Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 19014 February 1987) was an English

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, educated at

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. He was born and died in

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, England.

Biography

Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York. After Gresham's School and

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

, he started his career singing, and in the 1930s was in ''That Certain Trio'' with Peggy Cochrane. On stage from 1924, often in upper-class roles, his theatre work included the original West End run of Patrick Hamilton's ''

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'' in 1929; a lengthy tour of ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

'', as Colonel Pickering, in 1963–5; and the musical ''

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'' on

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, in 1961. Film and TV included ''

The Wooden Horse ''The Wooden Horse'' is a 1950 British Second World War war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. The f ...

'' (1950), '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), and two episodes of ''

Dad's Army ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...

'', as 'The Brigadier'. In 1951 he became General Secretary of

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(The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children's home, Silverlands, until 1953.http://www.noelcoward.net/pdfs/Noel%20Coward%20and%20the%20Actors%20Orphanage.pdf A plaque to commemorate him can be seen in the Courtyard entrance to the

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in York - he was a member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York from 1933 to his death in 1987. In 1986, he self-published his autobiography, ''Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning''.

Filmography

* ''

If Youth But Knew ''If Youth But Knew'' is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Godfrey Tearle, Lillian Hall-Davis and Wyndham Standing. It is a love story spanning two generations. It was made at Southall Studios. Cast ...

'' (1926) - Arthur Noel-Vane * '' Loyalties'' (1933) - Augustus Borring * ''

The Loves of Madame Dubarry ''I Give My Heart'' (US-Title: ''The Loves of Madame Dubarry'') is a 1935 British historical film adapted from the stage operetta ''The DuBarry'' by Carl Millöcker and arranged by Theo Mackeben. Directed by Marcel Varnel, and produced by Britis ...

'' (1935) - René * ''

The Black Tulip ''The Black Tulip'' is a historical novel and a work of Romantic poetry written by Alexandre Dumas, père, and first published in 1850. Story It begins with a historic event of 1672, the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt an ...

'' (1937) - Cornelus Van Baerle * ''

Journey Together ''Journey Together'' is a 1945 British drama war film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling and David Tomlinson. It is Boulting's film directorial debut. The film was produced by the Royal Air Force Film Prod ...

'' (1945) - Flight Lt Mander * ''

Gaiety George ''Gaiety George'' is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by George King and Leontine Sagan and starring Richard Greene, Ann Todd and Peter Graves.Harper p.179 It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish impresario ...

'' (1946) - Lt Travers * ''

School for Secrets ''School for Secrets'' (also known as ''Secret Flight'') is a 1946 British black-and-white film written and directed by Peter Ustinov and starring Ralph Richardson. In leading supporting roles were David Tomlinson, Raymond Huntley, Finlay Curri ...

'' (1946) - Group Captain Aspinall * ''The Clouded Crystal'' (1948) - Jack * '' It's Not Cricket'' (1949) - Valentine Christmas * ''

That Dangerous Age ''That Dangerous Age'' is a 1949 British romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey and Peggy Cummins. It was adapted from the play ''Autumn'' by Margaret Kennedy and Ilya Surguchev. The film was released und ...

'' (1949) - Rosley * ''

Stop Press Girl ''Stop Press Girl'' is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film. The film was on ...

'' (1949) - Airline Director (uncredited) * ''

'' (1950) - Senior British Officer * ''The fire lake where the old man walks'' (1956) * ''Wideawake'' (1957) - Male, senior * '' The White Cliffs Mystery'' (1957) - Matrion * '' O.S.S.: Operation Big House'' (1957) - German Ambassador * ''

Rx Murder ''Rx Murder'' is a 1958 American crime film directed by Derek Twist and written by John W. Gossage and Derek Twist. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Deeds of Dr. Deadcert'' by Joan Fleming. The film stars Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Gori ...

'' (1958) - Sir George Watson * ''

The Moonraker ''The Moonraker'' is a British swashbuckler film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le M ...

'' (1958) - Lord Dorset * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Sir Richard * ''

Battle of the V-1 ''Battle of the V-1'' (also known as ''Battle of the V.1'', ''Battle of the V1'', ''Missiles from Hell'' and ''Unseen Heroes'') is a British war film from 1958, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight and Christophe ...

'' (1958) - Air Marshal (uncredited) * ''

Play of the Week Play of the Week may refer to: *''ITV Play of the Week'', British TV anthology series broadcast from 1956 to 1966 *''The Play of the Week'', American TV anthology series broadcast from 1959 to 1961 See also *''Play of the Month ''Play of the M ...

: Mary Stuart'' (1960) - Leicester * '' Naked City: The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half'' (1960) - Mitcham * ''The Jazz Age: The Outstation'' (1968) - Lord Hollington * ''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Canadi ...

: The Mandarins'' (1969) - Sir Henry * '' Dad's Army: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones'' (1968) - The Brigadier * '' Dad's Army: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker'' (1969) (Lost) - The Brigadier * '' Department S: Who Plays the Dummy?'' (1969) - NATO General

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waddington, Patrick 1901 births 1987 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Male actors from York English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors People educated at Gresham's School 20th-century English male actors