Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1907 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English film character actor.
Biography
Guy Middleton was born in Hove, Sussex, and originally worked in the London Stock Exchange, before turning to acting in the 1930s. In his earlier films he often portrayed amiable idiots, scoundrels and rakish bon vivants, but many of his later roles were military officers in the British Army, RAF or Royal Navy. He died in 1973, following a heart attack, aged 65.
Selected filmography
Film
Jimmy Boy (1935) .... The Count
Two Hearts in Harmony (1935) .... Mario
Trust the Navy (1935) .... Lieutenant Richmond
Under Proof (1936) .... Bruce
Fame (1936) .... Lester Cordwell
A Woman Alone (1936) .... Alioshka
The Gay Adventure (1936) .... Aram
Take a Chance (1937) .... Richard Carfax
Keep Fit (1937) .... Hector Kent
Break the News (1938) .... Englishman
The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) .... Milton
Goodbye Mr Chips (1939) .... McCulloch (uncredited)
French Without Tears (1940) .... Brian Curtis
For Freedom (1940) .... Pierre
Dangerous Moonlight (1941, also known as Suicide Squadron) .... Shorty
Talk About Jacqueline (1942) .... Captain Tony Brook
The Demi-Paradise (1943) .... Dick Christian
The Halfway House (1944) .... Fortescue
English Without Tears (1944) .... Captain Standish
Champagne Charlie (1944) .... Tipsy Swell
29 Acacia Avenue (1945) .... Gerald Jones
The Rake's Progress (1945, also known as Notorious Gentleman) .... Fogroy
The Captive Heart (1946) .... Capt. Jim Grayson
Night Boat to Dublin (1946) .... Capt. Tony Hunter
A Man About the House (1947) .... Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench
The White Unicorn (1947) .... Fobey
Snowbound (1948) .... Gilbert Mayne
One Night with You (1948) .... Matty
Once Upon a Dream (1949) .... Major Gilbert
Marry Me! (1949) .... Sir Gordon Blake
No Place for Jennifer (1950) .... Brian Stewart
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) .... Victor Hyde-Brown
The Third Visitor (1951) .... Inspector Mallory
Laughter in Paradise (1951) .... Simon Russell
Young Wives' Tale (1951) .... Victor Manifold
Never Look Back (1952) .... Guy Ransome
The Fake (1953) .... Smith
Albert R.N. (1953, also known as Break to Freedom) .... Bongo
Front Page Story (1954) .... Gentle
Conflict of Wings (1954) .... Adjutant
Malaga (1954) .... Soames Howard
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) .... Eric Rowbottom-Smith
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) .... Squadron Leader Scott
The Harassed Hero (1954) .... Murray Selwyn
Break in the Circle (1955) .... Maj. Hobart
Make Me an Offer (1955) .... Armstrong
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) .... Earl of Wickenware
A Yank in Ermine (1955) .... Bertram Maltravers
Now and Forever (1956) .... Hector
Doctor at Large (1957) .... Major Porter
Let's Be Happy (1957) .... Mr. Fielding
Passionate Summer (1958) .... Duffield
Escort for Hire (1960) .... Arthur Vickers
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) .... Drunken Fox Hunter (uncredited)
The Fur Collar (1962) .... Resident
What Every Woman Wants (1962) .... George Barker
The Mini-Affair (1967) .... Colonel Highwater
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... General Sir William Robertson
The Magic Christian (1969) .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) .... Potter (final film role)
Television appearances
He appeared in a number of television series as a guest character including:
Hancock's Half Hour (broadcast November 4th., 1957) - 'The Regimental Reunion', episode - Ex-Captain - (series 3, episode 6) - (Riverside Studios, Studio 1, Hammersmith) - (This is one of twenty-four missing Hancock television episodes, (to date).
Dixon of Dock Green (1959) - Fred Harper
Doctor Who (1967, Episode: "The Highlanders") - Colonel Attwood
References
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies; 14th ed (2001) editor John Walker - published by Harper-Collins;
The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, Collins;
External links
1907 births
1973 deaths
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Hove
20th-century English male actors
People from Moreton-in-Marsh