Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1907 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English film character actor.
Biography Guy Middleton was born in Hove, Sussex, and originally worked in the London Stock Exchange, before turning to acting in the 1930s. In his earlier films he often portrayed amiable idiots, cads, scoundrels and rakish bon vivants, but many of his later roles were military officers in the British Army, RAF or Royal Navy. He died in 1973, following a heart attack, aged 65.
Selected filmography Film
Jimmy Boy (1935) .... The Count Two Hearts in Harmony (1935) .... Mario Trust the Navy (1935) .... Lieutenant Richmond Under Proof (1936) .... Bruce Fame (1936) .... Lester Cordwell A Woman Alone (1936) .... Alioshka The Gay Adventure (1936) .... Aram Take a Chance (1937) .... Richard Carfax Keep Fit (1937) .... Hector Kent Break the News (1938) .... Englishman The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) .... Milton Goodbye Mr Chips (1939) .... McCulloch (uncredited) French Without Tears (1940) .... Brian Curtis For Freedom (1940) .... Pierre Dangerous Moonlight (1941, also known as Suicide Squadron) .... Shorty Talk About Jacqueline (1942) .... Captain Tony Brook The Demi-Paradise (1943) .... Dick Christian The Halfway House (1944) .... Fortescue English Without Tears (1944) .... Captain Standish Champagne Charlie (1944) .... Tipsy Swell 29 Acacia Avenue (1945) .... Gerald Jones The Rake's Progress (1945, also known as Notorious Gentleman) .... Fogroy The Captive Heart (1946) .... Capt. Jim Grayson Night Boat to Dublin (1946) .... Capt. Tony Hunter A Man About the House (1947) .... Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench The White Unicorn (1947) .... Fobey Snowbound (1948) .... Gilbert Mayne One Night with You (1948) .... Matty Once Upon a Dream (1949) .... Major Gilbert Marry Me! (1949) .... Sir Gordon Blake No Place for Jennifer (1950) .... Brian Stewart The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) .... Victor Hyde-Brown The Third Visitor (1951) .... Inspector Mallory Laughter in Paradise (1951) .... Simon Russell Young Wives' Tale (1951) .... Victor Manifold Never Look Back (1952) .... Guy Ransome The Fake (1953) .... Smith Albert R.N. (1953, also known as Break to Freedom) .... Bongo Front Page Story (1954) .... Gentle Conflict of Wings (1954) .... Adjutant Malaga (1954) .... Soames Howard The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) .... Eric Rowbottom-Smith The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) .... Squadron Leader Scott The Harassed Hero (1954) .... Murray Selwyn Break in the Circle (1955) .... Maj. Hobart Make Me an Offer (1955) .... Armstrong Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) .... Earl of Wickenware A Yank in Ermine (1955) .... Bertram Maltravers Now and Forever (1956) .... Hector Doctor at Large (1957) .... Major Porter Let's Be Happy (1957) .... Mr. Fielding Alive on Saturday (1957) .... George Pilbeam Passionate Summer (1958) .... Duffield Escort for Hire (1960) .... Arthur Vickers Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) .... Drunken Fox Hunter (uncredited) The Fur Collar (1962) .... Resident What Every Woman Wants (1962) .... George Barker The Mini-Affair (1968) .... Colonel Highwater Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... General Sir William Robertson The Magic Christian (1969) .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) .... Potter (final film role)
Television appearances He appeared in a number of television series as a guest character including: Hancock's Half Hour (broadcast November 4., 1957) - 'The Regimental Reunion', episode - Ex-Captain - (series 3, episode 6) - (Riverside Studios, Studio 1, Hammersmith) - (This is one of twenty-four missing Hancock television episodes, (to date). Dixon of Dock Green (1959) - Fred Harper Doctor Who (1967, Episode: "The Highlanders") - Colonel Attwood
References Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies; 14th ed (2001) editor John Walker - published by Harper-Collins; The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, Collins;
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