Paul Whitsun-Jones

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

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Born	(1923-04-25)25 April 1923 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Died	14 January 1974(1974-01-14) (aged 50) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–1974
Spouse(s)	Joyce W. Rankine ​ ​ (m. 1949, divorced)​ Sylvia E. Horswell ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	4

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

Title	Year	Role	Note
The Diamond	1954	Ballistics Technician	Uncredited
The Passing Stranger	1954	Lloyd
The Constant Husband	1955	Welsh Farmer	Uncredited
Stock Car	1955	Turk McNeil
The Moonraker	1958	Parfitt
Next to No Time	1958	Lord
Room at the Top	1959	Man at Bar
Wrong Number	1959	Cyril
The Shakedown	1960	Fat Drinker
Let's Get Married	1960	Uncle Herbert
Bluebeards Ten Honeymoons	1960	Station Master
There Was a Crooked Man	1960	Restaurant Gentleman
The Boy Who Stole a Million	1960	Desk Sergeant
Tunes of Glory	1960	Major 'Dusty' Miller
Candidate for Murder	1962	Phillips
Doctor in Distress	1963	Grimes
The Masque of the Red Death	1964	Scarlatti
The Wild Affair	1965	Tiny Hearst
Life at the Top	1965	Keatley
What's Good for the Goose	1969	Clark
Simon, Simon	1970	The Boss	Short
All the Right Noises	1971	Mr. Melchum
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde	1971	Sergeant Danvers
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins	1971	Elsinore	(segment "Avarice")
Assassin	1973	Drunk Man
Keep It Up, Jack	1973	Mr. Fairbrother	(final film role)

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Quatermass Experiment	1953	James Fullalove	6 episodes
Bonehead	1960-1962	Boss
Edgar Wallace Mysteries	1962	Charles Pinder	Episode: "The £20,000 Kiss"
Z-Cars	1962–1963	Donald Patterson / Stan Riley	2 episodes
The Saint	1962–1964	Domenick Naccaro / Sebastian Ibanez / Vic Lazaroff / ...	4 episodes
Edgar Wallace Mysteries	1965	Chef	Episode: Dead Man's Chest
The Avengers	1963–1969	Charles / Sanders / Chessman	4 episodes
King of the River	1966	Mr. Jones	Episode: "Susanna Goes Fishing"
United!	1966	Arnold Wilson	1 episode
Doctor Who	1966, 1972	Squire Edwards / The Marshal of Solos	The Smugglers / The Mutants
Wild, Wild Women	1969	Mr. Harcourt	6 episodes
Department S	1969	Gresford / Martin Kyle	2 episodes
Up Pompeii!	1970	Nefarius	Episode: "Exodus"
The Goodies	1970	Deputy Commissioner Butcher	Episode: "Love the Police"
The Persuaders!	1971	Inspector Blanchard	Episode: "Powerswitch"
Follyfoot	1973	Fat Man	Episode: "The Helping Hand"
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	1973

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. 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.

External links

• Paul Whitsun-Jones at IMDb
• Whitsun-Jones on the British Film Institute website