Paul Clark Eddington, CBE (18 June 1927 â€" 4 November 1995) was an
English actor who appeared in the television sitcoms The Good Life and
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.Eddington was born in St John's Wood
in London to Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts).
The family were Quakers, and Eddington was brought up by his parents
with strict family values. He attended Sibford School, Sibford Ferris,
Oxfordshire. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott).Having
registered as a conscientious objector, Eddington began his acting
career as a teenager with Entertainments National Service Association
(ENSA) during the Second World War. He worked for a repertory theatre
company in Sheffield and made his first TV appearance in 1956 as a
regular cast member of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Initially he
played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959â€"60), he
played Will Scarlet. He had roles in episodes of The Avengers (1963),
The Prisoner (1967) and the final episode of The Champions (1969). He
also had a supporting role in Hammer Films' The Devil Rides Out
(1968), an episode of Van der Valk in 1972, and appeared as a
"straight man" (substituting for regular stooge Henry McGee) in a 1976
episode of The Benny Hill Show. He also appeared in most episodes of
the ATV series Hine (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member
of an arms-dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil
servant Strand in the last series of Special Branch (1974).
English actor who appeared in the television sitcoms The Good Life and
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.Eddington was born in St John's Wood
in London to Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts).
The family were Quakers, and Eddington was brought up by his parents
with strict family values. He attended Sibford School, Sibford Ferris,
Oxfordshire. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott).Having
registered as a conscientious objector, Eddington began his acting
career as a teenager with Entertainments National Service Association
(ENSA) during the Second World War. He worked for a repertory theatre
company in Sheffield and made his first TV appearance in 1956 as a
regular cast member of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Initially he
played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959â€"60), he
played Will Scarlet. He had roles in episodes of The Avengers (1963),
The Prisoner (1967) and the final episode of The Champions (1969). He
also had a supporting role in Hammer Films' The Devil Rides Out
(1968), an episode of Van der Valk in 1972, and appeared as a
"straight man" (substituting for regular stooge Henry McGee) in a 1976
episode of The Benny Hill Show. He also appeared in most episodes of
the ATV series Hine (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member
of an arms-dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil
servant Strand in the last series of Special Branch (1974).
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