Mark Eden
| Mark Eden | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 February 1928 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958 - present |
| Spouse(s) |
Joan Malin (1953–1959) (divorced) Diana W. Smith (1974–?) (divorced) Sue Nicholls (1993–present) |
| Children | 3 children |
Mark Eden (born 14 February 1928) is a British actor.[1] He is best known for his portrayal of Alan Bradley in Coronation Street, a character he played from 1986-1989.
Early life
He was born in London and he received little formal education as he spent almost two years in a TB sanatorium as a child. However he read the literary classics including Shakespeare, having been introduced to the library by a teacher. He left school at 14 and worked on fairgrounds.[2]
Career
Eden has appeared in repertory theatre in England and Wales and at the Royal Court Theatre. His many television and film roles include the Doctor Who serial Marco Polo (1964) in which he played Marco Polo, a reporter in Quatermass and the Pit in 1958, Number 100 in The Prisoner in 1967, and Inspector Parker in the TV adaptations of several Lord Peter Wimsey stories in the 1970s. He also had a long running role in Coronation Street (1986–1989) in which he played Alan Bradley. His exit from this role was famously being knocked down by a Blackpool tram. At the location there is now a plaque at the tram stop which recalls this scene.[3]
After leaving Coronation Street, Eden worked on the stage and in radio plays. He also worked with The Beach Boys and wrote a musical about them. His television appearances included playing Boucher in an episode of Poirot.[4]
His autobiography, Who's Going To Look At You? was published in 2010.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | TITLE | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Captured | Unknown | |
| 1961 | Out of the Shadow | Police constable | |
| 1962 | Operation Snatch | Mosquito pilot | |
| The L-Shaped Room | Terry | ||
| The Password Is Courage | 2nd Prisoner of War | ||
| 1963 | The Partner | Richard Webb | |
| Heavens Above! | Sir Geoffrey Despard | ||
| Blind Corner | Mr. Clayton | ||
| 1964 | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Oliver Marchant | |
| 1965 | Game for Three Losers | Mike Williams | |
| The Pleasure Girls | Prinny | ||
| Doctor Zhivago | Engineer at dam | ||
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Kellaway | |
| 1968 | Attack on the Iron Coast | Lieutenant Commander Donald Kimberly | |
| Curse of the Crimson Altar | Robert Manning | ||
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Jack Parker | |
| 1972 | Nobody Ordered Love | Charles | |
| 1976 | Fern, the Red Deer | Mr. Pollard | |
| 1980 | Richard's Things | Richard Morris | |
| 1985 | Claudia | Larry |
Television
| Year | TITLE | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Quatermass and the Pit | Second Journalist | Season 1, Episode 1: "The Halfmen" |
| 1960
1961 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Jeep driver
Corporal Hull Giovanni Spada |
Season 5, Episode 22: "The English Captain"
Season 6, Episode 34: "Marking Time" Season 7, Episode 8: "Children of the Sun |
| 1961 | Knight Errant Limited | Lord Cambroke | Season 3, Episode 24: "King Charles' Head" |
| Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Johnny Watson | Season 3, Episode 26: "Signal Received" | |
| Armchair Theatre | UnknownErskine Craig | Season 4: (2 episodes) | |
| 1961
1962 |
The Avengers | Jacques Beronne
Nicholson |
Season 1, Episode 9: "Ashes of Roses"
Season 2, Episode 5: "Mission to Montreal" |
| 1962 | Sir Francis Drake | Agila | Season 1, Episode 12: "The Slaves of Spain" |
| 1963 | Dimensions of Fear | Dr. Leosser | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
| The Saint | Bertrand Tamblin | Season 2, Episode 22: "The Invisible Millionaire" | |
| The Verdict Is Yours | Unknown | Season 3, Episode 26: "Henley v Bone" | |
| Jezebel ex UK | Mark Rawlinson | Season 1, Episode 2: "Send a Telegram" | |
| 24-Hour Call | Eddy | Season 1, Episode 10: "Better Live Than Die" | |
| Love Story | Carl Wilson | Season 1, Episode 6: "Make It a Habit" | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | Victor | Season 4, Episode 42: "The Shadow of Mart" | |
| 1963
1965 |
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Richard Webb
Oliver Marchant |
Season 5, Episode 1: "The Partner"
Season 6, Episode 1: "Game for Three Losers" |
| 1963
1969 |
Z-Cars | Tiger Evans
Bill Mercer |
Season 2, Episode 36: "A Try by Weir"
Season 6: (2 episodes) |
| 1964 | Espionage | Wicket | Season 1, Episode 12: "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend" |
| Doctor Who | Marco Polo | Season 1: (7 episodes) | |
| Detective | Bombardier Peter Bradfield | Season 1, Episode 10: "Subject: Murder" | |
| Catch Hand | Johnny Rich | Season 1: (6 episodes) | |
| 1965 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Tom Braddock | Season 3, Episode 6: "The Welcome" |
