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Paul Daneman

Paul Daneman

Born: 1925-10-29 • London, England, UK

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Paul Daneman (29 October 1925 - 28 April 2001) was an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.

Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington, London. He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic society. After training at RADA he joined Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep and the Old Vic for four years. In August 1955 he created the role of Vladimir in Waiting For Godot, at the Arts Theatre in Westminster.

His film credits include: Zulu and Oh! What a Lovely War. Daneman's TV credits include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Persuasion (1960 series), 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 Daneman as Richard III.

Daneman played the husband of Wendy Craig in the original series of the popular BBC sitcom Not in Front of the Children before being replaced by Ronald Hines. He also played Bilbo Baggins in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J. R. R. 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 during World War II.

Daneman died in 2001 and was buried at East Sheen Cemetery, South West London.

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Filmography
Thatcher: The Final Days poster
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991 • Douglas Hurd
Blore M.P. poster
Blore M.P.
1989 • Prime Minister
Tears in the Rain poster
Tears in the Rain
1988 • Lord Richard Bredon
Roman Holiday poster
Roman Holiday
1987 • King
The Little Match Girl poster
The Little Match Girl
1986 • Mr. Fairbrother
Theban Plays: Antigone poster
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986 • Chorus
The Two Gentlemen of Verona poster
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983 • Duke of Milan
Tishoo poster
Tishoo
1982 • Professor Frank Merrick
Jessie poster
Jessie
1980 • Matthews
Oh! What a Lovely War poster
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 • Czar Nicholas II
How I Won the War poster
How I Won the War
1967 • Skipper
Zulu poster
Zulu
1964 • Sgt. Maxfield
Locker Sixty-Nine poster
Locker Sixty-Nine
1962 • Frank Griffiths
The Fourth Square poster
The Fourth Square
1961 • Henry Adams
Clue of the New Pin poster
Clue of the New Pin
1961 • Rex Lander
Time Without Pity poster
Time Without Pity
1957 • Brian Stanford
Peril for the Guy poster
Peril for the Guy
1956 • Professor Picton
Fun at St. Fanny's poster
Fun at St. Fanny's
1955 • Fudge - The Porter