Edward Rigby
| Edward Rigby | |
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| Born |
Edward Coke 5 February 1879 Ashford, Kent, England |
| Died |
5 April 1951 (aged 72) Richmond, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Austin (?– 1979) |
Edward Rigby (5 February 1879 – 5 April 1951) was a British character actor.[1]
Early life
Rigby was the second son of Jamaican-born Dr. William Harriot Coke (1851–1922) and his wife, Liverpool-born Mary Elizabeth (1850–1929) of 17 High Street, Ashford, Kent. He was educated at Haileybury, and Wye Agricultural College. Under his real name, Edward Coke, (Rigby was his mother's maiden name) he served in the Artists' Rifles and Royal Field Artillery in World War One and was awarded the Military Cross, cited on 17 September 1917 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as artillery liaison officer. At a time when all communication with his artillery group was severed, he made repeated attempts to restore the connection, and personally crossed a river under heavy fire in his efforts to mend the cable and to lay fresh ones. He showed the greatest gallantry and disregard of danger throughout the operation, and only desisted from his efforts on receiving the direct order from his headquarters to do so."
In 1912 he married Phyllis Muriel Austin, novelist. Their son, Cyril Edward Rigby Coke (1914–1993) television director, married Muriel Young (1923–2001) ITV announcer and TV presenter.
Stage and Screen Career
He made his first stage appearance in 1900 at the Grand Theatre in Fulham and later toured Australia, America and Canada. He followed his first film appearance, the 1910 silent The Blue Bird, with roles in more than 150 films from 1933 to 1951.
Death
He collapsed in the street at Richmond and when taken to Richmond Hospital was found to be dead. He was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium on 11 April 1951.
Filmography
- The Blue Bird (1910)
- Lorna Doone (1934)
- Gay Old Dog (1935)
- Windfall (1935)
- No Limit (1935)
- Land Without Music (1936)
- This Green Hell (1936)
- Crime Over London (1936)
- Accused (1936)
- Irish for Luck (1936)
- Queen of Hearts (1936)
- The Heirloom Mystery (1936)
- Mr. Smith Carries On (1937)
- Jump for Glory (1937)
- The Show Goes On (1937)
- The Fatal Hour (1937)
- Under a Cloud (1937)
- Mr Smith Carries On (1937)
- Young and Innocent (1937)
- A Yank at Oxford (1938)
- The Ware Case (1938)
- Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
- Keep Smiling (1938)
- Yellow Sands (1938)
- There Ain't No Justice (1939)
- The Four Just Men (1939)
- Young Man's Fancy (1939)
- The Stars Look Down (1939)
- Poison Pen (1939)
- The Proud Valley (1940)
- Girl in the News (1940)
- Convoy (1940)
- Sailors Don't Care (1940)
- The Farmer's Wife (1941)
- Fingers (1941)
- Kipps (1941)
- Major Barbara (1941)
- The Common Touch (1941)
- Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
- Salute John Citizen (1942)
- Flying Fortress (1942)
- Let the People Sing (1942)
- Went the Day Well? (1942)
- They Met in the Dark (1943)
- Get Cracking (1943)
- A Canterbury Tale (1944)
- Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
- I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
- The Agitator (1945)
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Perfect Strangers (1945)
- The Years Between (1946)
- Quiet Weekend (1946)
- Piccadilly Incident (1946)
- Green Fingers (1947)
- Temptation Harbour (1947)
- The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
- The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
- The Three Weird Sisters (1948)
- Daybreak (1948)
- Easy Money (1948)
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
- Noose (1948)
- All Over the Town (1949)
- Christopher Columbus (1949)
- A Run for Your Money (1949)
- Rover and Me (1949)
- Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
- The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
- What the Butler saw (1950)
- Double Confession (1950)
- Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
- The Mudlark (1950)
- Into the Blue (1950)
- Circle of Danger (1951)
References
- ↑ "Edward Rigby". BFI.
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