Wilfrid Hyde White

1903 - 1991
British born Gloucester

British character actor of wry charm, equally at home in amused or strait-laced characters. A native of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, he attended Marlborough College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage debut came in 1922, and by 1925 he was a busy London actor. He married actress Blanche Glynne (real name: Blanche Hope Aitken) and in 1932 toured South Africa in plays. Alleged to have been spotted by George Cukor during a performance in Aldritch, Hyde-White (with or without Cukor's help) made his film debut in 1934. He often appeared under the name Hyde White in these early films. He continued to act upon the stage, playing opposite Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "Antony and Cleopatra" in 1951. With scores of films to his credit, he will always be remembered for one, My Fair Lady (1964), in which he played Colonel Pickering. Active into his ninth decade, Hyde-White died six days before his 88th birthday. He was survived by his second wife, Ethel, and three children. Spouse Ethel Drew (? - 6 May 1991) (his death), Blanche Glynne
(? - ?).


Fanny Hill (1983) , "Filthy Rich" (1983) , The Toy (1982) , The Letter (1982) , "Father Murphy" (1982) , "Fantasy Island" (1982) , Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) , "Dick Turpin" (1981) , "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1981) , Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980) , Oh, God! Book II (1980), Scout's Honor (1980) , In God We Tru$t (1980) , Xanadu (1980) , "Laverne & Shirley" (1980) , "The Associates" (1979) , The Cat and the Canary (1979) , "Vega$" (1979) , The Rebels (1979) , No Longer Alone (1979) , The Plank (1979) , A Touch of the Sun (1979) , "Disneyland" (1978) , Battlestar Galactica (1978) , "Battlestar Galactica"(1978) , King Solomon's Treasure (1977) , The Great Houdini (1976) , Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976) , "Get Christie Love" (1975) , A Brand New Life (1973) , Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) , "Cool Million" (1972) , The Cherry Picker (1972), "The Most Deadly Game" (1971) , Fragment of Fear (1970) , Skullduggery (1970) , Ritual of Evil (1970) , "It Takes a Thief" (1969) , The Magic Christian (1969) , Run a Crooked Mile (1969) , Fear No Evil (1969) , "The Name of the Game" (1969) , Gaily, Gaily (1969) , The Sunshine Patriot (1968) , "Daniel Boone"(1968) , P.J. (1968) , "Peyton Place" (1964) , "Mission: Impossible" (1967) , The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) , Lucy in London (1966) , Chamber of Horrors (1966) , Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) , "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1966) , The Sandwich Man (1966), "Ben Casey" (1965) , The Liquidator (1965) , You Must Be Joking! (1965) , Ten Little Indians (1965) , "Vacation Playhouse"(1965) , John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965) , My Fair Lady (1964) , Aliki My Love (1963) , "The Twilight Zone" (1963) , Crooks Anonymous (1962) , In Search of the Castaways (1962) , Ada (1961) , On the Double (1961) , His and Hers (1961) , On the Fiddle (1961) , Two Way Stretch (1960) , Let's Make Love (1960) , Libel (1959) , Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) , Carry on Nurse (1959), The Lady Is a Square (1959) , North West Frontier (1959) , Up the Creek (1958) , Wonderful Things! (1958) , The Truth About Women (1957) , "The Alcoa Hour" (1957) , Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) , That Woman Opposite (1957) , The Vicious Circle (1957) , "Lilli Palmer Theatre" (1956), The Silken Affair (1956) , My Teenage Daughter (1956) , The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) , See How They Run (1955) , John and Julie (1955) , The March Hare (1955) , To Dorothy a Son (1954) , Betrayed (1954) , Duel in the Jungle (1954) , The Rainbow Jacket (1954) , "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" (1953) , The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) , The Million Pound Note (1953) , The Triangle (1953) , Top Secret (1952) , The Card (1952) , Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) , Outcast of the Islands (1952) , No Highway (1951) , Mister Drake's Duck (1951) , Blackmailed (1951) , The Browning Version (1951) , Highly Dangerous (1950) , The Mudlark (1950) , Golden Salamander (1950) , Trio (1950) , Last Holiday (1950) , The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) , The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950) , Midnight Episode (1950) , Conspirator (1949) , The Third Man (1949) , Helter Skelter (1949) , Adam and Evelyne (1949) , Britannia Mews (1949) , That Dangerous Age (1949) , The Bad Lord Byron (1949) , The Passionate Friends (1949) , Quartet (1948) , The Winslow Boy (1948) , My Brother's Keeper (1948) , Bond Street (1948) , My Brother Jonathan (1948) , While the Sun Shines (1947) , The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) , Meet Me at Dawn (1947) , Appointment with Crime (1946) , Wanted for Murder (1946) , Night Boat to Dublin (1946) , The Demi-Paradise (1943) , Lady from Lisbon (1942) , Asking for Trouble (1942) , Turned Out Nice Again (1941) , Poison Pen (1940) , The Lambeth Walk (1940) , Over the Moon (1939) , Keep Smiling (1938/I) , I've Got a Horse (1938) , The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938) , Meet Mr. Penny (1938) , Change for a Sovereign (1937) , Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) , Elephant Boy (1937) , Rembrandt (1936) , Murder by Rope (1936) , The Scarab Murder Case (1936) , Admirals All (1935) , Smith's Wives (1935) , Alibi Inn (1935), Night Mail (1934) , Josser on the Farm (1934)