Paul Whitsun-Jones

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

Paul Whitsun-Jones (25 April 1923 – 14 January 1974) was a Welsh character actor.

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.

Early television appearances included Street Scene, The Last Tycoon, Love from Italy, Berkeley Square and Swedish Match King. He played the role of Mr Bumble in the original West End production of the musical Oliver! (1960). He appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as Squire Edwards in The Smugglers (1966) and the Marshal of Solos in The Mutants (1972).

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

Television

Series	Episode(s)
Z-Cars
The Saint
The Avengers	Man with Two Shadows/ A room with a view
United!
King of the River
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Follyfoot
Doctor Who	The Smugglers, The Mutants
The Quatermass Experiment
Up Pompeii!
Wild, Wild Women
Department S
The Goodies
The Persuaders!	5, Powerswitch

Selected filmography

Film	Year	Role	Note
Room at the Top	1959	Man at Bar
Let's Get Married	1960	Uncle Herbert
There Was a Crooked Man	1960	Restaurant Gentleman
The Boy Who Stole a Million	1960	Desk Sergeant
Tunes of Glory	1960	Major 'Dusty' Miller
Doctor in Distress	1963	Grimes
The Wild Affair	1963	Tiny Hearst
The Masque of the Red Death	1964	Scarlatti
Life at the Top	1965	Keatley
What's Good for the Goose	1969	Clark
Simon, Simon	1970	The Boss	short film
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

External links

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