Sunday, May 9, 2010

AS SEEN ON TV: MICHAEL WILDING

MICHAEL WILDING


AS SEEN IN:
"Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story"

AS PLAYED BY:
Nigel Havers

From Wikipedia:
He appeared in numerous British motion pictures, often opposite Anna Neagle, but had a less productive career in Hollywood. His screen performances include "Sailors Three" (1940), "In Which We Serve" (1942), "Undercover" (1943), "Piccadilly Incident" (1946), "Spring in Park Lane" (1948), "Stage Fright" (1950) and "The World of Suzie Wong" (1960).

His last appearance was in an uncredited, non-speaking cameo in "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1972), which co-starred his last wife, Margaret Leighton.

He also appeared on television, including the title role in the 1957 episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood" of NBC's anthology series, 'The Joseph Cotton Show'.

Wilding had four wives, Kay Young (married 1937, divorced 1951), actress Elizabeth Taylor (married 1952, divorced 1957), Susan Neill (married 1958, divorced 1962), and actress Margaret Leighton (married 1964 until her death in 1976).
He and Taylor had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (born 1953) and Christopher Edward Wilding (born 1955). In 1957 he had a short-lived romance with actress Marie McDonald, who was nicknamed "The Body"

In the 1960s, he was forced to cut back on his movie appearances due to illness related to his lifelong epilepsy.

Michael Wilding died in Chichester, West Sussex, due to head injuries suffered from a fall down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered.

BCnU!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you sure these photos aren't of Nigel Havers?

Toby O'B said...

They are of Nigel Havers; but as you can see in the subject matter, it's Michael Wilding as played by Nigel Havers. The name of the topic is "As Seen On TV", not "As Seen In Real Life"!