"I learned two things at drama school: first, that I couldn't act; second, that it didn't matter."
Wilfrid Hyde-White, (12 May 1903 — 6 May 1991), was a British character actor.
His first on-stage appearance was in Tons of Money in 1922. He first appeared in the West End three years later in Beggar on Horseback.
He was a fixture in British films of The '50s, while also keeping up his stage appearances. He made his first Hollywood appearance alongside Marilyn Monroe in Let's Make Love, followed by other films, most notably My Fair Lady.
He died of heart failure, only 6 days away from his 88th birthday. His son is American actor Alex Hyde-White.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Film
- The Winslow Boy (1948) — Wilkinson (Uncredited Role)
- The Passionate Friends (1949) — Lawyer (Uncredited Role)
- The Third Man (1949) — Mr. Crabbin
- Mr. Drake's Duck (1951) — Mr. May
- The Browning Version (1951) — Dr. Frobisher
- The Million Pound Note (1954) — Roderick Montpelier
- John and Julie (1955) — Sir James
- The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) — Master Oliver
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — Colonel
- North West Frontier (1959) — Mr. Bridie
- Libel (1959) — Hubert Foxley
- Two-Way Stretch (1960) — Soapy Stevens
- My Fair Lady (1964) — Colonel Hugh Pickering
- Ten Little Indians (1965) — Judge Arthur Cannon
- The Magic Christian (1969) — Captain Reginald K. Klaus
- Fragment of Fear (1970) — Mr. Copsey
- The Cat and the Canary (1978) — Cyrus West
- Xanadu (1980) — Heavenly Voice
- Oh, God! Book II (1980) — Judge Thomas Miller
- Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) — Club Member
- The Toy (1982) — Barkley
Series
- The Twilight Zone, episode "Passage on the Lady Anne" (1963) — Toby McKenzie
- Mission: Impossible, episode "Echo of Yesterday" (1967) — Otto Kelmann
- Daniel Boone, episode "Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away?" (1968) — George Perkins
- It Takes a Thief, episode "To Lure a Man" (1969) — Technikov
- Columbo, 2 episodes:
- "Dagger of the Mind" (1972) — Tanner
- "Last Salute to the Commodore" (1976) — Kittering, Esquire
- Battlestar Galactica, episode "Saga of a Star World" (1978) — Sire Anton
- Vegas, episode "The Way to Live" (1979) — Professor Matt Tolan
- Laverne & Shirley, 2 episodesshow list (1980) — Colonel Kalaback
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, 11 episodes (1981) — Dr. Goodfellow
- Fantasy Island, episode "House of Dolls/Wuthering Heights" (1982) — Lord William
Radio
- The Men from the Ministry (first two series, 1962-1965) — Roland Hamilton-Jones
