Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White ( born May 12, 1903 in Bourton-on -the-Water, Gloucestershire; † 6 May 1991, Woodland Hills, California ) was a British actor.
Life
After graduation Hyde-White visited the Marlborough College in Gloustershire and then trained as an actor 's training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1922 he gave his debut as a stage actor. In the following years he worked extensively as a theater actor, including in 1932 a tour of South Africa. In later years he played, among others, opposite Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in adaptations of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (both 1951). He also worked on Broadway, where it was nominated twice for Best Actor for the Tony Award.
1932 Hyde-White was his film debut. He mostly played prominent supporting roles as in Carol Reed's The Third Man ( based on the novel by Graham Greene), next to Gregory Peck in the film adaptation His biggest Bluff on (after Mark Twain ), in the comedy Carry Nurse as well as in the crime comedy The Cat and the canary and The Magic Christian alongside Peter Sellers. Special recognition he reached for his role of " Colonel Pickering " in the musical My Fair Lady, which he took over in the film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
From the 1970s Hyde-White played primarily in American television productions. He was one of the main cast of shows like Buck Rogers and The Associates and made guest appearances on numerous other series as Columbo. He also worked for radio, so as a regular speaker in the radio comedy The Men from the Ministry (1962-1965 ).
Hyde-White was married in first marriage to actress Blanche Glynne and his second wife, the actress Ethel Drew. His son, Alex Hyde-White also worked as an actor. Wilfrid Hyde - White died on 6 May 1991 at the Woodland Hills, Calif., shortly before his 88th year of life of heart failure.