Biography
Edward Judd (4 October 1932 β 24 February 2009) was a British actor. Born in Shanghai, 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 β a disaster film in which he played an alcoholic reporter during a time when two large nuclear explosions altered the Earth's axis, propelling the Earth towards the Sun), First Men in the Moon (1964), and Island of Terror (1966). As well as starring in these films, he worked as a soap opera actor and performed other character parts on television. His roles in these science fiction films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike. Judd was also known for the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign to make motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists.Judd's success in The Day the Earth Caught Fire saw Columbia Pictures sign him to a long term contract. However, according to Val Guest, "he was such a pain in the ass to everybody. He had an enormous opinion of himself and he was his own worst enemy. Columbia just loaned him out here and there and then let him go."Judd appeared regularly on TV. In particular, he played the tyrannical uncle, William Russell, in the 1979 TV mini-series Flambards. He also appeared in Thriller (1975), The Sweeney and The Onedin Line in supporting roles. 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 a televised version of 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 1970s, he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon. During the 1970s and 1980s, Judd (known as Eddie to some friends, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography) was a highly respected voice-over artist, used on many commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.In the early 90s he lived in the Phoenix Hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian investment bank. He lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.
Filmography
all 59
Movies 41
TV Shows 18
Director 1
Jack the Ripper (1988)
The Kitchen Toto (1988)
Casualty (1986)
Frankenstein (1984)
Night Train to Murder (1984)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
The Boys in Blue (1982)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
Flambards (1979)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood (1978)
The Professionals (1977)
1990 (1977)
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
The New Avengers (1976)
Whose Child Am I? (1976)
Angels (1975)
Quiller (1975)
Murder Motel (1975)
The Sweeney (1975)
Sign it Death (1974)
Assassin (1973)
Thriller (1973)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
Because of the Cats (1973)
Living Free (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Universal Soldier (1972)
From a Bird's Eye View (1970)
The Main Chance (1969)
The Vengeance of She (1968)
Island of Terror (1966)
Invasion (1965)
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Long Ships (1964)
The World Ten Times Over (1963)
Stolen Hours (1963)
The Human Jungle (1963)
Mystery Submarine (1963)
Z-Cars (1962)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Criminal (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Subway in the Sky (1959)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
The Man Upstairs (1958)
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
The Long Haul (1957)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
The Good Die Young (1954)
The Large Rope (1953)
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
The Guinea Pig (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-10-04
Deathday2009-02-24 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceShanghai, China
RelationshipsNorma Ronald (1966-01-01 - 1993-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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