Edward Judd
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Edward Judd was a British
actor
.
Born in Shanghai
, China
, he and his English
father and Russian
mother fled when the Japanese
attacked China
five years later.
His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in British science fiction
films, including The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1961), First Men in the Moon (1964), and Island of Terror
(1966). Even though his roles in these classic science fiction
films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike, his greatest exposure within the mainstream came with the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign on making motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists. Judd appeared regularly on TV.
Very little is known of his life after the 1970s. He was heard in an episode of the BBC Radio
comedy Drop Me Here, Darling, starring Leslie Phillips
, in 1983, as well as playing Barrymore in The Hound of the Baskervilles the same year, and the BBC radio play Philadelphia Moonshine in 1985. He appeared in the 1988 TV film Jack the Ripper
as Thomas Arnold
.
In the early 70's he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon and as of 1990, he lived in a hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian Investment bank. It was believed he died in Wimbledon in July 2004, homeless but this has since been proved incorrect. Apparently, he lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.
During the 1970s and 1980s Edward Judd, better known as Eddie, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography, was a highly respected voiceover artiste used on many mainstream commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.
He was married twice; His first wife was Gene Anderson who died in 1965. His second wife was actress Norma Ronald
, with whom he had two daughters.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Born in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, he and his English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
father and Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
mother fled when the Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
attacked China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
five years later.
His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in British science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
films, including The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961....
(1961), First Men in the Moon (1964), and Island of Terror
Island of Terror
Island of Terror is a 1966 British horror film released by Planet Film Productions. The film was released in the US by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man . The idea for the film came when Richard Gordon read the screenplay The Night the Silicates Came from Gerry Fernback. He...
(1966). Even though his roles in these classic science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike, his greatest exposure within the mainstream came with the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign on making motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists. Judd appeared regularly on TV.
Very little is known of his life after the 1970s. He was heard in an episode of the BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
comedy Drop Me Here, Darling, starring Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Samuel Phillips, CBE is an English actor with a highly recognisable upper class accent. Originally known for his work as a comedy actor, Phillips subsequently made the transition to character roles.-Early life:...
, in 1983, as well as playing Barrymore in The Hound of the Baskervilles the same year, and the BBC radio play Philadelphia Moonshine in 1985. He appeared in the 1988 TV film Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper (1988 TV series)
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 four-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888...
as Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold (policeman)
Police Superintendent Thomas Arnold was a British policeman of the Victorian era best known for his involvement in the hunt for Jack the Ripper in 1888...
.
In the early 70's he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon and as of 1990, he lived in a hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian Investment bank. It was believed he died in Wimbledon in July 2004, homeless but this has since been proved incorrect. Apparently, he lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.
During the 1970s and 1980s Edward Judd, better known as Eddie, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography, was a highly respected voiceover artiste used on many mainstream commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.
He was married twice; His first wife was Gene Anderson who died in 1965. His second wife was actress Norma Ronald
Norma Ronald
Norma Ronald was a British actress best known for her appearances as "Mildred Murfin" in the 1960s BBC Radio comedy series The Men from the Ministry, as "Miss Ealand" in the Science Fiction television series UFO and as Sir John Wilder's ever-resourceful secretary Kay Lingard in both The Plane...
, with whom he had two daughters.
Selected filmography
- The Good Die YoungThe Good Die YoungThe Good Die Young is a crime thriller made in the United Kingdom by Remus Productions, featuring a number of American characters. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay was based on the book of the same name written by Richard Macaulay....
(1954) - Carry On SergeantCarry On SergeantCarry On Sergeant is the first Carry On film. Its first public screening was on 1 August 1958 at Screen One, London. Actors in this film who went on to be part of the regular team in the series were Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Terry Scott...
(1958) - The Man UpstairsThe Man UpstairsThe Man Upstairs is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 23 January 1914 by Methuen & Co., London. Most of the stories had previously appeared in magazines, generally Strand Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan or Collier's Weekly in the United...
(1958) - I Was Monty's DoubleI Was Monty's DoubleI Was Monty's Double is a book by M. E. Clifton James, first published in London in 1954. It was made into a film in 1958, directed by John Guillermin, from a screenplay adapted by Bryan Forbes...
(1958) - No Safety Ahead (1959)
- Subway in the SkySubway in the SkySubway in the Sky is a 1959 British crime film directed by Muriel Box and starring Van Johnson, Hildegard Knef and Albert Lieven. An American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when he is faced with a false murder charge eventually taking shelter with a cabaret singer.-Cast:* Van...
(1959) - The CriminalThe CriminalThe Criminal is a 1960 British drama film produced by Nat Cohen and directed by Joseph Losey, starring Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker and Jill Bennett. Baker plays an ex-con who takes part in the robbery of a racetrack and is caught and sent back to prison...
