Michael Hugh Medwin, OBE, (18 July 1923 — 26 February 2020), was a British actor best known for playing Don Satchley in Shoestring.
He began acting in 1940, starting on stage. Over the years on the West End, he appeared in Duckers and Lovers, The Rivals, and What the Butler Saw.
Throughout The '50s and The '60s, he was a frequent face in British films, racking up appearances in The Intruder, Doctor at Sea, Doctor at Large, I Only Arsked!, Carry On Nurse, The Longest Day, I've Gotta Horse, and A Countess from Hong Kong. During this time, he also starred in the first two series of The Army Game (the series that spawned the aforementioned I Only Arsked!) as Corporal Springer.
In 1970, he played Scrooge's nephew, Harry, in Scrooge (1970). For the rest of The '70s, he was kept busy by producing films, which he had begun doing in the '60s, and in 1979, was cast as Don Satchley in Shoestring. In 1988, he and David Pugh formed David Pugh Limited, a theatrical production company.
He was appointed OBE in 2005 and died at the age of 96.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Doctor at Sea (1955) — Third Officer Trail
- Doctor at Large (1957) — Dr. Charlie Bingham
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — Ginger
- The Longest Day (1962) — Private Watney
- A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) — John Felix
- Privilege (1967) — Jackman (Uncredited Role)
- Scrooge (1970) — Harry
- O Lucky Man! (1973) — Army Captain/Power Station Technician/Duke of Belminster
- The Sea Wolves (1980) — Radcliffe
- Never Say Never Again (1983) — Doctor at Shrublands
- The Duchess (2008) — Speechmaker
- The Army Game, 71 episodes (1957-59) — Corporal Springer
- Return of the Saint, episode "The Arrangement" (1978) — Guy Northcott
- Shoestring, 21 episodes (1979-80) — Don Satchley
- Minder, episode "Why Pay Tax" (1982) — Barry
- Super Gran, episode "Super Gran and the Media Star" (1987) — Cecil Smarm
- Lovejoy, episode "Raise the Hispanic" (1991) — Bill Fredericks
- Murder in Mind, episode "Mercy" (2001) — Dr. Patrick Whitfield
- Holby City, episode "Secrets and Lies" (2002) — Will Sanderson
- The Bill, episode "An Unwanted Death" (2004) — Harry Woodruff
- Doctors, episode "No Go" (2005) — Bill Spooner
- Heartbeat, episode "Mixed Messages" (2008) — Carruthers
