Wilfred Hyde-White

Distinguished-looking, urbane character actor noted for his droll humor on stage as the father of the title character in the drawing room comedy "The Reluctant Debutante" (London 1956, Broadway 1957) and the Laurence Olivier-Vivien Leigh "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1952). Often cast as genteel Englishmen whose surface manners mask a roguish or larcenous soul, Hyde-White is best known for his performances as Crippin, a British Council functionary in "The Third Man" (1949), the hypocritical headmaster in "The Browning Version" (1951) and Henry Higgins's bemused friend, Colonel Pickering, in "My Fair Lady" (1964). On TV he appeared briefly on the nighttime soap opera "Peyton Place" (1967), starred as Emerson Marshall in the legal comedy series, "The Associates" (1979) and played Dr. Goodfellow in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1981).

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COLUMBO · S2, E4

Dagger of the Mind

Peter Falk, as Lt. Columbo, goes to England to study Scotland Yard's investigative techniques and becomes involved in a murder case.
COLUMBO · S5, E6

Last Salute to the Commodore

Commodore Otis Swanson, an expert yachtsman, is presumed drowned in a boating accident. But Lt. Columbo tenaciously investigates the case, suspecting homicide. When Columbo finds key clues that point to Swanson’s money hungry son-in-law, Charles Clay, as the prime suspect, Clay himself becomes a victim of homicide.
THE TWILIGHT ZONE · S4, E17

Passage on the Lady Anne

A husband and wife take a cruise they will never forget.
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY · S5, E21

Murder on the Moosejaw Express

While on a train to Canada, Laverne and Shirley encounter a dying man who gives them a top-secret film and a mysterious clue to the identity of his murderer.

Wilfred Hyde-White

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