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Paul Eddington 1927 - 1995

M. Patricia Scott

He began acting in 1941 as part of ENSA, then he started in the repertory stage in Sheffield
Best remembered for his parts in "The Good Life" as Jerry and also "Yes, Minister" Series as Jim Hacker.
Awards: In 1992 he was awarded the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in No Man's Land.

Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1950 Theatre Royal, Bath The Rivals ..... .. ..... .. ..
1951 Bristol Old Vic Venus Observed ..... .. ..... .. ..
1955 Bristol Old Vic Of Mice and Men ..... .. ..... .. ..
1955 Bristol Old Vic Love's Labour's Lost ..... .. ..... .. ..
1955 Art Theatre Komuso ..... .. ..... .. ..
1956 .. .. ..... Dixon of Dock Green - The Rotten Apple PC Tom Carr .. ..
1956-1960 .. .. ..... The Adventures of Robin Hood Will Scarlett .. ..
1957 .. .. ..... Sword of Freedom - The Eye of the Artist Alfonso .. ..
1957 .. .. ..... The Buccaneers - Cutlass Wedding La Forte .. ..
1958 .. .. ..... Ivanhoe - The Widow of Woodcote Robber .. ..
1959 .. .. ..... Dixon of Dock Green - A Question of Decibels Mr. Birch Jet Storm Victor Tracer
1960 .. .. ..... The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - The Man Who Was Nobody Franz Reuter .. ..
1960 .. .. ..... The Four Just Men - Crack-Up Rusty .. ..
1960 .. .. ..... Hay Fever ..... .. ..
1960 .. .. ..... The Days of Vengeance Power .. ..
1960 .. .. ..... Maigret - Liberty Bar Harry Brown .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic War and Peace ..... Top Secret - Vendetta Victor Chambi .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic The Apple Cart ..... The Escape of R.D.7 Michael Rabinowitz .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic Brand ..... The Seven Faces of Jim - The Face of Genius ..... .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic All's Well That Ends Well ..... .... ..... .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic The Sitting Duck ..... .... ..... .. ..
1961 Bristol Old Vic Ross ..... .... ..... .. ..
1962 Bristol Old Vic Becket ..... The Cheaters - Carnival Case Simpson .. ..
1962 Bristol Old Vic The Fire Raisers ..... Out of This World - Target Generation Joe Manx .. ..
1962 Bristol Old Vic A Severed Head ..... .... .... .. ..
1962 Bristol Old Vic Julius Caesar ..... .... .... .. ..
1962 Bristol Old Vic All Things Bright and Beautiful ..... .... .... .. ..
1963 Criterion Theatre A Severed Head ..... The Spread of the Eagle Brutus .. ..
1963 .. .. ..... The Avengers - Immortal Clay Richard Marling .. ..
1963 .. .. ..... Z Cars - Act of Vengeance Stan Ferris .. ..
1964 .. .. ..... Crane - Recoil Dr. Stampini Ring of Spies ..
1965 Vaudeville Portrait of a Queen ..... .. ..... .. ..
1965 Little Theatre, Bristol Private Lives ..... .. ..... .. ..
1966 Bristol Old Vic Sixty Thousand Nights ..... .. ..... .. ..
1966 Bristol Old Vic The Critic ..... .. ..... .. ..
1966 New Theatre Jorrocks ..... Danger Man - I Am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number Capt. Schulman .. ..
1967 Oxford Playhouse Call Me Jacky ..... The Avengers - Something Nasty in the Nursery Lord William Beaumont .. ..
1967 .. .. ..... Half Hour Story - Quick on the Takeover Tim .. ..
1967 .. .. ..... The Prisoner - Arrival Cobb .. ..
1968 .. .. ..... Frontier Hamilton Lovelace The Devil Rides Out Richard Eaton
1969 Apollo Theatre Forty Years On ..... The Champions - Autokill Klein .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... Fraud Squad - The Biggest Borrower of All Joseph Horden .. ..
1970 .. .. ..... Doomwatch - The Red Sky Reynolds .. ..
1970 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - The Prime Minister's Daughter Ormston .. ..
1970 .. .. ..... Ryan International - Dragon's Teeth Monsieur Blanck .. ..
1971 .. .. ..... Catweazle - The Heavenly Twins Vadanti .. ..
1971 .. .. ..... Hine Astor Harris .. ..
1971 .. .. ..... The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Mirror of Portugal Hamer .. ..
1972 Bristol Old Vic Long Day's Journey Into Night ..... Spy Trap - Lorna Driscoll The Amazing Mr. Blunden Vicar
1972 Bristol Old Vic Journey's End ..... Man at the Top Clive Kempson .. ..
1972 Bristol Old Vic Private Lives ..... Van der Valk - The Adventurer Wolf Gebhardt .. ..
1973 Bristol Old Vic London Assurance ..... The Adventurer - Make It a Million Charlesworth Baxter! Mr. Rawling
1973 Bristol Old Vic Dear Liar ..... The Morecambe & Wise Show - Christmas Special ..... .. ..
1974 Criterion Theatre Absurd Person Singular ..... Fall of Eagles Plekhanov .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... To Sir, with Love Moran .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... Special Branch Strand .. ..
1975 Globe Theatre Donkey's Years ..... Play for Today - Goodbye ..... .. ..
1975-1978 .. .. ..... The Good Life Jerry Leadbetter .. ..
1976 .. .. ..... The Benny Hill Show - Sale of the Half-Century Various .. ..
1978 Globe Theatre Ten Times Table ..... .... .... .. ..
1979 Lyric Theatre Middle Age Spread ..... .... .... .. ..
1980 Royalty Theatre The Browning Version / Harlequinade ..... .. ..... Sins with Our Permission Harry Dudley
1980 Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith Illuminations ..... .... .... .. ..
1980-1984 .. .. ..... Yes Minister James Hacker .. ..
1981 Littleton Theatre Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ..... .... .... .. ..
1982 Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith Noises Off ..... Let There Be Love Timothy Love .. ..
1982 Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal, Bristol He and She ..... Outside Edge Roger .. ..
1983 Bristol Old Vic The Browning Version ..... .... .... .. ..
1984 Chichester Festival Theatre Merchant of Venice ..... .. ..... .. ..
1984 Chichester Festival Theatre / Queens Theatre Forty Years On ..... .. ..... .. ..
1985 Aldwych Theatre Jumpers ..... .... .... .. ..
1986 .. .. ..... The Murder at the Vicarage Rev. Leonard Clement .. ..
1986-1988 .. .. ..... Yes, Prime Minister James Hacker .. ..
1988 Royalty Theatre Browning Version and Harlequinade ..... Aspel & Company Himself .. ..
1989 Chichester Festival War and Peace ..... Minder - The Wrong Goodbye Guy Wheeler .. ..
1990 Theatre Royal, Haymarket London Assurance ..... .... .... .. ..
1990 Theatre Royal, Bath The Double Dealer ..... Outside Edge Roger .. ..
1991 Playhouse Theatre Tartuffe ..... .... .... .. ..
1992 .. .. ..... The Camomile Lawn Richard Cuthbertson .. ..
1993 Almeida Theatre / Comedy Theatre No Mans Land ..... .... .... .. ..
1994 Theatre Royal, Bath / Wyndham's Theatre Home ..... .... .... .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... The Adventures of Mole ..... .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... Henry IV Justice Shallow .. ..
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