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person_profile-Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Eddison

Date of Birth:

Jun 10, 1908

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Dec 14, 1991

Biography of

Robert Eddison

    Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE (10 June 1908 – 14 December 1991) was an English actor, who is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also played the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child". Born in Japan to English parents, Edwin Eddison and Hilda Muriel Leadham, he had a twin brother Talbot Leadam Eddison. Through his paternal grandmother, Anna Paulina Tatham of Philadelphia, he was related to the Tatham Brothers Iron pipe manufacturers of Philadelphia. As his paternal great-grandfather Henry Billington Tatham's name suggests, he was a descendant of the Billington family who came to America from England on the Mayflower. Eddison was known for his resonant, baritone voice and long, lean figure. He performed William Shakespeare and other classics, was noted for his Hamlet at the Old Vic, and later playing the comic roles of Feste and Sir Andrew Aguecheek inTwelfth Night, and King Lear on the New York stage. He was also a familiar figure in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, andSophocles, and played Canon Chasuble in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Eddison also made his mark in radio, in countless BBC dramas through the decades, with some of his last roles includingDeath in The Canterbury Tales and parts in an adaptation of Japanese Noh plays. His film career was limited, but included a supporting role in Peter Ustinov's 1948 comedy Vice Versa, the electrical 'Nick' in The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), the college president in American Friends (1991), and a notable cameo in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeas the ancient Grail Knight, warning adventurers to choose wisely.

Filmography of

Robert Eddison

Found 15 Movies in total

American Friends

Rushden - The President ( Actor )

... 1991

A TV Dante

Charon ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

Scoop

Troutbeck ( Actor )

... 1987

Theban Plays: Antigone

Chorus ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986

Henry IV Part 2

Justice Robert Shallow ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1973

... 1972

Edward II

Lightborn/Archbishop of Canterbury ( Actor )

... 1970

The Tragedy of King Richard II

Duke of York ( Actor )

... 1970

Uncle Silas

Silas Ruthyn ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1954

Vice Versa

Mr. Blinkhorn ( Actor )

... 1948

Sixty Glorious Years

Lanternist Professor ( Actor )

... 1938