Biography
Paul Whitsun-Jones (25 April 1923 β 14 January 1974) was a Welsh character actor.Born in Newport in Monmouthshire, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood in Middlesex. He started his acting career in 1948 with two years at York Repertory Theatre. In the West End he appeared in The Moonraker at the Saville Theatre (1952), Dangerous Curves at the Garrick Theatre (1953), and played the Wazir in Kismet at the Stoll Theatre for two years from 1955 to 1957.His early television appearances included Street Scene, The Last Tycoon, Love from Italy, Berkeley Square and Swedish Match King. He played the role of Mr. Bumble in the original West End production of the musical Oliver! (1960). He appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as Squire Edwards in The Smugglers (1966) and the Marshal of Solos in The Mutants (1972).Whitsun-Jones had two children by his first wife, Joyce Winifred Rankine, whom he married in 1949 and later divorced, and two from his second wife, Sylvia E. Horswell, including the actress Henrietta Whitsun-Jones.
He died of appendicitis in London in 1974 aged 50.
Filmography
all 48
TV Shows 25
Movies 23
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Keep It Up, Jack! (1974)
Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)
Assassin (1973)
Bowler (1973)
Doctor Who: The Mutants (1972)
A Christmas Carol (1971)
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
The Persuaders! (1971)
Jason King (1971)
The Goodies (1970)
Simon Simon (1970)
Department S (1969)
Wild, Wild Women (1968)
Ooh La La! (1968)
The Three Musketeers (1966)
King of the River (1966)
Life at the Top (1965)
The Wild Affair (1965)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
United! (1965)
The World of Wooster (1965)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor in Distress (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
Maigret (1960)
The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)
There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons (1960)
International Detective (1959)
The Third Man (1959)
Wrong Number (1959)
Room at the Top (1959)
Hazard (1959)
The Larkins (1958)
Next to No Time (1958)
The Moonraker (1958)
Ivanhoe (1958)
Armchair Theatre (1956)
The Constant Husband (1955)
Stock Car (1955)
The Passing Stranger (1954)
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-04-05
Deathday1974-01-14 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceNewport, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Wales
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