Biography
William Harold Henry Siddons (17 September 1922 β 4 November 1963) 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. 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.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. He was buried in the parish churchyard of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, with the motto Per ardua ad astra on his gravestone.
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Filmography
all 19
Movies 18
TV Shows 1
Cutler
The Human Jungle (1963)
TV
The Sergeant
The Piper's Tune (1962)
Movie
Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall
Danger Within (1959)
Movie
Second Officer Herbert Stone
A Night to Remember (1958)
Movie
6
Army Interrogation Officer
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Movie
Colin Wells
Man in the Shadow (1957)
Movie
Cheed's Doctor
The Last Man to Hang (1956)
Movie
Editor at Party
I Am a Camera (1955)
Movie
Group Signals Officer
The Dam Busters (1955)
Movie
1
Injured Navigator (uncredited)
The Purple Plain (1954)
Movie
Flt. Lt. Edwards
Conflict of Wings (1954)
Movie
Hospital Doctor
The Good Die Young (1954)
Movie
Lieutenant Stevens
They Who Dare (1954)
Movie
Navy Intelligence Officer
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
Movie
Matthews
Malta Story (1953)
Movie
Policeman (Uncredited)
Genevieve (1953)
Movie
Saunders
Appointment in London (1953)
Movie
Adm. Bartlett
Gift Horse (1952)
Movie
6
Mortimer, Pimpernel Pilot
Angels One Five (1952)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.09
Based on 44.7 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-09-17
Deathday1963-11-04 (41 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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