Derek Bond

For the Anglican bishop, see Derek Bond (bishop).

Derek Bond
Born	Derek William Douglas Bond 26 January 1920(1920-01-26) Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died	15 October 2006(2006-10-15) (aged 86) London, England, UK
Years active	1938–1998
Spouse	Glover, Annie (1977-2006) (his death) Grace, Ann (1942-?) (divorced) 1 child ?? (?-?) (divorced) 1 child

Derek William Douglas Bond MC (26 January 1920 – 15 October 2006) was a British actor.

Life and career

Derek Bond was born 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London.^[1] He saw active service with the Grenadier Guards in North Africa during the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. He spent the last few months of the war in a Bavarian POW camp.^[1]

He enjoyed a varied film, stage and television career, which began in 1938 with experience with the Finchley Amateur Dramatic Society. His conventional good looks secured him a number of dramatic and light comedy roles. He made a lasting impression in the title role of the Ealing Studios production of Nicholas Nickleby (1947).

He was President of the Actors' Union Equity for a tempestuous period during the 1980s. In 1984, because of his intention to perform in South Africa (the country's apartheid system was the cause of a UN-backed cultural boycott), a motion urging Bond to resign was proposed, but rejected, in July 1984. He later resigned when a ban on members working in South Africa became union policy after his return to the UK.^[1]

Derek Bond was married three times. He died 15 October 2006, in London, and is survived by his third wife Annie, a son, a daughter and a stepson.

Selected filmography

• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Nicholas Nickleby (1947) (title role)
• The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
• Uncle Silas (1947)
• Broken Journey (1948)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948) (as Oates)
• Marry Me (1949)
• Christopher Columbus (1949)
• Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
• Trouble in Store (1953)
• Svengali (1954)
• Wonderful Life (1964)
• Saturday Night Out (1964)
• Press for Time (1966)
• When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

Selected television appearances

• Picture Parade (co-presenter)
• Cooperama (with Tommy Cooper, 1966)
• Callan (1969)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gavin Gaughan Obituary: Derek Bond, The Guardian, 8 November 2006

External links

• Derek Bond at the Internet Movie Database
• The Times Obituary

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Name	Bond, Derek
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Date of birth	26 January 1920
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Date of death	15 October 2006
Place of death	London, England, UK