William Abney (actor)
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William Abney | |
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| Born | 7 January 1921 |
| Died | 9 August 1997 (aged 76) London, England |
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William Edward Charles Wootton Abney (7 January 1921 – 9 August 1997) played Reverend Copley on Coronation Street in 1977, and Jim Lorimer in 1980. His other television credits include The Adventures of William Tell, Crossroads, Special Branch, Play for Today, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin's Nest and The Return of Sherlock Holmes.[1]
The son of Henry Charles Wootton Abney, of the landed gentry family of Abney of Measham Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife, Janet Bentley Littlejohn, Abney was educated at Cranleigh School and the Central School of Speech and Drama.[2]
His stage work included West End roles in the original production of Carrington V.C. in 1953, and (as Giles Ralston) in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap in 1956-1959.[3][4]
As a film actor, Abney appeared in Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), Two-Way Stretch, (1960), Cone of Silence (1960), The City of the Dead (1960), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), The Legacy (1979), North Sea Hijack (1980) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).[5]
As a writer, Abney wrote the story for "Poor Butterfly" (1969), an episode of Journey to the Unknown (TV series).[6]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1951 | Sunday Night Theatre | Multiple roles | [7] | |
| 1953 | Martim Lutero | |||
| 1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Artillery Officer | [7] | |
| 1959 | Horrors of the Black Museum | Patrol Constable #1 | [7] | |
| 1959 | The Night We Dropped a Clanger | 2nd German Sentry | [7] | |
| 1960 | Two-Way Stretch | Visiting Room Warder | [7] | |
| 1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | 1st Policeman | ||
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | First Officer | [7] | |
| 1960 | The Man Who Was Nobody | James Tynewood | ||
| 1960 | The City of the Dead | Policeman | [7] | |
| 1961 | Middle Course | Jaghorst | [7] | |
| 1962 | Flight from Singapore | Flight Lt. Bob Elliott | [7] | |
| 1963 | On the Run | Jock McKay | Edgar Wallace Mysteries | [7] |
| 1964 | We Shall See | Shaw | Edgar Wallace Mysteries | [7] |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Voss | [7] | |
| 1978 | The Legacy | Butler | [7] | |
| 1979 | North Sea Hijack | Gail | [7] | |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Hugo the Houseman | [7] |
References[edit]
- ^ "William Abney". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Henry Charles Wootton Abney (1881-1953) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com.
- ^ "William Abney | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert (1958). "The Mousetrap | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
- ^ "William Abney | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ "Poor Butterfly (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "William Abney". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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