Michael Aldridge
Michael Aldridge (
September 9,
1920 -
January 10,
1994) was a British
actor born at
Glastonbury,
Somerset,
England,
United Kingdom.
Educated at Gresham's School in
Holt,
Norfolk, Michael Aldridge started his career in
1939 at the
Palace Theatre,
Watford, appearing in
Terence Rattigan's play
"French Without Tears". It was not until
1954 that his career started to gain him recognition when he accepted a role in
Salad Days at the
Vaudeville Theatre, where he remained until
1957. After numerous appearances in several different roles, Aldridge again received negative feedback from critics and theatre patrons in the
1975 showing of
Jeeves (musical).
Aldridge gave up his stage career after
Jeeves and started appearing in television and film roles. Between
1985 and
1989, he starred as Seymour Utterthwaite in
Last of the Summer Wine. Prior to this, Aldridge appeared as Pistol in
Orson Welles Chimes at Midnight in
1967, Percy Alleline in
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in
1979,
Yes, Minister, and several other films and television series.
*Stout-hearted Men - Michael Aldridge [
1]
*icHuddersfield Obituary - Michael Aldridge [
2]