| 1966 | Emergency-Ward 10 | Tim Courtney | Season 1: (3 episodes) |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Ted Winters | Season 2, Episode 6: "Play to Win" | |
| Out of the Unknown | Stephen Kershaw | Season 2, Episode 6: "The World in Silence" | |
| 1967 | Till Death Us Do Part | Surgeon | Season 2, Episode 8: "In Sickness and in Health" |
| St. Ives | Alain | Season 1: (3 episodes) | |
| Trapped | Dr. Frazer | Season 1, Episode 1: "Journey Into Nowhere" | |
| Man in a Suitcase | Jackson | Season 1, Episode 2: "The Sitting Pigeon" | |
| The Prisoner | Number One Hundred | Season 1, Episode 10: "It's Your Funeral" | |
| 1968 | ITV Playhouse | David Hope | Season 1, Episode 30: "Murder: A Professional Job" |
| Crime Buster | Ray Saxon | Season 1: (13 episodes) | |
| 1970 | Beyond Belief | Unknown | Unknown |
| The Troubleshooters | Tommy Eastwind | Season 6, Episode 4: "Who Did You Say Inherits the Earth?" | |
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Lewis | Season 2, Episode 42: "Hands with the Magic Touch" | |
| If It Moves, File It | Trubshawe | Season 1, Episode 3: "Man Eating Plant" | |
| 1971 | Suspicion | Detective Sergeant Barron | Season 1, Episode 7: "Plain Jane" |
| 1972 | Spyder's Web | Dr. Dolek | Season 1, Episode 8: "Lies and Dolls" |
| Clouds of Witness | Detective Inspector Parker | Season 1: (5 episodes) | |
| 1972
1973 1983 |
Crown Court | Lawrence Webb
Douglas Blandford Andrew Corry |
Season 1: (3 episodes)
Season 2, Episode 117: "A Stab in the Front: Part 3" Season 12, Episode 28: "Mother's Boy: Part 1" |
| 1973 | The Pathfinders | Wing Commander Purvis | Season 1, Episode 11: "Operation Pickpocket" |
| Arthur of the Britons | Morcant | Season 1, Episode 9: "Enemies and Lovers" | |
| The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | Detective Inspector Parker | Season 1: (3 episodes) | |
| The Adventures of Black Beauty | Major Watkins | Season 1, Episode 22: "Foul Play" | |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Roderick Varley | Season 2, Episode 7: "The Superfluous Finger" | |
| Special Branch | Journalist | Season 3, Episode 12: "Hostage" | |
| New Scotland Yard | Peter Royal | Season 3, Episode 7: "Exchange Is No Robbery" | |
| Murder Must Advertise | Chief Inspector Parker | Season 1: (4 episodes) | |
| 1974 | The Nine Tailors | Chief Inspector Parker | Season 1, Episode 4 |
| A Little Bit of Wisdom | Doctor | Season 1, Episode 6: "And I Mean That Most Sincerely" | |
| The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs | Spencer | Season 1: (7 episodes) | |
| 1975 | General Hospital | Dick Butler | Unknown |
| Sam | Tony Parker | Season 3: (3 episodes) | |
| 1976 | Warship | Wing Commander Blazey | Season 3, Episode 11: "Divert with Despatch" |
| Murder | Detective Inspector John Wrath | Season 1, Episode 2: "Nobody's Conscience" | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Quartus | TV Mini-series |
| London Belongs to Me | Jack Rufus | Season 1: (6 episodes) | |
| Poldark | St. John Peter | Season 2, Episode 11 | |
| 1978 | Wilde Alliance | Mike Stewart | Season 1, Episode 13: "Some Trust in Chariots" |
| The Law Centre | Bradley | Season 1, Episode 1: "The Galahad Bit" | |
| ITV Sunday Night Drama | Ken | Season 3, Episode 7: "End of Season" | |
| 1980 | Cribb | Edmund Vibart | Season 1, Episode 4: "The Detective Wore Silk Drawers" |
| The Sandbaggers | Bernard Tindale | TV Mini-series | |
| The Square Leopard | John Purvis | Season 1, Episode 5 | |
| The Professionals | Ross | Season 4, Episode 11: "Hijack" | |
| 1981
1986- 1989 |
Coronation Street | Wally Randale
Alan Bradley |
Season 1: (28 episodes) |
| 1983 | Gun Fight at the Joe Kaye Corral | Joe Kaye | TV Movie |
| 1984 | Sorrel and Son | Oscar Wilde | Season 1, Episode 5 |
| 1985 | The Practice | Keith Goddard | Season 1: (4 episodes) |
| The Detective | Wilf Penfield | Season 1: (5 episodes) | |
| 1986 | The Collectors | George Haycock | Season 1, Episode 7: "The Dog It Was..." |
| 1991 | Cluedo | George Biddle | Season 2, Episode 2: "The Best Insurance" |
| 1993 | Agatha Christie: Poirot | Boucher | Season 5, Episode 6: "The Chocolate Box" |
| 2002
2006 |
Doctors | Arthur Lisser
Glen Hodgkins |
Season 4, Episode 33: "The Trouble with Arthur"
Season 7, Episode 131: "Loyalty" |
| 2008 | Casualty | Bill | Season 23, Episode 13: "A Slip in Time" |
| 2013 | An Adventure In Space and Time | Donald Baverstock | TV Movie |
Personal life
Eden has been married three times:
- Joan Malin (1953–1959; divorced) (one son David)
- Diana W. Smith (1974–?; divorced) (two children)
- The actress Sue Nicholls (1993–present), one of his co-stars in Coronation Street
References
- ↑ Mark Eden acting roles and credits; Aveleyman website
- ↑ Mark Eden 2004 Interview at Rogues and Vagabonds Retrieved 28 October 2015
- ↑ http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/mark-eden-relives-coronation-streets-903920
- ↑ http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/eden_mark.html
- ↑ http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=1269
External links
- Mark Eden at the Internet Movie Database