Edward Malin Explained

Edward Malin
Birth Name:	Edward Ernest Malin
Birth Date:	23 October 1894
Birth Place:	Stoke Newington, London, England, United Kingdom
Death Place:	Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom
Othername:	Eddie Malin
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1948–1973

Edward Ernest "Eddie" Malin (23 October 1894 in Stoke Newington, London  - 1 March 1977 in Ealing, London) was an English actor.^[1]

He was the youngest of seven children of John Malin (1850 - 1921), a purse maker in a fancy leather works,^[2] and Martha née Hackworthy (1855 - 1905). In 1911 at age 16, he was working as a tracer in a boiler works.^[3] During World War I, he served in the Royal Navy and became a Freemason in the Antioch Lodge No. 3271 in February 1918.^[4]

Malin mostly played in small, often uncredited roles in both film and TV, including as a dining saloon steward in the 1958 film A Night to Remember, as well as a waiter in the seminal 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles.^[5] He achieved most of his fame as the mute and geriatric character of Walter Tattersall in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest from 1969 to 1973.^[6]

Edward Malin died on 1 March 1977, aged 82 at the King Edward Memorial hospital in Ealing, London.^[7] He had been resident at the actors' retirement home of Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, for several years.

Selected filmography

• William Comes to Town (1948) - Toy Shop Man (uncredited)
• The Greed of William Hart (1948) - David Paterson
• Genevieve (1953) - Spectator (uncredited)
• The End of the Road (1954) - Nightwatchman
• The Million Pound Note (1954) - Clergyman at Belgrave Square (uncredited)
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - Dog Man (uncredited)
• The Story of Esther Costello (1957) - Man in Irish pub (uncredited)
• The Silent Enemy (1958) - High Ranking British Navy Officer at Conference (uncredited)
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Dining Saloon Steward
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958) - Orderly (uncredited)
• Inn for Trouble (1960) - Old Charlie
• Operation Cupid (1960) - Smelly
• The Millionairess (1960) - Kabir's Patient (uncredited)
• Hair of the Dog (1962) - Sidney
• A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Hotel Waiter
• How to Steal a Million (1966) - Insurance Clerk
• Crooks and Coronets (1969) - 2nd Old Man (uncredited)
• The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) - Club Waiter
• Percy (1971) - Elderly patient
• Nearest and Dearest (1972) - Walter Tattersall

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eddie Malin. https://web.archive.org/web/20180712022147/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba604b2b8. dead. 12 July 2018. BFI.
2. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7814/images/LNDRG13_206_207-0156?pId=2580681 1901 England Census for Edward Malin, London, Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com
3. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2352/images/rg14_01009_0099_03?pId=2145147 1911 England Census for Edward Ernest Malin, London. Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com
4. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60620/images/43971_cl%5El%5Emn%5E191021-00137?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=dacdd25458ec73729710e9d50cd7eafe&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GqB35&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.119377739.332632487.1606853801-1388927399.1605732653&pId=917249 England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 for Edward Ernest Malin, United Grand Lodge of England, 1910-1921, Membership Registers: London M 3163-3404 to London N 3408-3605: Ancestry.com
5. Web site: Edward Malin. www.aveleyman.com.
6. Web site: Nearest And Dearest characters. British Comedy. Guide. British Comedy Guide.
7. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7579/images/ons_d19771az-0782?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=dacdd25458ec73729710e9d50cd7eafe&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GqB33&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=46600493 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Edward Ernest Malin, 1977: Ancestry.com