Derek Partridge

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|06|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England, UK

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| occupation = TV spokesman and narrator

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{{Short description|British television presenter, spokesman, voice-over artist and actor}}

Derek Partridge (born 29 June 1935) is a British television presenter, spokesman and voice-over artist, formerly a film and TV actor.

Partridge's father was a diplomat in the British Foreign Service.

In the 1960s, Partridge appeared in a numerous television series and films, including in the 1968 Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" as Dionyd.{{cite web|title=Derek Partridge as Dionyd and Ted Scott as Eraclitus in the STAR TREK episode, 'Plato's Stepchildren.' Original air date, November 22, 1968. Season 3, episode 10. Image is a screen grab.|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/derek-partridge-as-dionyd-and-ted-scott-as-eraclitus-in-the-news-photo/156913454|website=CBS Photo Archive|date=25 November 2012 |publisher=Getty Images|accessdate=26 November 2015}}{{cite book|last1=Schuster|first1=Hal|last2=Rathbone|first2=Wendy|title=Trek: The Unauthorized A-Z|url=https://archive.org/details/trekunauthorized0000schu_e3h1|url-access=registration|accessdate=7 April 2014|date=1994-12-21|publisher=HarperPrism|isbn=9780061054358|pages=[https://archive.org/details/trekunauthorized0000schu_e3h1/page/215 215]–}}

In the 1970s Partridge moved to Rhodesia and presented a number of programmes for Rhodesian Television (RTV), including the popular shows Frankly Partridge and The Kwhizz Kids.{{Cite web|url=https://tantor.com/narrator/derek-partridge.html|title=Tantor Media - Derek Partridge|website=tantor.com}} He also was employed as a news anchor for RBC. During his time in Rhodesia, Partridge also wrote extensively, including publishing the books Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living and Rhodesia – As It Really Is, which was later republished under altered titles,[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AThought-Provoking+Thoughts+About+Living+&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living]. WorldCat and a weekly column in Rhodesia's TV Guide.

In the 1980s Partridge appeared in a number of films and television episodes, including a leading role in the 1981 film Savage Harvest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba50d60b9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410184132/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba50d60b9|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2018|title=Derek Partridge|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/savage-harvest-v108936/cast-crew|title=Savage Harvest (1981) - Robert E. Collins | Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}

Partridge narrated the documentary Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn sixty-five years after the downing of BOAC Flight 777, a passenger plane which was shot down by Luftwaffe patrol killing all aboard including actor Leslie Howard.[http://lesliehoward.squarespace.com/about-the-documentary/ Leslie Howard - A Quite Remarkable Life] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216031621/http://lesliehoward.squarespace.com/about-the-documentary/ |date=16 December 2010 }}. Partridge was a child at the time, and he and his nanny were removed from Flight 777 to make room for Howard and Howard's travelling companion, who had higher travel priority.{{cite web|work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-man-who-gave-a-damn/leslie-howard-second-world-war-hero/ |title=Leslie Howard: the matinee idol who became a war hero |date= |accessdate=2015-08-01}}{{cite web|work=Derek Partridge website text and embedded video|url=https://derekpartridge.com/bio/ |title=Derek Partridge website |date= |accessdate=2020-04-08}}

In November 2012, Partridge appeared in a music video for the garage band The Mad Caps. The video for the song "Baby Man" features Partridge as the host of a fictional series entitled Frame by Frame. He introduces the band and serves as a public service announcer halfway through the video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOK0ALCrWY].