Michael Golden (actor) explained

Michael Golden
Birth Date:	15 August 1913
Birth Place:	Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Death Date:	1983 (aged 69)
Death Place:	Hastings, East Sussex, England
Occupation:	Stage actor film actor television actor
Yearsactive:	1942–1979

Michael Golden (15 August 1913 – 1983) was an Irish stage, film and television actor, mainly active in England.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} His stage work encompassed Shakespearean roles at Stratford in 1947; and as police inspectors in the original West End productions of Agatha Christie's plays Verdict and The Unexpected Guest in 1958.^{[1] [5]}

Selected filmography

• A Canterbury Tale (1944) - Sergt. Smale
• Send for Paul Temple (1946) - Dixie
• Hungry Hill (1947) - Sam Donovan
• Escape (1948) - Detective Penter
• Calling Paul Temple (1948) - Frank Chester
• Noose (1948) - Moggie
• Another Shore (1948) - D.O. Broderick
• The Blue Lamp (1950) - Mike Randall (uncredited)
• Pool of London (1951) - Customs Officer Andrews
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) - Second reporter (uncredited)
• Salute the Toff (1952) - Benny Kless
• The Gentle Gunman (1952) - Murphy
• The Square Ring (1953) - Warren
• Operation Diplomat (1953) - Harrison
• 36 Hours (1953) - The Inspector
• Murder by Proxy (1954) - Inspector Johnson
• The Green Scarf (1954) - Warder
• The Black Rider (1954) - Rakoff
• Track the Man Down (1955) - 'Wild' Max (uncredited)
• Cross Channel (1955) - W.L. Carrick
• Dial 999 (1955) - The Chief Inspector
• Women Without Men (1956) - Bargee
• Blonde Bait (1956) - Bargekeeper (uncredited)
• Up in the World (1956) - Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
• The Man Without a Body (1957) - Nostradamus
• Date with Disaster (1957) - Det. Inspector Matthews
• The One That Got Away (1957) - First Detective (uncredited)
• Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - St. John's Ambulance Man
• Robbery with Violence (1958) - Inspector Wilson
• During One Night (1960) - Constable
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1961) - Gamekeeper (uncredited)
• Murder, She Said (1961) - Hillman

Television roles

• Jude the Obscure (1971) - as Tinker Taylor
• Fall of Eagles (1974) - Putilov
• The Onedin Line (1976) - Storeman

Selected stage roles

• The Gentle Gunman (1950) - Shinto
• Verdict (1958) - Detective Inspector Ogden
• The Unexpected Guest (1958) - Inspector Thomas

References

1. Web site: Michael Golden. theatricalia.com. 29 November 2020.
2. Web site: Michael Golden. https://web.archive.org/web/20160727161436/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba682803f. dead. 27 July 2016. BFI.
3. Web site: Michael Golden | Movies and Filmography. AllMovie.
4. Web site: Michael Golden. www.aveleyman.com.
5. Book: Wearing, J. P.. The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. 16 September 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. 9780810893085. Google Books.