Sam Kydd

Career timeline

1. 1917 · Born

   Born in Belfast, Ireland, UK [now Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK]

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   They Made Me a Fugitive (Movie)

3. 1962 · Breakthrough

   Z-Cars (TV)

4. 1981 · Latest release

   Eye of the Needle (Movie)

5. 1982 · Died

   March 26, 1982

Career in numbers

5 1940s

29 1950s

19 1960s

18 1970s

3 1980s

• Drama35
• Comedy22
• Crime17
• Thriller11
• War10
• Action & Adventure7

Highest-rated title The Persuaders! 1971 7.7 Most popular title Rainbow 1972 6.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Sam Kydd in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

8 titles together

Sidney James

3 titles together

Patrick Allen

3 titles together

John Gregson

3 titles together

Frederick Piper

3 titles together

Ronald Adam

2 titles together

Christopher Lee

2 titles together

Stephen Frears

2 titles together

Gerald Flood

2 titles together

Ted Post

2 titles together

1. 1981 Eye of the Needle as Lock Keeper 6.7 Movie
2. 1980 Nobody's Perfect as Mr Beasley TV
3. 1980 The Mirror Crack'd as Film Technician (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
4. 1979 Minder as Sid 7.2 TV
5. 1979 Terry and June as Louis TV
6. 1978 Return of the Saint as Charlie Stewart TV
7. 1978 Life Begins at Forty as The Old Man TV
8. 1977 Mr Big as Mr Waller TV
9. 1974 Churchill's People as George Campsie TV
10. 1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Removal Man 5.0 Movie
11. 1974 Great Expectations as Scarred Convict Movie
12. 1973 Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Claude 6.7 Movie
13. 1972 Rainbow as Himself 6.8 TV
14. 1972 Sykes as Ambulance Man TV
15. 1972 New Scotland Yard as Sammy Cutler TV
16. 1972 Up the Chastity Belt as 1st Locksmith 4.2 Movie
17. 1971 The Persuaders! as Dwyer 7.7 TV
18. 1971 Dad's Army as Nazi Orderly 5.0 Movie
19. 1971 10 Rillington Place as Furniture Dealer 7.3 Movie
20. 1970 Play for Today as Tom Brannigan TV
21. 1970 Too Late the Hero as C/Sgt. 6.4 Movie
22. 1969 Moon Zero Two as Len the Barman 4.9 Movie
23. 1969 The Fossett Saga as Herbert Quince TV
24. 1968 The Killing of Sister George as Taxi Driver (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
25. 1968 Ooh La La! TV
26. 1967 Man in a Suitcase TV
27. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Max TV
28. 1966 Island of Terror as Constable John Harris 5.9 Movie
29. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Spike TV
30. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Fred TV
31. 1965 The Troubleshooters as George Bartlett TV
32. 1965 Orlando as Orlando O'Connor TV
33. 1964 The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr as Willie Ogmore TV
34. 1963 Espionage as Crutchley TV
35. 1963 Swallows and Amazons as Young Billie TV
36. 1963 Crane as Orlando O'Connor TV
37. 1963 Crane TV
38. 1962 Z-Cars TV
39. 1961 Kraft Mystery Theatre as Tim Bowers TV
40. 1960 Sink the Bismarck! as Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
41. 1959 The Men From Room 13 as Cracker TV
42. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
43. 1959 I'm All Right Jack as Shop Steward 6.6 Movie
44. 1959 The Scapegoat as Man (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
45. 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Perkins 6.8 Movie
46. 1959 The 39 Steps as Train restaurant staff (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
47. 1958 I Was Monty's Double as Go-Between 6.9 Movie
48. 1958 The Larkins as Spiv TV
49. 1958 Charlesworth at Large as Lorris TV
50. 1956 Whack-O! as Ginger Perkins TV
51. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Charles West TV
52. 1956 Hancock's Half Hour TV
53. 1956 Reach for the Sky as Warrant Officer Blake 6.9 Movie
54. 1956 The Baby and the Battleship as Chief Steward Movie
55. 1956 The Tony Hancock Show TV
56. 1956 A Town Like Alice as Australian Driver 6.4 Movie
57. 1955 The Ladykillers as Second Cab Driver (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
58. 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood as Pick TV
59. 1955 The Quatermass Xperiment as Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie 6.5 Movie
60. 1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre as Sam Weller TV
61. 1955 A Kid for Two Farthings as (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
62. 1953 The Cruel Sea as Carslake 6.9 Movie
63. 1952 Before Your Very Eyes TV
64. 1952 Angels One Five as Mess Waiter 6.1 Movie
65. 1952 Hunted as Potman 6.9 Movie
66. 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Seaman Garvin (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
67. 1951 Pool of London as 2nd Engineer (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
68. 1950 Treasure Island as Cady 6.5 Movie
69. 1950 The Blue Lamp as Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited) 6.6 Movie
70. 1949 Passport to Pimlico as Sapper 6.9 Movie
71. 1949 Obsession as Club steward 6.8 Movie
72. 1949 The Small Back Room as Crowhurst 6.8 Movie
73. 1948 Scott of the Antarctic as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N. 7.2 Movie
74. 1947 They Made Me a Fugitive as Eddie (uncredited) 6.6 Movie

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