Walter Hudd


Walter Hudd was a British actor and director.

Stage career

Hudd made his stage debut in The Manxman in 1919, and later toured as part of the Fred Terry Company; first attracting serious attention playing Guildenstern in a 1925 modern dress Hamlet. He also later directed plays at Stratford-on-Avon, including Richard II, Twelfth Night and Doctor Faustus.
His West End appearances included The Way Things Happen, The Ghost Train, The Grain of Mustard Seed, Mile Away Murder, Geneva, Thunder Rock, A Month in the Country, The Waltz of the Toreadors and The Potting Shed.
He made his sole Broadway appearance in the Theatre Guild revival of You Never Can Tell. He was also a member of the Malvern Festival, Stratford Memorial and Old Vic theatre companies, and in later life became Head of Drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Film career

His film career began in 1935 with Anthony Asquith's Moscow Nights. The following year he was cast as T. E. Lawrence in Alexander Korda's proposed biopic of the celebrated soldier/author, but the production was abandoned. He had previously played a character based on Lawrence in Bernard Shaw's play, Too True to be Good, a performance that had been highly praised by Lawrence himself.
His last two films, The Punch and Judy Man and It's All Happening, were released posthumously.

Filmography

  • Moscow Nights as The Doctor
  • Rembrandt as Capt. Banning Cocq
  • Elephant Boy as Petersen
  • Housemaster as Frank Hastings
  • Black Limelight as Lawrence Crawford
  • The Outsider as Dr. Helmore
  • Dead Man's Shoes as Gaston Alexandri
  • Dr. O'Dowd as Dr. Crowther
  • Major Barbara as Stephen Undershaft
  • Uncensored as Van Heemskirk
  • Love Story as Ray
  • I Live in Grosvenor Square as Vicar
  • I Know Where I'm Going! as Hunter
  • Escape as Defence Counsel
  • Paper Orchid as Briggs
  • Landfall as Professor Legge
  • The Importance of Being Earnest as Lane
  • Cosh Boy as Magistrate
  • The Good Die Young as Dr. Reed
  • Cast a Dark Shadow as The Coroner
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood as The Judge
  • Reach for the Sky as Air Vice-Marshal Halahan
  • Satellite in the Sky as Blandford
  • The Last Man to Hang? as The Judge
  • Loser Takes All as Arnold
  • The Man Upstairs as The Superintendent
  • Further Up the Creek as Consul
  • The Two-Headed Spy as Adm. Canaris
  • The Navy Lark as Naval Captain
  • Look Back in Anger as Actor
  • Two-Way Stretch as Rev. Patterson
  • Sink the Bismarck! as Admiral
  • The Prince and the Pauper as Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Life for Ruth as Judge
  • The Punch and Judy Man as Clergyman
  • It's All Happening as J.B. Magdeburg