Paul Whitsun-Jones
Born(1923-04-25)25 April 1923
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Died14 January 1974(1974-01-14) (aged 50)
London, England, UK
OccupationActor
Years active1953–1974
Spouse(s)Joyce W. Rankine (1949–?) (divorced) (2 children)
Sylvia E. Horswell (1962–1974) (2 children) (his death)

Paul Whitsun-Jones (25 April 1923 – 14 January 1974) was a Welsh character actor.[1][2]

Born in Newport in Monmouthshire, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood in Middlesex. He started his acting career in 1948 with two years at York Repertory Theatre. In the West End he appeared in The Moonraker at the Saville Theatre (1952), Dangerous Curves at the Garrick Theatre (1953), and played the Wazir in Kismet at the Stoll Theatre for two years from 1955 to 1957.[3]

His early television appearances included Street Scene, The Last Tycoon, Love from Italy, Berkeley Square and Swedish Match King.[3] He played the role of Mr. Bumble in the original West End production of the musical Oliver! (1960).[4] He appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as Squire Edwards in The Smugglers (1966) and the Marshal of Solos in The Mutants (1972).[5]

Whitsun-Jones had two children by his first wife, Joyce Winifred Rankine, whom he married in 1949 and later divorced, and two from his second wife, Sylvia E. Horswell, including the actress Henrietta Whitsun-Jones.

He died of appendicitis in London in 1974 aged 50.

Filmography

TitleYearRoleNote
The Diamond1954Ballistics TechnicianUncredited
The Passing Stranger1954Lloyd
The Constant Husband1955Welsh FarmerUncredited
Stock Car1955Turk McNeil
The Moonraker1958Parfitt
Next to No Time1958Lord
Room at the Top1959Man at Bar
Wrong Number1959Cyril
The Shakedown1960Fat Drinker
Let's Get Married1960Uncle Herbert
Bluebeards Ten Honeymoons1960Station Master
There Was a Crooked Man1960Restaurant Gentleman
The Boy Who Stole a Million1960Desk Sergeant
Tunes of Glory1960Major 'Dusty' Miller
Candidate for Murder1962Phillips
Doctor in Distress1963Grimes
The Masque of the Red Death1964Scarlatti
The Wild Affair1965Tiny Hearst
Life at the Top1965Keatley
What's Good for the Goose1969Clark
Simon, Simon1970The BossShort
All the Right Noises1971Mr. Melchum
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde1971Sergeant Danvers
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins1971Elsinore(segment "Avarice")
Assassin1973Drunk Man
Keep It Up, Jack1973Mr. Fairbrother(final film role)

Television

TitleYearRoleNotes
The Quatermass Experiment1953James Fullalove6 episodes
Bonehead1960-1962Boss
Edgar Wallace Mysteries1962Charles PinderEpisode: The £20,000 Kiss
Z-Cars1962–1963Donald Patterson / Stan Riley2 episodes
The Saint1962–1964Domenick Naccaro / Sebastian Ibanez / Vic Lazaroff / ...4 episodes
Edgar Wallace Mysteries1965ChefEpisode: Dead Man's Chest
The Avengers1963–1969Charles / Sanders / Chessman4 episodes
King of the River1966Mr. JonesEpisode: "Susanna Goes Fishing"
United!1966Arnold Wilson1 episode
Doctor Who1966, 1972Squire Edwards / The Marshal of SolosThe Smugglers / The Mutants
Wild, Wild Women1969Mr. Harcourt6 episodes
Department S1969Gresford / Martin Kyle2 episodes
Up Pompeii!1970NefariusEpisode: "Exodus"
The Goodies1970Deputy Commissioner ButcherEpisode: "Love the Police"
The Persuaders!1971Inspector BlanchardEpisode: "Powerswitch"
Follyfoot1973Fat ManEpisode: "The Helping Hand"
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em1973

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Whitsun-Jones". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "Paul Whitsun-Jones". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Whitsun-Jones' Cast Notes in a programme for Oliver! (1960)
  4. ↑ "Oliver! (Original London Cast) by Original London Cast on Apple Music". 1 November 1993.
  5. ↑ John Kenneth Muir (2015). A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television. McFarland. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-4766-0454-1.
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