Derek Blomfield

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Derek Blomfield
Autographed still, 1954
Born
Derek Louis Cecil Blomfield

(1920-08-31)31 August 1920
Died23 July 1964(1964-07-23) (aged 43)
Quimper, Brittany, France
Years active1935–1964

Derek Blomfield (31 August 1920 – 23 July 1964) was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.[1]

Career

Blomfield began acting at age fifteen in the film Turn of the Tide.[2] He first came to wider attention for his appearance as a schoolboy in the Will Hay comedy The Ghost of St. Michael's.[3] In 1964 he played the role of Count Luzau-Rischenheim in the British television series Rupert of Hentzau.[4] He died the same year in Brittany.

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ^ "Derek Blomfield". BFI.
  2. ^ "Turn of the Tide (1935)". BFI.
  3. ^ "The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) - BFI". BFI.
  4. ^ "TV Versions of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' & 'Rupert of Hentzau'". silverwhistle.co.uk.

Further reading

  • Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 22.
  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 100.