death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
15 december 1989 hampshire , england , uk 1932 -- 1979 london , england , uk british edward underdown 03 december 1908 hon. -rrb- rosemary sybella violet grimston -lrb- 1953 -- 64 edward underdown
 charles edward underdown actor , jockey
edward underdown

charles edward underdown -lrb- 3 december 1908 -- 15 december 1989 -rrb- was an english theatre , cinema and television actor .
he was born in london and educated at eton college in berkshire .
early theatre credits include : `` words and music '' , `` nymph errant '' , `` stop press '' and `` streamline '' .
his film credits include : `` they were not divided '' , `` beat the devil '' , `` wings of the morning '' , `` the rainbow jacket '' , `` the woman 's angle '' , `` her panelled door '' , `` the camp on blood island '' , `` dr. terror 's house of horrors '' , `` thunderball '' , `` khartoum '' , `` the magic christian '' and `` digby , the biggest dog in the world '' .
television appearances include : `` dad 's army '' , `` danger man '' , `` the saint '' , `` the avengers '' , `` the rat catchers '' , `` weavers green '' , `` man in a suitcase '' , `` doomwatch '' , `` the regiment '' , `` colditz '' , `` upstairs , downstairs '' , `` survivors '' , `` the duchess of duke street '' and `` doctor who '' -lrb- in the serial `` meglos '' -rrb- .
both `` wings of the morning '' and `` the rainbow jacket '' were set in his beloved racing world , the former being set on epsom downs .
`` wings of the morning '' , starring henry fonda , was britain 's first technicolor film .
edward underdown was also a gentleman jockey and rode with great aplomb both on the flat and over sticks -lrb- see references to his riding career in john hislop 's books -rrb- .
in 1950 he was voted by british exhibitors as the most promising male newcomer in the country .
