Harold Siddons

William Harold Henry Siddons (17 September 1922 – 4 November 1963)^[1]^[2] was a British film and television actor, appearing in Genevieve, The Dam Busters, Appointment in London, They Who Dare, The Purple Plain, Quatermass and the Pit, A Night To Remember and The Wrong Arm of the Law.^[3] He served in Bomber Command during the Second World War as a flight engineer, latterly with 582 Squadron as the Flight Engineer Leader on its formation in April 1944 and is a descendant of Sarah Siddons.^[3]

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 17 September 1922, he was found dead in his car on 4 November 1963 aged 41, apparently by suicide.^[4] He was buried in the parish churchyard of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, with the motto Per ardua ad astra on his gravestone.^[5]

Selected filmography

Angels One Five (1952) - Pimpernel Pilot
Gift Horse (1952) - Ship's Doctor
Appointment in London (1953) - Saunders
Genevieve (1953) - Policeman (uncredited)
Malta Story (1953) - Matthews, Bomber Pilot (uncredited)
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953) - Naval Intelligence Officer (uncredited)
They Who Dare (1954) - Lieut. Stevens R.N.
The Good Die Young (1954) - Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Conflict of Wings (1954) - Flight Lt. Edwards
The Purple Plain (1954) - Navigator Williams (uncredited)
The Dam Busters (1955) - Group Signals Officer
I Am a Camera (1955) - Editor at Party
The Blue Peter (1955) - Hughes
The Baby and the Battleship (1956) - Whiskers
The Last Man to Hang? (1956) - Cheed's Doctor
Man in the Shadow (1957) - Colin Wells
The Mark of the Hawk (1957) - 1st Officer
The Silent Enemy (1958) - Army Interrogation Officer
Dunkirk (1958) - Doctor (uncredited)
A Night to Remember (1958) - Second Officer Herbert Stone - Californian
Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Master Bomber
Harry Black (1958) - British Officer
Danger Within (1959) - Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall
The White Trap (1959) - Harry (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone (1961) - British Officer (uncredited)
The Man in the Back Seat (1961) - Angry Resident (uncredited)
Out of the Shadow (1961) - Newspaper Editor
The Piper's Tune (1962) - Sergeant
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - PC in Basement Garage (uncredited)

References

^ bfi Film and TV Database Siddons, Harold
^ Internet Movie Database
^ ^a ^b "ulsteractors.com". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
^ Daily Mirror, 5 November 1963 "TV Actor Found Dead"
^ William Harold Henry Siddons, findagrave.com

External links

Harold Siddons at IMDb

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[BFI-1] Film and TV Database Siddons, Harold

[IMDb-2] Internet Movie Database

[Ulsteractors-3] "ulsteractors.com". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.

[DMirror-4] Daily Mirror, 5 November 1963 "TV Actor Found Dead"

[5] William Harold Henry Siddons, findagrave.com

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