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Peter Madden (9 August 1904 – 24 February 1976) was a British actor who was born in Ipoh in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia).[1] He was the son of Frederick Charles Linnet Butler-Madden and Margaret Teresa McCabe, and his name at birth was Dudley Frederick Peter Butler-Madden.

Peter Madden
in The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Born	(1904-08-09)9 August 1904 Ipoh, Federated Malay States
Died	24 February 1976(1976-02-24) (aged 71) Bognor Regis, Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor

Career

Madden was a character actor who made several appearances in Hammer films and was a familiar face in British film and television during the 1950s and 1960s.[2]

He appeared as the innkeeper Bruno in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and as the stern Police Chief in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967).[1] His last Hammer role was brief, as a coach driver in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973).[3]

In the cult television series The Prisoner (1967), Madden, uncredited, plays the sinister undertaker in the opening sequence.[4]

On television he was seen in Danger Man, Z-Cars, The Avengers, The Saint and The Champions, Out of the Unknown, Orson Welles Great Mysteries, ('The Ingenious Reporter', episode), Steptoe and Son in the episode 'Live Now P.A.Y.E. Later' and also played Inspector Lestrade opposite Douglas Wilmer’s Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 BBC series.[5]

Personal life

In 1940 he married the actress Mary Jordan (1913–1973).[6] They subsequently divorced.

In 1955 he married Marion Snelling, a singer with The Mike Sammes Singers. They had a daughter, Martine, in 1956.

Peter died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at his home in Felpham in 1977.

Filmography

References

External links

• Peter Madden at IMDb
• Madden on The Dictionary of Hammer Horror

На других языках

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[es] Peter Madden

Peter Madden (9 de agosto de 1904 - 24 de febrero de 1976) fue un actor británico que nació en la Malasia británica.

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