Years active 1928-1994 | Name Richard Caldicot Role Actor | |
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Full Name Richard Caldicot-Bull Movies and TV shows Adventures of a Plumber's, Eskimo Nell, HMS Paradise, The Horse's Mouth, Vanity Fair Similar People Stanley Long, Michele Lupo, Ronald Neame, Martin Ritt, David Giles |
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Richard Caldicot (7 October 1908 in London – 16 October 1995) was an English actor famed for his role of Commander (later Captain) Povey in the BBC radio series The Navy Lark. He also appeared often on television, memorably as the obstetrician delivering Betty Spencer's baby in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
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His father was a civil servant and he attended Dulwich College. He then appeared in repertory theatre and on the West End stage (in the original production of Journey's End) from 1928. He found success in 1947 when he appeared in a stage production of Edward, My Son. His film debut was in The Million Pound Note (1954).
Caldicot's television appearances include The Four Just Men, The Prisoner: "Many Happy Returns", Steptoe and Son, Vanity Fair, and Coronation Street. He was also seen in the United States on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Caldicot worked virtually right up till his death in October 1995.