Edward Judd
Edward Judd ( born October 4, 1932 in Shanghai, China, † February 24, 2009 in Mitcham, Surrey, England ) was a British actor.
Life
Judd was born in Shanghai. His parents fled with him due to the attack of Japan in World War II returned five years later to England. There he took in Bolton's Theatre Club acting lessons. He made his feature film debut at the age of 15 years in the voice of conscience with Howard Keel in the lead role. Judd then played a few years at the theater in Windsor and Nottingham and was occupied in the 1950s in several television productions. In the late 1950s he played at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End at the side of Peter O'Toole and Robert Shaw in The Long and the Short and the Tall.
His breakthrough celebrated in 1961 with his starring role in the science fiction movie The Day the Earth caught fire. As a result, he had leading roles in the feature film based on HG Wells' novel The First Men in the Moon First Men in the Moon and in Isle of Dread on the side of Peter Cushing. He also had a larger supporting role in the U.S. film comedy strangers Bedfellows with Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida. However, not succeeded in gaining a foothold in the American movie business, his career as a leading actor in British films was drawing to a close. He played in the 1970s and 1980s, especially in television productions and had, among other guest roles in the series The Avengers and The melon and professionals. In 1982, he starred in the soap opera Coronation Street, he had one of his last performances in the two-part miniseries Jack the Ripper - The Beast of London. In the early 1990s, he retired into private life.
Judd was widowed twice. His first wife, the actress Gene Anderson, died at the age of 34 of a cerebral hemorrhage. With his second wife, actress Norma Ronald he had two children. She died in 1993.