- Paul Daneman
Paul Daneman (
29 October 1925 -28 April 2001 ) was an English actor with severalfilm andtelevision credits to his name.Daneman was born in
London . He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School andSir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design atReading University where he joined the dramatic society. After training at RADA he joined Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham rep and theOld Vic for four years. He was the first actor to play Vladimir in "Waiting For Godot " at the Arts Theatre. His film credits include: "Zulu" and "Oh! What a Lovely War ". Daneman's TV credits include: "The Adventures of Robin Hood ", "Danger Man ", "Out of the Unknown ", "The Saint", "Spy Trap ", "Blake's 7 ", "The Professionals" and "Rumpole of the Bailey ". The BBC's 1960 landmark production "An Age of Kings," a fifteen part drama that combined Shakespeare's histories of the Kings of England and presented them in chronological order, featured Paul as Richard III.Daneman played the husband of
Wendy Craig in the original series of the popular BBCsitcom "Not in Front of the Children " before being replaced byRonald Hines . He also played the part ofBilbo Baggins in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation ofJRR Tolkien 's 'The Hobbit '.While recovering from a heart attack, he wrote the sitcom "Affairs of the Heart". In 1995 Daneman published, "If I Only Had Wings", a novel inspired by his experiences in the
Royal Air Force duringWorld War II .Daneman died in 2001 and was bured at East Sheen Cemetery, South West London.
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