birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name
london , england , uk roddy maude-roxby 2 april 1930 roddy maude-roxby
 roderick a. maude-roxby
roddy maude-roxby

roderick a. `` roddy '' maude-roxby -lrb- born 2 april 1930 -rrb- is an english actor .
london-born maude-roxby has appeared in numerous films , such as `` the aristocats '' , `` unconditional love '' , and clint eastwood 's `` white hunter black heart '' , playing thompson .
he has also made theatrical and television appearances -lrb- i.e. `` the goodies '' , `` rowan and martin 's laugh in '' , `` not only ... but also '' , and `` the establishment '' -rrb- .
he won the theatre of the year award for best comic new york in 1968 for his stand-up work .
he voiced `` edgar '' in walt disney 's `` the aristocats '' .
an early innovator at the royal college of art -lrb- alongside david hockney and peter blake -rrb- , he was one of the country 's first performance artists before it was a recognised art .
he also collaborated in a pre-monty python series entitled `` the complete and utter history of britain '' with michael palin and terry jones among others .
maude-roxby has also worked with masks and improvisation for over 40 years and was a co-creator of improvisational games developed at the royal court theatre and then as `` theatre machine '' with keith johnstone .
