Hugh Manning

Hugh Manning
in The Elephant Man (1980)
Born	Hugh Gardner Manning 19 August 1920 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died	18 August 2004 (aged 83) London, England

Hugh Manning (19 August 1920 – 18 August 2004) was an English film, radio and television actor.^[1] He is best remembered as the Reverend Donald Hinton, in the soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1977 until 1989. He also starred in the tv series Mrs Thursday, alongside Kathleen Harrison in 1966, playing a suave and imperturbable Butler, which also carried over into popular tv commercials where his character endorsed the qualities of a well known soft drink.^[2] He regularly played Inspector Vosper in the BBC radio detective series, Paul Temple.

Early life

Hugh Gardner Manning was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1920 and educated at Moseley Grammar School. He began his career as a trainee accountant, before joining the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and becoming an actor.^[3] He was an active member of the actor's union Equity, serving as its President in 1975, and an active supporter of the Labour Party

Selected filmography

• The Dam Busters (1955)
• The Secret Place (1957)
• Our Man in Havana (1959)
• The Honey Pot (1967)
• Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
• The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
• The Mackintosh Man (1973)
• Rogue Male (1976)
• The Elephant Man (1980)

References

1. "Hugh Manning". BFI.
2. "Hugh Manning". The Independent.
3. Eric Shorter. "Obituary: Hugh Manning". the Guardian.

External links

• Hugh Manning at the Internet Movie Database