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| Having registered as a [[conscientious objector]], Eddington began his acting career as a teenager with [[Entertainments National Service Association|ENSA]] during the Second World War.<ref name="Independent obituary">{{cite news|last1=Benedick|first1=Adam|title=OBITUARY: Paul Eddington|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20...s/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Independent|date=7 November 1995}}</ref> He worked for [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre]], a theatre company based at Sheffield Playhouse. In 1956, he played his first major role on television as the corrupt policeman PC Tom Carr in the ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' episode ''The Rotten Apple,'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2014 |title=Dixon of Dock Green – Collection One (Acorn DVD review) |url=https://archivetvmusings.blog/tag/dixon-of-dock-green-2/?order=asc |website=Archive TV Musings}}</ref> and later that year he became a regular cast member of ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959–60), he played [[Will Scarlet]]. | Having registered as a [[conscientious objector]], Eddington began his acting career as a teenager with [[Entertainments National Service Association|ENSA]] during the Second World War.<ref name="Independent obituary">{{cite news|last1=Benedick|first1=Adam|title=OBITUARY: Paul Eddington|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20...s/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=12 June 2014|work=The Independent|date=7 November 1995}}</ref> He worked for [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre]], a theatre company based at Sheffield Playhouse. In 1956, he played his first major role on television as the corrupt policeman PC Tom Carr in the ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' episode ''The Rotten Apple,'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2014 |title=Dixon of Dock Green – Collection One (Acorn DVD review) |url=https://archivetvmusings.blog/tag/dixon-of-dock-green-2/?order=asc |website=Archive TV Musings}}</ref> and later that year he became a regular cast member of ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959–60), he played [[Will Scarlet]]. |
| He had a leading role in "Liberty Bar", a 1960 episode of the BBC version of ''Maigret'', playing Harry Brown,<ref>{{Citation|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|title=Liberty Bar|date=1960-12-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639828/|series=Maigret|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref> an Australian entrepreneur. He had roles in episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (1967) and the final episode of ''[[The Champions]]'' (1969). He was a main cast member of the television series ''[[Frontier (1968 TV series)|Frontier]]'' (1968). He also had a supporting role in [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]]' ''[[The Devil Rides Out (film)|The Devil Rides Out]]'' (1968), an episode of ''[[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]]'' in 1972, and appeared as a "[[straight man]]" (substituting for regular [[Stooge (comedian)|stooge]] [[Henry McGee]]) in a 1976 episode of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. He also appeared in most episodes of the [[Associated Television|ATV]] series ''[[Hine (TV series)|Hine]]'' (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member of an arms dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil servant Strand in the last series of ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1974). | He had a leading role in "Liberty Bar", a 1960 episode of the BBC version of ''Maigret'', playing Harry Brown,<ref>{{Citation|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|title=Liberty Bar|date=1960-12-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639828/|series=Maigret|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref> an Australian entrepreneur. He had roles in episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (1967) and the final episode of ''[[The Champions]]'' (1969). He was a main cast member of the television series ''[[Frontier (1968 TV series)|Frontier]]'' (1968). He also had a supporting role in [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]]' ''[[The Devil Rides Out (film)|The Devil Rides Out]]'' (1968), an episode of ''[[Van der Valk]]'' in 1972, and appeared as a "[[straight man]]" (substituting for regular [[Stooge (comedian)|stooge]] [[Henry McGee]]) in a 1976 episode of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. He also appeared in most episodes of the [[Associated Television|ATV]] series ''[[Hine (TV series)|Hine]]'' (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member of an arms dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil servant Strand in the last series of ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1974). |
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| |Wolf Gebhardt | |Wolf Gebhardt |
| |Episode: ''The Adventurer'' | |Episode: ''The Adventurer'' |
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