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Michael Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English actor.

in Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea

Westcliff-on-Sea is a village and seaside resort in the south-east of England within the borough and unitary authority of Southend-on-Sea in Essex....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England, Wilding was a successful commercial artist when he joined the art department
Art department

Art department in film terms means the section of a Film production's crew concerned with visual artistry. Working under the supervision of the production designer and/or art director, the art department is responsible for arranging the overall look of the film as desired by the film director....
 of a London movie studio in 1933. He soon embarked on an acting career.

ppeared in numerous British motion pictures, often opposite Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle

Dame Anna Neagle, Order of the British Empire was a popular England theatre and motion picture actor and singer.Neagle proved to be a box-office sensation in British films for over 25 years....
, but had a less productive career in Hollywood.






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Michael Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English actor.

Biography


Early life

Born in Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea

Westcliff-on-Sea is a village and seaside resort in the south-east of England within the borough and unitary authority of Southend-on-Sea in Essex....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England, Wilding was a successful commercial artist when he joined the art department
Art department

Art department in film terms means the section of a Film production's crew concerned with visual artistry. Working under the supervision of the production designer and/or art director, the art department is responsible for arranging the overall look of the film as desired by the film director....
 of a London movie studio in 1933. He soon embarked on an acting career.

Career

He appeared in numerous British motion pictures, often opposite Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle

Dame Anna Neagle, Order of the British Empire was a popular England theatre and motion picture actor and singer.Neagle proved to be a box-office sensation in British films for over 25 years....
, but had a less productive career in Hollywood. His screen performances include Sailors Three (1940), In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve is a 1942 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom war film directed by David Lean and No?l Coward. The screenplay by Coward was inspired by the exploits of Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was in command of the destroyer HMS Kelly when it was sunk during the Battle of Crete....
 (1942), Piccadilly Incident (1946), Spring in Park Lane
Spring in Park Lane

Spring in Park Lane is a 1948 in film romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox....
 (1948), Stage Fright
Stage Fright (film)

Stage Fright is an Alfred Hitchcock crime film starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding , and Richard Todd. Others in the cast include Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Hitchcock's daughter Patricia Hitchcock in her movie debut, and Joyce Grenfell in a humorous vignette....
 (1950) and The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel written by Richard Mason , which has been adapted into a play, a hit film, and a ballet....
 (1960).

His last appearance was in an uncredited, non-speaking cameo in Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb (film)

Lady Caroline Lamb is a 1972 film based on the life of the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb, lover of Lord Byron and wife of Prime Minister of the United KingdomWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....
 (1972), which co-starred his last wife, Margaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton was an English actress....
.

Personal life

Wilding had four wives, Kay Young (married 1937, divorced 1951), actress Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, Order of the British Empire , also known as Liz Taylor, is an England-born American actress.Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Cinema of the United States lifestyle, including many marriages, Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a la...
 (married 1952, divorced 1957), Susan Neill (married 1958, divorced 1962), and actress Margaret Leighton (married 1964 until her death in 1976).

He and Taylor had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (born 1953) and Christopher Edward Wilding (born 1955).

In the 1960s, he was forced to cut back on his movie appearances due to illness related to his lifelong epilepsy
Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizure s. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain....
.

Michael Wilding died in Chichester
Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city status in the United Kingdom in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Ancient Rome past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings....
, West Sussex
West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government...
, due to head injuries suffered from a fall down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure. His body was cremated
Cremation

Cremation is the process of reducing human remains to basic Chemical element in the form of bone fragments through flame, heat, and vaporization....
 and the ashes were scattered.

Filmography


Television


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