Name Hugh Manning | Role Film actor | |
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Full Name Hugh Gardner Manning Born 19 August 1920 ( 1920-08-19 ) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK Died August 18, 2004, London, United Kingdom Movies and TV shows Mrs Thursday, The Elephant Man, The Honey Pot, Our Man in Havana, A Midsummer Night's Dr Similar People Joseph L Mankiewicz, David Lynch, Carol Reed, Jiri Trnka | ||
Hugh Gardner Manning (19 August 1920 – 18 August 2004) was an English film, radio and television actor. He is best remembered as the Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm, a role he played from 1977 until 1989. He also starred in the tv series Mrs Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and imperturbable Butler, which also carried over into popular tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of Robinsons barley water. He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio detective series, Paul Temple.
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Early life
Hugh Gardner Manning was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1920 and educated at Moseley Grammar School. He began his career as a trainee accountant, before joining the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and becoming an actor. He was an active member of the actor's union Equity, serving as its President in 1975, and an active supporter of the Labour Party
Filmography
Actor
1977
Emmerdale Farm (TV Series) as
Rev. Donald Hinton
1980
The Elephant Man as
Broadneck
1977
Poldark (TV Series) as
Lord Falmouth
- Episode #2.9 (1977) - Lord Falmouth
- Episode #2.7 (1977) - Lord Falmouth
- Episode #2.6 (1977) - Lord Falmouth
1977
Midnight Is a Place (TV Series) as
Esdras Gobthorpe
- Episode #1.4 (1977) - Esdras Gobthorpe
- Episode #1.3 (1977) - Esdras Gobthorpe
1977
Mr. Big (TV Series) as
Tramp
- The Squatters (1977) - Tramp
1976
The Expert (TV Series) as
Master of College
- Tainted Money (1976) - Master of College
1976
Rogue Male (TV Movie) as
Peale
1976
Second Verdict (TV Series) as
E. Tindal Atkinson KC
- Murder on the 10.27 (1976) - E. Tindal Atkinson KC
1975
The Venturers (TV Series) as
Freddie Pander
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts (1975) - Freddie Pander
- Sentimental Journey (1975) - Freddie Pander
- The Cannibals (1975) - Freddie Pander
- The Leak (1975) - Freddie Pander
- Gentleman's Agreement (1975) - Freddie Pander
- The Honeypot (1975) - Freddie Pander
- Gilt Edged (1975) - Freddie Pander
- The Rich Lunch (1975) - Freddie Pander
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1975) - Freddie Pander
- Money Isn't Everything (1975) - Freddie Pander
1973
The MacKintosh Man as
Prosecutor
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) as
Joe Caldwell, MP
- Error of Judgement (1972) - Joe Caldwell, MP
1972
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Wexford
- The Rose Garden (1972) - Wexford
1971
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Pishchik
- The Cherry Orchard (1971) - Pishchik
1971
The Persuaders! (TV Series) as
Chief of Police
- The Gold Napoleon (1971) - Chief of Police
1971
The House That Dripped Blood as
Mark (segment "Sweets to the Sweet") (uncredited)
1966
The Avengers (TV Series) as
Major Star / Max Hardy / Colonel Watson
- Thingumajig (1969) - Major Star
- The Superlative Seven (1967) - Max Hardy
- The Thirteenth Hole (1966) - Colonel Watson
1968
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) as
The waiter
- Thirteen Thousand and Eighty Three Pounds (1968) - The waiter
1966
Mrs Thursday (TV Series) as
Richard B. Hunter
- We Bid You All Goodbye (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Everything in Concert (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- A Question of Being Entitled (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- In the Sea Air (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Alice Is at It Again (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Spring Time for Hunter (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- A Genuine Moorish Momento (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Two of a Kind (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- When in Malaga (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Sea, the Sea, the Open Sea (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- All in the Same Boat (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- News of a Cruise (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Charity Begins at a Ball (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- A Matter of Time (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Old School Tie Up (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Up the Garden Path (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- No Tea for the Tallyman (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Answer's a Lemon (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- And We Don't Pay London Prices (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Only Washing and Babies (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- When My Boy Comes Home (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Duke and I (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Train from Dunrich House (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- Change Over the Counter (1967) - Richard B. Hunter
- A Little of What You Fancy (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Margate Comes But Once a Year (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Sitting Tenant (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Full Dress Affair (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Hunter's Moon (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Snows of Yesteryear (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- You Don't Have to Book for Buckingham Palace (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Canvas Jungle (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- The Girl from Fuller Street (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Honesty Is the Best Policy (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Thursday's Child- (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Family Reunion (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- Call Me Madam? (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
- A Ride in a Rolls Royce (1966) - Richard B. Hunter
1967
Quatermass and the Pit as
Pub Customer
1967
The Honey Pot as
Volpone
1966
Sergeant Cork (TV Series) as
Sir Harry Tresize
- The Case of the Prominent Thespian (1966) - Sir Harry Tresize
1965
Knock on Any Door (TV Series) as
James Blake
- A Paragraph for Mr Blake (1965) - James Blake
1964
The Sullavan Brothers (TV Series) as
Robert Sullavan
- The Humanist (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- The Salvation Man (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- The Men on the Dolman Islands (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- A Case of Conscience (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- Put Them Away for Keeps (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- The Corrupters (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- My Brother's Keeper (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- The Guilty Go Free (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- Incident (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- The Outsider (1965) - Robert Sullavan
- Public Mischief (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- A Question of Honour (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- Ward of Court (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- A Plea of Provocation (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- A Face in the Doorway (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- One for the Day of Judgement (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- The Hostile Kind (1964) - Robert Sullavan
- The Man from New York (1964) - Robert Sullavan
1964
The Hidden Truth (TV Series) as
James Trask
- Cross Examination (1964) - James Trask
1963
Festival (TV Series) as
Hartmann
- Stalingrad (1963) - Hartmann
1963
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Bryan Fellows
- Statement to the Press (1963) - Bryan Fellows
1963
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
The Passenger
- Night Express (1963) - The Passenger
1962
Viewpoint (TV Series) as
Actor
- A Kind of Living (1962) - Actor (voice)
1960
G.I. Blues as
Juggler (uncredited)
1960
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
The Prosecutor
- Carrington V.C. (1960) - The Prosecutor
1959
Our Man in Havana as
Officer
1959
The Four Just Men (TV Series) as
Albert
- The Village of Shame (1959) - Albert
1959
A Midsummer Night's Dream as
Theseus (voice)
1959
Murder Bag (TV Series)
- Lockhart Watches a Film (1959)
1959
Boyd Q.C. (TV Series) as
Q.C.
- The Samurai Killing (1959) - Q.C.
1957
The Secret Place as
Sergeant Paynter (uncredited)
1956
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mr. Connor
- The Young and the Guilty (1956) - Mr. Connor
1955
The Snow Queen (TV Series) as
The King
- Episode #1.2 (1955) - The King
1955
The Explorer (TV Mini Series) as
Nelson
- The Golden Future (1955) - Nelson
1955
The Dam Busters as
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
1954
The Scarlet Eagle (TV Movie) as
Captain Plunder
1947
A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) as
Bottom
1947
Toad of Toad Hall (TV Movie) as
Gaoler
1946
A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) as
Snout
1946
Saint Joan (TV Movie) as
Page / Soldier
Archive Footage
1974
Mission: Monte Carlo as
Chief of Police
References
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