Robert Eddison
Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE (10 June 1908 – 14 December 1991) was an English actor, who is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also played the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child". Born in Japan to English parents, Edwin Eddison and Hilda Muriel Leadham, he had a twin brother Talbot Leadam Eddison. Through his paternal grandmother, Anna Paulina Tatham of Philadelphia, he was related to the Tatham Brothers Iron pipe manufacturers of Philadelphia. As his paternal great-grandfather Henry Billington Tatham's name suggests, he was a descendant of the Billington family who came to America from England on the Mayflower. Eddison was known for his resonant, baritone voice and long, lean figure. He performed William Shakespeare and other classics, was noted for his Hamlet at the Old Vic, and later playing the comic roles of Feste and Sir Andrew Aguecheek inTwelfth Night, and King Lear on the New York stage. He was also a familiar figure in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, andSophocles, and played Canon Chasuble in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Eddison also made his mark in radio, in countless BBC dramas through the decades, with some of his last roles includingDeath in The Canterbury Tales and parts in an adaptation of Japanese Noh plays. His film career was limited, but included a supporting role in Peter Ustinov's 1948 comedy Vice Versa, the electrical 'Nick' in The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), the college president in American Friends (1991), and a notable cameo in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeas the ancient Grail Knight, warning adventurers to choose wisely.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.392 |
Birthday | 1908-06-10 |
Place of Birth | Yokohama, Japan |
Also Known As | Robert Leadam Eddison, |
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7.851/9892
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval his...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1954
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
7/3
An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.
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The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
1991
American Friends
5.9/8
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-Ame...
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American Friends
1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
5.4/9
John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in...
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1970
Edward II
4/4
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
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Edward II
1938
Sixty Glorious Years
6/2
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
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Sixty Glorious Years
1975
Knots
2/1
A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised...
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Knots
1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
2/1
Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king...
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
0/0
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d...
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Theban Plays: Antigone
1987
Scoop
4.8/5
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue...
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Scoop
1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II
0/0
The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his downfa...
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The Tragedy of King Richard II
1979
Henry IV Part 2
8/1
The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
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Henry IV Part 2
1966
I Was Happy Here
6.1/7
Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to...
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I Was Happy Here
1948
Vice Versa
6.3/3
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young agai...
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Vice Versa
1990
A TV Dante
6.4/5
A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos...
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A TV Dante
1964
Selkirk of Red River
0/0
This film tells the story of the Red River settlement, now the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The pioneer venture of Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, to...
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Selkirk of Red River
1968
Uncle Silas
0/0
After her father's death, Maud, a young heiress, is sent to live with her Uncle Silas. She finds her new guardian living in a gothic nightmare of a ma...
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