Edmund Hockridge (1919–2009)

Actor | Music Department | Soundtrack

Edmund Hockridge was born on August 9, 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as Edmund James ...

Born: August 9, 1919
Died: March 15, 2009 (age 89)

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Filmography

Known For

Game of Danger Music Department (1954)
King's Rhapsody The Serenader (1955)
Variety Makers Actor (1948)
Known For

The Benny Hill Show Various Roles (1957)
Actor

The Frankie Howerd Show (1969)
The Bruce Forsyth Show (1967)
Ninety Years On Performer (1964)
The Benny Hill Show Various Roles (1957)
King's Rhapsody The Serenader (1955)
Cocktails in the Kitchen Singer in Film (1954)
Actor

Variety Makers (1948)
Soundtrack

The New London Palladium Show (1965)
Soundtrack

Game of Danger (1954)
Archive footage

Mantovani, the King of Strings (2014)
Music Department

Game of Danger (1954)

Did You Know

Hockridge learned much of his craft as an entertainer at the radio (mike), singing and producing 400 shows for the BBC Forces Network and, as the war ended, he was snapped up for appearances with the big names in British popular music, Gerald Bright...

Star Sign

Leo

Personal Details

Born

Edmund James Arthur Hockridge
August 9, 1919
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died

March 15, 2009 (age 89)
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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