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- Wilfrid Hyde-White (née Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters.
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Wilfrid Hyde-White (née Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. [1]
British character actor of wry charm, equally at home in amused or strait-laced characters. A native of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, he attended Marlborough College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage debut came in 1922, and by 1925 he was a busy London actor.
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Wilfrid Hyde-White. Actor: My Fair Lady. British character actor of wry charm, equally at home in amused or strait-laced characters. A native of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, he attended Marlborough College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
- May 12, 1903
- May 6, 1991
May 6, 1991 · Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was a British character actor of stage, film and television. He achieved international recognition for his role as Colonel Pickering in the film version of the musical My Fair Lady (1964).
Wilfred Hyde-White, son of a Gloucestershire clergyman, had his lucky break in films in 1936 with Charles Laughton in Rembrandt. He attained international stardom with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in the film of My Fair Lady – and he was no stranger to the famous Ascot racecourse scene.
Marlborough-educated and RADA-trained, he was first on stage in 1922, scoring a major hit as the father of The Reluctant Debutante (1955) and screen since 1936. His son Alex Hyde-White (b.London, 1959) has acted in several films including Biggles (d. John Hough, 1986) and Pretty Woman (US, d. Garry Marshall, 1990).
May 7, 1991 · Wilfrid Hyde-White, the impeccably attired, properly mannered character in scores of Hollywood's and England's finest films, died Monday morning of heart failure.
