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Richard Haydn was an English comic actor in radio, films and television. Some of his better known performances include his roles as Professor Oddley in Ball of Fire (1941), Roger in No Time for Love (1943), Thomas Rogers in And Then There Were None (1945), Emperor Franz Joseph in The Emperor Waltz (1948), the Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland (1951), Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow (1952), William Brown in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), and Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music (1965).
Birth Name
George Richard Haydon
Born
Friday, 10 March 1905
Died
Thursday, 25 April 1985
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hugga Bunch | Bookworm | 1985 |
| Young Frankenstein | Herr Falkstein / Gerhard Falkstein | 1974 |
| The Return of Charlie Chan | Andrew Kidder | 1973 |
| McCloud | Edwin | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Edward (segment "Love and the Impossible Gift") | 1969 |
| It Takes a Thief | Blanton | 1968 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Rupert Rowbotham | 1967 |
| The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Quentin Bartlett | 1967 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Whitey | 1966 |
| Laredo | Jonathan Pringle | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hugga Bunch | Bookworm | 1985 |
| Young Frankenstein | Herr Falkstein / Gerhard Falkstein | 1974 |
| The Return of Charlie Chan | Andrew Kidder | 1973 |
| McCloud | Edwin | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Edward (segment "Love and the Impossible Gift") | 1969 |
| It Takes a Thief | Blanton | 1968 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Rupert Rowbotham | 1967 |
| The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Quentin Bartlett | 1967 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Whitey | 1966 |
| Laredo | Jonathan Pringle | 1965 |
| Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion | Rupert Rowbotham | 1965 |
| The Sound of Music | Max Detweiler | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Hemingway | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Kenzu Mishimoto | 1964 |
| Burke's Law | Julian Clarington | 1963 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | William Brown | 1962 |
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | Sir Henry Vining | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Edwin Carp | 1961 |
| Let's Make Love | Prologue Narrator | 1960 |
| The Lost World | Prof. Summerlee | 1960 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Alfred North | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | Bartlett Finchley | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Malcolm the Magnificent | 1959 |
| Lux Playhouse | Cedric | 1958 |
| Twilight for the Gods | Oliver Wiggins / Oliver Randall Wiggins | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Prime Minister | 1958 |
| The Patrice Munsel Show | Self | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Muche / Stephen Spettigue / The Accountant | 1956 |
| Washington Square | Self | 1956 |
| The Toy Tiger | John Fusenot | 1956 |
| Jupiter's Darling | Horatio | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Quentin Bartlett / The Caterpillar | 1954 |
| Lassie | Henry Newton | 1954 |
| Her Twelve Men | Dr. Avord Barrett | 1954 |
| Money from Home | Bertie Searles | 1953 |
| Never Let Me Go | Christopher Wellington St. John Denny | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Chancellor | 1953 |
| The Merry Widow | Baron Popoff | 1952 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Caterpillar / Caterpillar (voice) | 1951 |
| Mr. Music | Jerome Thisbee | 1950 |
| Dear Wife | Early Riser / radio announcer | 1949 |
| Miss Tatlock's Millions | Fergel | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Emperor Waltz | Emperor Franz-Josef / l'empereur François-Joseph | 1948 |
| Sitting Pretty | Mr. Clarence Appleton | 1948 |
| Forever Amber | Earl of Radcliffe | 1947 |
| The Foxes of Harrow | Andre LeBlanc | 1947 |
| Singapore | Deputy Commissioner Hewitt | 1947 |
| The Late George Apley | Horatio Willing | 1947 |
| The Beginning or the End | Dr. Chisholm | 1947 |
| Cluny Brown | Jonathan Wilson | 1946 |
| The Green Years | Jason Reid | 1946 |
| Adventure | Limo | 1945 |
| And Then There Were None | Thomas Rogers | 1945 |
| Tonight and Every Night | Specialty | 1945 |
| Who Killed Who? | The Victim | 1943 |
| No Time for Love | Roger Winant | 1943 |
| The Vitamin G-Man | The Professor / Waiter | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Mr. Fulcher | 1943 |
| Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air | George Lockwood | 1942 |
| Are Husbands Necessary? | Chuck | 1942 |
| Ball of Fire | Prof. Oddly | 1942 |
| Charley's Aunt | Charley Wyckham | 1941 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1951 |
| Mr. Music | 1950 |
| Dear Wife | 1949 |
| Miss Tatlock's Millions | 1948 |
