Richard Haydn
Acting
Biography
Richard Haydn (March 10, 1905 – April 25, 1985) was an English comic actor in radio, films and television.
Born: March 10, 1905
Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Known For
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Young Frankenstein
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Sound of Music
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Ball of Fire
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Alice in Wonderland
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
Filmography
as Bookworm (voice) (uncredited)
as Herr Falkstein
as Andrew Kidder
as Quentin Bartlett
as Whitey
as Rupert Rowbotham
as Max Detweiler
as Mr. Hemingway
as Julian Clarington
as William Brown
as Sir Henry Vining
as Edwin Carp
as Prologue Narrator (uncredited)
as Prof. Summerlee
as Alfred North
as Bartlett Finchley
as The Accountant
as Oliver Wiggins
as Prime Minister
as Muche
as Stephen Spettigue
as John Fusenot
as Horatio
as Dr. Avord Barrett
as Bertie Searles
as Christopher Wellington St. John Denny
as Chancellor
as Baron Popoff
as Caterpillar (voice)
as Jerome Thisbee
as l'empereur François-Joseph
as Self
as Mr. Clarence Appleton
as Earl of Radcliffe
as Andre LeBlanc
as Deputy Commissioner Hewitt
as Horatio Willing
as Dr. Chisholm
as Jason Reid
as Jonathan Wilson
as Limo
as Thomas Rogers
as Specialty
as The Victim (voice) (uncredited)
as Roger Winant
as Mr. Fulcher
as George Lockwood
as Chuck
as Prof. Oddly
as Charley Wyckham