(1960) - Sink the Bismarck!Sink the Bismarck!Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 black-and-white British war film based on the book, the "Last Nine Days of the Bismarck" by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. To date, it is the only movie made that deals directly with the operations, chase, and...
(1960) - The ShakedownThe Shakedown (1959 film)The Shakedown is a 1959 crime-drama film directed by John Lemont.It was banned in Finland .-Cast:* Terence Morgan as Augie Cortona* Hazel Court as Mildred Eyde* Donald Pleasence as Jessel Brown...
(1960) - The ChallengeThe Challenge (1960 film)The Challenge, released as It Takes a Thief in the United States, is a 1960 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Jayne Mansfield and Anthony Quayle.-Cast:*Jayne Mansfield ... Billy*Anthony Quayle ... Jim...
(1960) - The Day the Earth Caught FireThe Day the Earth Caught FireThe Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961....
(1961) - Mystery SubmarineMystery Submarine (1963 film)Mystery Submarine is a 1963 British war film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice and Laurence Payne...
(1963) - Stolen HoursStolen HoursStolen Hours is a 1963 remake by United Artists of the Bette Davis film, Dark Victory, which was released by Warner Bros. in 1939, and was owned by UA at the time. The remake was directed by Daniel Petrie and starred Susan Hayward in the Davis role of a bitchy socialite who is operated on for a...
(1963) - The Long Ships (1964)
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- Strange BedfellowsStrange Bedfellows (1965 film)Strange Bedfellows is 1965 American comedy film directed by Melvin Frank and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young and Terry-Thomas....
(1965) - InvasionInvasion (1965 film)Invasion is a 1965 low-budget British sci-fi film, directed by Alan Bridges for producer Jack Greenwood of Merton Park Studios.The film was written by Roger Marshall from a storyline by Robert Holmes who later re-used the story for the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who episode Spearhead from Space.It tells...
(1965) - Island of TerrorIsland of TerrorIsland of Terror is a 1966 British horror film released by Planet Film Productions. The film was released in the US by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man . The idea for the film came when Richard Gordon read the screenplay The Night the Silicates Came from Gerry Fernback. He...
(1966) - The Vengeance of SheThe Vengeance of SheThe Vengeance of She is a 1968 British fantasy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring John Richardson, Olga Schoberová, Edward Judd and Colin Blakely. It bears little in common with the novel Ayesha: The Return of She by H. Rider Haggard...
(1968) - Universal SoldierUniversal Soldier (1971 film)Universal Soldier is a 1971 film starring George Lazenby as a mercenary.The film had a £1,000,000 production budget. George Lazenby and his manager, Ronan O'Rahilly, financed the film and were the executive producers. The film was directed by controversial director Cy Endfield...
(1971) - Living Free (1972)
- Because of the CatsBecause of the CatsBecause of the Cats is a 1973 Dutch-Belgian drama film directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart and Sebastian Graham Jones. In Amsterdam Inspector Van der Valk is on the trail of a group of wealthy young men who go round attacking woman for entertainment. Its Dutch...
(1973) - The Vault of HorrorThe Vault of Horror (film)The Vault of Horror is a British portmanteau horror film made in 1973 by Amicus Productions. Like its predecessor, Tales from the Crypt, it is based on stories from the EC Comics series written by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines...
(1973) - O Lucky Man!O Lucky Man!O Lucky Man! is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film, intended as an allegory on life in a capitalist society. Directed by Lindsay Anderson, it stars Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Anderson's...
(1973) - Assassin (1973)
- FeelingsFeelingsFeelings is an album by David Byrne, released on June 17, 1997.Cover art by Stefan Sagmeister.-Track listing:All tracks written by David Byrne; additional writers in parenthesis.#"Fuzzy Freaky" – 4:59...
(1974) - The Incredible SarahThe Incredible SarahThe Incredible Sarah is a 1976 British drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Glenda Jackson. It presents dramatization of the acting career of Sarah Bernhardt.-Cast:* Glenda Jackson - Sarah Bernhardt* Daniel Massey - Victorien Sardou...
(1976) - FlambardsFlambards (TV series)Flambards was a television series of 13 episodes which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in 1980. The series was based on the three Flambards novels of English author K. M...
(1979) - The Boys in BlueThe Boys in BlueThe Boys in Blue is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Suzanne Danielle and Roy Kinnear. It is loosely based on the 1938 Will Hay film Ask a Policeman...
(1982) - Night Train To MurderNight Train To MurderNight Train To Murder is a 1984 British comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Morecambe and Wise. It was the last work that Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise worked on together before Eric's death in 1984...
(1983) - The Kitchen TotoThe Kitchen TotoThe Kitchen Toto is a 1987 British drama film directed by Harry Hook and starring Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck and Phyllis Logan. In Kenya 1950, a British policeman takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his home as a houseboy.-Cast:...
(1987) - Jack the RipperJack the Ripper (1988 TV series)Jack the Ripper is a 1988 four-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888...
(1988)