Edward Caddick Explained

Edward Caddick
Birth Name:Edward George Caddick
Birth Date:21 June 1931
Birth Place:Finsbury, London, England
Death Date:9 June 2017
Death Place:Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation:Television actor, writer, teacher

Edward Caddick (21 June 1931 – 9 June 2017) was an English television actor. He appeared in many British and Australian television series and films, which include Doctor Who, The Vulture, The Avengers, Department S, Robbery Under Arms, Playing Beatie Bow and others.

His theatre work included "King John", "The Royal Hunt of the Sun", "The Master Builder" and other plays.

Caddick was educated at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1955.[1] In the mid-1960s, he penned two novels: Paddy on Sundays (1965, about young evacuees during WWII)[2] and Hannah and the Peacocks (1966, about a young couple trying to find themselves).[3] By the early 1970s, he had given up acting to become a teacher[4] and soon emigrated to Australia. There, Caddick worked as a radio actor and writer, penning scripts for The Sunday Play,[5] [6] with a brief return to screen acting in the 1980s.

Acting credits

ProductionNotesRole
Armchair Theatre
  • "The King of Iceland" (1957)
  • "The One Eyed Monster" (1966)
Man in a Raincoat
Mulberry
The Rag Trade
  • "Christmas Box" (1961)
Postman
Drama 61-67
  • "Drama '63: Dead Darling" (1963)
  • "Drama '66: Don Quixote Go Home" (1966)
Maurice Patmore
Methodist minister
Contract to Kill
  • Unknown episode (1965)
Graeber
Londoners
  • "Joe Nobody" (1965)
Mr. Gray
Hereward the Wake
  • "The King's Vengeance" (1965)
First Gamekeeper
Doctor Who3 episodes: Wylda
The Vulture
  • Film (1967)
Melcher, the Sexton
The Avengers Sweeney
Stiff Upper Lip
  • TV Movie (1967)
Drage
Point Counter Point
  • 5 episodes (1968)
Mark Rampion
Champion House
  • "Pilot Error" (1968)
Philip Campbell
Thirty-Minute Theatre
  • "The Flag" (1968)
Janos
Softly, Softly
  • "How's the Wife Then?" (1969)
Sid
Department S
  • "Dead Men Die Twice" (1969)
Alain
Comedy Playhouse
  • "The Jugg Brothers" (1970)
George Fryer
1917
  • Short Film (1970)
Pte. Whittaker
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Patient
Callan
  • "Summoned to Appear" (1970)
Mr. Lorrimer
The Ten Commandments
  • "Black Eye on Sunday" (1971)
Lane
Under Capricorn
  • Unknown episode (1983)
Bank Secretary
Run Chrissie Run!
  • Film (1984)
Clough
Robbery Under Arms
  • Film (1985)
Shanty keeper
Playing Beatie Bow
  • Film (1986)
Legless

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.randallandhopkirk.culttv.uk/who_actors_c.htm Randall and Hopkirk (Declassified)
  2. "Recent Fiction", The Daily Telegraph, 9 December 1965 (pg.22)
  3. "Recent Fiction", The Daily Telegraph, 29 December 1966 (pg.12)
  4. "Gary and Delena get 'married' again... on stage", Evening Chronicle, 24 September 1970 (pg.8)
  5. TV and Radio Listings, The Age, 29 July 1979 (pg.15)
  6. Radio Guide, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 1980 (pg.8)