Roy Hudd Biography (1936-)

Born May 16, 1936, in Croydon, Surrey, England; son of Harold Charles (a carpenter) and Evelyn (maiden name, Bahram) Hudd; married Ann Vera Lambert (a photographer); children: Maxwell Roy. Addresses: Office: c/o The News Huddlines, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor, comedian, writer
Birth Details
May 16, 1936
Croydon, Surrey, England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Radio Appearances
  • The News Huddlines (series), BBC2, 1975-
  • The News Huddlines Christmas Stocking (special), BBC2, 2000
  • Also performed in Workers' Playtime.
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Beach, Heavy Weather, PBS, 1995
  • John Parry, Common as Muck, BBC, 1997
  • Miniseries
  • Ben Baglin, Karaoke, Bravo, 1996
  • Ben Baglin, Cold Lazarus, Bravo, 1996
  • Episodic
  • John Gedgrave, "The Dying Detective," The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, PBS, 1994
  • Barry Baxter, "Deep Secret," The Bill, 1998
  • Arthur Denton, "Dead Ends," Harbour Lights, 1999
  • Also appeared in Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life.
  • Other Television Appearances
  • Dan Leno, Young Charlie Chaplin (special), PBS, 1989
  • Harold Atterbow, Lipstick on Your Collar, 1993
  • Film Appearances
  • Morgue attendant, The Blood Beast Terror (also known as Blood Beast from Hell, The Deathshead Vampire, and Vampire-Beast Craves Blood), Pacemaker Pictures, 1967
  • Nick the Pick, Up the Chastity Belt (also known as Naughty Knights), 1971
  • Master of ceremonies, Up Pompeii, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/EMI, 1971
  • Fisherman, "Avarice" segment, The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, 1971
  • Milkman, The Alf Garnett Saga, 1972
  • Chef, A Kind of Hush, 1998
  • Mr. Sewell, Purely Belter, Channel Four Films, 2000
  • Stage Appearances
  • Jim Busby, The Giveaway, Garrick Theatre, London, 1969
  • Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1973
  • Dogberry, Much Ado about Nothing, Young Vic Theatre, 1973
  • Frank, If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, and Birdboot, TheReal Inspector Hound (double-bill), Young Vic Theatre, 1976
  • Fagin, Oliver! (musical), Albery Theatre, London, 1977
  • Pseudolus and Prologus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Open Air Theatre, London, 1999
  • Brian Blessed, Charles Dickens' Hard Times, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 2000
  • Cinderella (pantomime), Greenwich Theatre, 2000-01
  • RECORDINGS
  • Recorded Radio Broadcasts
  • Performed in Radio Comedy--The News Huddlines and Roy Hudd--RoyHudd's Pick of the Huddlines, both BBC.
  • WRITINGS
  • Plays
  • Victorian Christmas (two-act), Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, 1978
  • Roy Hudd's Very Own Music Hall (two-act; solo show), Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, England, 1979
  • Just a Verse and Chorus (two-act), Haymarket Theatre, 1979
  • Beautiful Dreamer (two-act), Haymarket Theatre, 1980
  • (Coauthor) Underneath the Arches (two-act), Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1981
  • Cinderella (pantomime), Greenwich Theatre, 2000-01
  • Other
  • Roy Hudd Joke Book, Wolfe Publishing, 1970
  • Music Hall, Eyre Methuen, 1977