musical film by producer Nat Cohen starring Tommy Steele and June Laverick. The songs for the film were released in 1958 by Decca on a 10" LP, a 7" EP and two 7" singles and, in more recent times, ...
'' (1958) as Cooper * ''
The Wind Cannot Read ''The Wind Cannot Read'' is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis and John Fraser. It was based on the 1946 novel by Richard Mason, who also wrote the screenplay. Songwriter P ...
'' (1958) Officer Lamb * ''
I Only Arsked! ''I Only Arsked!'' is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin and Alfie Bass. It was based on the television series '' The Army Game'' and was made by Hammer Films. Plot Slapstick e ...
'' (1958) as Cpl. Springer * ''
The Heart of a Man ''The Heart of a Man'' is a 1959 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Anne Heywood and Tony Britton. Its plot concerns a millionaire in disguise who gives a young man money to help him pursue his singing c ...
'' (1959) as Sid * ''
Carry On Nurse ''Carry On Nurse'' is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ''Carry On'' film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawt ...
'' (1959) as Ginger * ''
Crooks Anonymous ''Crooks Anonymous'' is a British comedy film from 1962. Directed by Ken Annakin, it stars Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter and is notably the feature film debut of Julie Christie. Plot Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a habitua ...
'' (1962) as Ronnie Bassett * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) as Pvt. Watney * '' It's All Happening'' (1963) as Max Catlin * '' Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance'' (1963) as Capt. Walsh * ''Il mistero del tempio indiano'' (1964) as Capt. Walsh * ''
Night Must Fall ''Night Must Fall'' is a play, a psychological thriller, by Emlyn Williams, first performed in 1935. There have been three film adaptations, ''Night Must Fall'' (1937); a 1954 adaptation on the television anthology series ''Ponds Theater'' star ...
'' (1964) as Derek * ''
Rattle of a Simple Man ''Rattle of a Simple Man'' is a 1964 British comedy-drama film directed by Muriel Box and starring Diane Cilento, Harry H. Corbett and Michael Medwin, based on the 1963 play by Charles Dyer. The screenplay is about a naive man who becomes invo ...
'' (1964) as Ginger * ''
I've Gotta Horse ''I've Gotta Horse'' is Billy Fury's second hit feature film, a semi-autobiographical musical comedy that also features Amanda Barrie, Michael Medwin and Jon Pertwee and pop bands The Gamblers and The Bachelors. It also features Fury's own ra ...
'' (1965) as Hymie Campbell * ''
24 Hours to Kill ''24 Hours to Kill'' (aka ''Twenty-Four Hours to Kill'' and ''In Beirut sind die Nächte lang'') is a 1965 British/German international co-production drama film shot in Techniscope and Technicolor that was filmed in the Lebanon, then a tax haven. ...
'' (1965) as The Crew: Tommy Gaskell * '' The Sandwich Man'' (1966) as Sewer Man * ''
A Countess from Hong Kong ''A Countess from Hong Kong'' is a 1967 British romantic comedy film scored, written, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and the final film directed, written, produced and scored by him. Based on the life of a former Russian aristocrat as he calls ...
'' (1967) as John Felix * '' Privilege'' (1967) as Jackman (uncredited) * ''
Spring and Port Wine ''Spring and Port Wine'' is a stage play by Bill Naughton and a 1970 British kitchen sink drama film based on it. The drama is set in Bolton and concerns the Crompton family, especially Rafe, the father, and his attempts to assert his authority ...
'' (1970) as Driver at Traffic Lights (uncredited) * '' Scrooge'' (1970) as Nephew Fred * ''
O Lucky Man! ''O Lucky Man!'' is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Anderso ...
'' (1973) as Army Captain / Power station Technician / Duke of Belminster * '' Law and Disorder'' (1974) as Man in Cab * ''Pogled in potkrovlija'' (1976) as Ian Faulkner * ''
The Sea Wolves ''The Sea Wolves'' is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book ''Boarding Party'' by James Leasor, is a fictionalised account of Operation Creek during the Second World War. ...
'' (1980) as Radcliffe * ''
Britannia Hospital ''Britannia Hospital'' is a 1982 British black comedy film, directed by Lindsay Anderson, which targets the National Health Service and contemporary British society. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and Fantasporto. ''Britannia ...
'' (1982) as Theatre Surgeon * ''
The Jigsaw Man "The Jigsaw Man" is a science fiction short story by American writer Larry Niven, set in the ''Known Space'' universe. The story was first published in Harlan Ellison's anthology '' Dangerous Visions'', and is included in Niven's collections ''A ...
'' (1983) as Milroy * ''
Never Say Never Again ''Never Say Never Again'' is a 1983 spy film directed by Irvin Kershner. The film is based on the 1961 James Bond novel '' Thunderball'' by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Flemi ...
'' (1983) as Doctor at Shrublands * ''Sleepwalker'' (1984) as Waiter * ''
Hôtel du Paradis ''Hôtel du Paradis'' is a 1986 French drama film directed by Jana Boková. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Fernando Rey – Joseph * Fabrice Luchini – Arthur * – Frédérique * Georges Géret ...
'' (1986) as English Producer * ''
Just Ask for Diamond ''Just Ask for Diamond'', alternatively titled ''Diamond's Edge'', is a 1988 British comedy crime film directed by Stephen Bayly and starring Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey and Dursley McLinden. It is based on ''The Falcon's Malteser'' (1986), the fi ...
'' (1988) as The Professor * '' The Fool'' (1990) as Mr. Wells * '' Staggered'' (1994) as Sarah's Father * ''
Alice Through the Looking Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...
'' (1998) as Red King * ''Fanny and Elvis'' (1999) as Registrar * '' The Duchess'' (2008) as Speechmaker * ''Framed'' (2008) as Dr. Louie Farraday (final film role)


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