Martin Wyldeck (11 January 1914 – 29 April 1988) was an English actor who played a wide range of parts over many years on stage, screen and TV.
He also appeared in the first episode of the TV series ''
Fawlty Towers
''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television ...
'', as Sir Richard Morris.
Selected filmography
* ''Operation Diamond'' (1948) - Hugo
* ''
My Wife's Lodger
''My Wife's Lodger'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane and Leslie Dwyer. The screenplay concerns a who soldier returns home after the Second World War only to find a spiv lodger has es ...
'' (1952) - Policeman
* ''
Time Bomb
A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use (or attempted use) of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare. They ar ...
'' (1953) - Sergeant Collins
* ''
Deadly Nightshade
''Atropa belladonna'', commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant (aubergine). It is native to Europe, North ...
'' (1953) - M.I.5 Man (uncredited)
* '' Street Corner'' (1953) - Desk Sgt. Forbes (uncredited)
* '' Will Any Gentleman...?'' (1953) - Commissionaire
* ''
Knights of the Round Table
The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...
'' (1953) - John (uncredited)
* '' The Embezzler'' (1954) - 2nd Police Sergeant (uncredited)
* ''
Timeslip
''Timeslip'' is a British children's science fiction television series made by ATV for the ITV network and broadcast between 1970 and 1971. It was first broadcast on Friday evenings at around 5:10-5:15pm in the ATV region with the other ITV re ...
'' (1955) - Dr. Preston
* '' Now and Forever'' (1956) - Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
* '' My Wife's Family'' (1956) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Counterfeit Plan
''The Counterfeit Plan'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Zachary Scott and Peggie Castle.The Devil's Pass'' (1957) - Young Master
* '' The Hypnotist'' (1957) - Doctor Bradford
* ''
Carry on Sergeant
''Carry On Sergeant'' is a 1958 British comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of ''Carry On'' films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The film wa ...
'' (1958) - Mr. Sage (uncredited)
* ''
Chain of Events
A chain of events is a number of actions and their effects that are contiguous and linked together that results in a particular outcome. In the physical sciences, chain reactions are a primary example.
Determinism
''Determinism'' is the philo ...
'' (1958) - Becket
* '' Just Joe'' (1960) - Bill
* ''
Doctor in Love
''Doctor in Love'' is a 1960 British comedy film, the fourth of the seven films in the ''Doctor'' series, starring James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt and Michael Craig as Dr Richard Hare. This was the first film in the series not to ...
'' (1960) - Police Officer (uncredited)
* ''
A Story of David
''A Story of David'' is a 1961 British-Israeli drama film directed by Bob McNaught and starring Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney and Peter Arne. It depicts the life of the Biblical King David and his conflicted relationship with King Saul.
It was ...
'' (1961) - Hezro
* ''
The Frightened City
''The Frightened City'' is a 1961 British neo-noir gangster film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Herbert Lom, John Gregson and a pre-Bond Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He is l ...
'' (1961) - Security Officer
* ''
Fate Takes a Hand
''Fate Takes a Hand'' is a 1961 British anthology drama film.
Plot
The recovery of a mail bag stolen in a robbery 15 years before has varying consequences on the lives of five of the recipients of the letters, when the post office decide that t ...
'' (1961) - Doctor
* ''
The Pot Carriers
''The Pot Carriers'' is a 1962 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and produced by Gordon Scott for ABPC. It stars Ronald Fraser, Paul Massie, Carole Lesley and Dennis Price. The film is largely set in Wandsworth pris ...
'' (1962) - Prison Officer Mullins
* ''
The Girl on the Boat
''The Girl on the Boat'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared in 1921 as a serial in the ''Woman's Home Companion'' in the United States under the title ''Three Men and a Maid''.
It was first published as a book in the United States ...
'' (1961) - J.P. Mortimer
* ''
That Kind of Girl
''That Kind of Girl'' is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963.
The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually tra ...
'' (1963) - Bates
* ''
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) - Inspector Willett
* ''
The Return of Mr. Moto
''The Return of Mr. Moto'' (also known as ''Mr Moto and the Persian Oil Case'') is a 1965 British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Henry Silva, Terence Longdon, and Suzanne Lloyd.
Plot
Mr. Moto is brought in by British intelli ...
'' (1965) - Helmuth 'Dargo' Engel
* ''
Robbery
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'' (1967) - Chief constable
* '' Dad's Army (1968)'' The Showing Up of Corporal Jones - Major Regan
* '' Dad's Army (1968)'' Shooting Pains - Major Regan
* '' The Oblong Box'' (1969) - Constable
* ''
The Bushbaby
''The Bushbaby'' is a 1969 American film based on the novel ''The Bushbabies'' (1965) by William Stevenson and adapted by Robert Maxwell. It was directed and produced by John Trent and stars Margaret Brooks and Lou Gossett in the leading roles, ...
'' (1969) - Captain
* ''
Cool It Carol!
''Cool it Carol!'' is a 1970 British sex comedy-drama film directed and produced by Pete Walker, starring Robin Askwith and Janet Lynn. It was released in the US as ''Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met''.
Plot
The cautionary tale of Joe and Carol, a co ...
'' (1970) - Mr. Thatcher
* ''
A Touch of the Other
''A Touch of the Other'' is a 1970 British drama film directed by Arnold L. Miller and starring Hélène Françoise, Kenneth Cope and Shirley Anne Field.
Premise
A London private detective finds himself the target of a gangster. Delger, "the ma ...
'' (1970) - Traylor
* ''
Die Screaming, Marianne
''Die Screaming, Marianne'' (also ''Die, Beautiful Marianne'') is a 1971 British thriller film produced and directed by Pete Walker (director), Pete Walker. Although Walker's films were mostly in the horror or sexploitation genres, this is a stra ...
'' (1971) - British Police Detective - Grey Hair
* '' Universal Soldier'' (1972) - Wilson
* ''
Four Dimensions of Greta
''Four Dimensions of Greta'' is a 1972 British sex comedy film directed and produced by Pete Walker, featuring four 3-D film sequences. It was the first British film to use 3-D, and the tagline on the poster read, "A girl in your lap". The fi ...
Boys from the Blackstuff
''Boys from the Blackstuff'' is a British drama television series of five episodes, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2.
The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, as a sequel to a television ...