Edward Judd

Edward Judd (4 October 1932 – 24 February 2009) was a British actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in

Judd's success in The Day the Earth Caught Fire saw Columbia Pictures sign him to a long term contract. However, according to Val Guest, "he was such a pain in the ass to everybody. He had an enormous opinion of himself and he was his own worst enemy. Columbia just loaned him out here and there and then let him go."^[3]

Judd appeared regularly on TV.

In the early 1970s, he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon. During the 1970s and 1980s, Judd (known as Eddie to some friends, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography) was a highly respected voice-over artist, used on many commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 90s he lived in the Phoenix Hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian investment bank. He lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.

Personal life

He was married twice; his first wife, who had also appeared in The Day the Earth Caught Fire, was actress Gene Anderson, who died suddenly aged 34 from a cerebral hemorrhage whilst filming Z Cars: The Share Out in May 1965.^[4]They had one daughter. His second wife was actress Norma Ronald, with whom he had two daughters.^[5]

Selected filmography

Television

References

External links

• Edward Judd at
  IMDb
• Obituary in The Independent
• Obituary in The Guardian