Richard Haydn
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Richard Haydn (March 10, 1905 – April 25, 1985) was a comic actor in radio, movies, and television.
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[edit] Early life and career
Born in London, England, he was known for playing eccentric characters, among whom were Edwin Carp, Claud Curdle, Richard Rancyd and Stanley Stayle. Much of his stage delivery was done in a deliberate over-nasalized and over-enunciated speech pattern, possibly best noted in his performance as the voice of the Caterpillar in the Disney animated film adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
[edit] Television appearances
In the Twilight Zone episode A Thing About Machines, he portrayed a quirky, self-absorbed, technophobe who is confronted by every machine in his home.
He was a regular on the Burns and Allen radio show. In April 1, 1964, he reprised the Edwin Carp character, a poet and an expert on fish, in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show which saluted several old-time radio performers.
[edit] Movie roles
He played the role of "Maximilian Detweiler" in The Sound Of Music (1965), a generally "straight" character albeit with comic overtones.
He played the role of "Thomas Rogers" in And Then There Were None.
Richard Haydn's last movie appearance was in The Hugga Bunch (1985).
Haydn authored one book, The Journal of Edwin Carp, in 1954.
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