Edwin Apps
{{Short description|English actor (1931–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|5|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Wingham, Kent, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|16|1931|5|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = France
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| occupation = Television actor, screenwriter and painter
| spouse = Pauline Devaney (div.){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/05/07/edwin-apps-actor-writer-co-scripted-popular-1960s-sitcom-gas/|title=Edwin Apps, actor and writer who co-scripted the popular 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters – obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=7 May 2021|access-date=8 May 2021}}
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Edwin Apps (14 May 1931 – 16 April 2021) was an English television actor and writer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/31/edwin-apps-obituary|title=Edwin Apps obituary|first=Pauline|last=Devaney|date=31 May 2021|website=the Guardian}} He appeared in many British and French television series and films, which include Whack-O!, I Thank a Fool, Danger Man, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, My Wife Next Door, Special Branch, Katts and Dog, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Vatel, Joséphine, ange gardien, 15 ans et demi and others.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab45226d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010125219/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab45226d|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2018|title=Edwin Apps|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=32578|title=Edwin Apps|website=www.aveleyman.com}}
He created and co-wrote the 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966–71) with his wife, actress Pauline Devaney.{{cite book|author=Lindy Orthia|title=Doctor Who and Race|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7erDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT226|date=20 June 2013|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-78320-124-2|pages=226}} Their joint writing was sometimes credited to the pseudonym John Wraith.{{cite book|author1=Tise Vahimagi|author2=Michael Ian Grade|title=British television: an illustrated guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNMaAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=153|isbn=978-0-19-815927-8 }}
Acting credits
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A Place of Execution
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Armchair Theatre
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|Ellery Clark |
Hour of Mystery
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|Hubert Laurie |
The Stolen Miniatures
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|Dr. Barling |
Whack-O!
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|Mr. L.J. Halliforth |
Dial 999
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|Lab Technician |
ITV Play of the Week
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|Mr. Stanley |
Magnolia Street
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|Eric Winberg |
Deadline Midnight
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|Reporter |
Citizen James
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Here's Harry
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Top Secret
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|Frederico |
I Thank a Fool
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|Junior Counsel |
Out of This World
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|Mr. Crampsey |
The Benny Hill Show
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Mr Justice Duncannon
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|Mr. Marsham, Defence Counsel |
Comedy Playhouse
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|Aeroplane Passenger |
William
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|Outfitter |
More Faces of Jim{{cite book|author=Anthony Slide|title=Wake Up At The Back There: It's Jimmy Edwards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8xgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT126|date=6 May 2018|publisher=BearManor Media|pages=126–|id=GGKEY:3R963QNHECC}}
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|Publius Conspicuous |
Ring of Spies
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|Blake (uncredited) |
Hugh and I
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The Bargee
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|George (Barman) |
The Graham Stark Show
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Mike
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|Mr. Wilson |
Meet the Wife
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|The Brush Salesman |
Danger Man
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|Mumford |
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
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|Captain Bassett |
Armchair Mystery Theatre
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|Mr. Medina |
The World of Wooster
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|Tuppy Glossop |
Summer Comedy Hour
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|Brassett |
Pardon the Expression
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|Lloyd |
The Liars
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|Riggles Barton |
Three Rousing Tinkles
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|Bro Paradock |
Harry Worth
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Four Tall Tinkles
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|Bro Paradock |
Orlando
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|Mr. Diddybox |
The Avengers
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|Winters |
Ooh La La!
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The Root of All Evil?
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|Mr. Crump |
ITV Sunday Night Theatre
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|Psephologist |
Steptoe and Son
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|Official |
Love Thy Neighbour
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|The Captain |
My Wife Next Door
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|Mr. Mitchell |
Late Night Theatre
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|Praed |
Special Branch
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|Major Philip Erskine |
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
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|Graham the Barman |
The Black Panther
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King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage
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|Adrianov |
Crossbow
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|Captain of the Guard |
Katts and Dog
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Highlander: The Raven
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|Chancellor |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
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Rendezvous in Samarkand
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|Callum |
Vatel
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|Fish Deliveryman |
Joséphine, ange gardien
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|Monsieur Smith |
15 ans et demi
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|Un scientifique |
JC comme Jésus Christ
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|Le pédopsy |
Writing credits
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! Production ! Notes |
Summer Comedy Hour
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All Gas and Gaiters{{cite book|title=Radio Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vNtRAQAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=G. Newnes}}
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Comedy Playhouse
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0032485|name=Edwin Apps}}
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Category:20th-century English male writers
Category:20th-century English writers
Category:20th-century English painters
Category:Actors from Dover District
Category:English male screenwriters
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Kent