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Edwin Apps

{{Short description|English actor (1931–2021)}}

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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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  • "Eye for an Eye" (1953)

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Armchair Theatre

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  • "It Pays to Advertise" (1957)

|Ellery Clark

Hour of Mystery

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|Hubert Laurie

The Stolen Miniatures

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  • TV Short (1957)

|Dr. Barling

Whack-O!

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  • 31 episodes (1958–60)

|Mr. L.J. Halliforth

Dial 999

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  • "Illegal Entry" (1959)

|Lab Technician

ITV Play of the Week

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  • "Parnell" (1959)
  • "The Protest" (1960)
  • "A Choice of Coward 1: Present Laughter" (1964)
  • "The Edwardians 4: The Madras House" (1965)

|Mr. Stanley
Hotel manager
Henry Lyppiatt
Windlesham

Magnolia Street

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  • 1 episode (1961)

|Eric Winberg

Deadline Midnight

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  • "Take Over" (1961)

|Reporter

Citizen James

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  • 2 episodes (1961)

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Here's Harry

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  • 12 episodes (1961–65)

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Top Secret

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  • "Dangerous Project" (1962)

|Frederico

I Thank a Fool

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  • Film (1962)

|Junior Counsel

Out of This World

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  • "The Tycoons" (1962)

|Mr. Crampsey

The Benny Hill Show

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  • 2 episodes (1962)

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Mr Justice Duncannon

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  • 2 episodes (1963)

|Mr. Marsham, Defence Counsel

Comedy Playhouse

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  • "Have You Read This Notice?" (1963)
  • "The Handyman" (1963)

|Aeroplane Passenger
First Card Player{{cite book|author=Christopher Perry|title=The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k7w_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|date=December 2015|isbn=978-1-900203-62-3|pages=39|publisher=Lulu.com }}

William

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  • "William goes Shopping" (1963)

|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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  • "A Matter of Spreadeagling" (1963)

|Publius Conspicuous

Ring of Spies

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  • Film (1964)

|Blake (uncredited)

Hugh and I

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  • "A Fat Chance of Slimming" (1964)

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The Bargee

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  • Film (1964)

|George (Barman)

The Graham Stark Show

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  • 2 episodes (1964)

|Actor

Mike

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  • "The Wandering Overcoat" (1964)

|Mr. Wilson

Meet the Wife

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  • "The Shelf" (1964)

|The Brush Salesman

Danger Man

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  • 2 episodes (1964)

|Mumford

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling

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  • "The Man Who Was" (1964)

|Captain Bassett

Armchair Mystery Theatre

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  • "Man and Mirror" (1965)

|Mr. Medina

The World of Wooster

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  • "Jeeves and the Song of Songs" (1965)

|Tuppy Glossop

Summer Comedy Hour

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  • "Charley's Aunt" (1965)
  • "Almost a Honeymoon" (1965)

|Brassett
Mr. Dixon

Pardon the Expression

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  • "Self Defence" (1966)

|Lloyd

The Liars

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  • 1 episode (1966)

|Riggles Barton

Three Rousing Tinkles

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  • TV series (1966)

|Bro Paradock

Harry Worth

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  • "To Be Called For" (1966)

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Four Tall Tinkles

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  • TV Series (1967)

|Bro Paradock

Orlando

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  • "Curtain up" (1967)

|Mr. Diddybox

The Avengers

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|Winters

Ooh La La!

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  • "Making a Pass" (1968)

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The Root of All Evil?

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  • "West of Eden" (1968)

|Mr. Crump

ITV Sunday Night Theatre

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  • "Suffer Little Children" (1970)

|Psephologist

Steptoe and Son

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  • "Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later" (1972)

|Official

Love Thy Neighbour

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  • "Religious Fervour" (1972)

|The Captain

My Wife Next Door

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  • "Undesirable Residence" (1972)

|Mr. Mitchell

Late Night Theatre

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  • "1939" (1973)

|Praed

Special Branch

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  • "Stand and Deliver" (1974)

|Major Philip Erskine

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

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  • "Cheers" (1977)

|Graham the Barman

The Black Panther

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  • Film (1977)

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King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage

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  • TV Film (1988)

|Adrianov

Crossbow

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  • "The Mission" (1989)

|Captain of the Guard

Katts and Dog

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  • 3 episodes (1991)

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Highlander: The Raven

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  • "Thick as Thieves" (1999)

|Chancellor

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

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  • Film (1999)

|Bishop{{cite book|author1=Dominique Mainon|author2=James Ursini|title=Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlKW5X7vccgC&pg=PA372|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87910-327-9|pages=372}}

Rendezvous in Samarkand

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  • Film (1999)

|Callum

Vatel

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  • Film (2000)

|Fish Deliveryman

Joséphine, ange gardien

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  • "Noble cause" (2005)

|Monsieur Smith

15 ans et demi

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  • Film (2008)

|Un scientifique

JC comme Jésus Christ

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  • Film (2011)

|Le pédopsy

Writing credits

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Summer Comedy Hour

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  • "Charley's Aunt" (1965)
    (adaptation - as John Wraith)
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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  • 33 episodes (1966–71)
Comedy Playhouse

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  • 3 episodes (1966; 1974)

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0032485|name=Edwin Apps}}

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Category:1931 births

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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

Category:People from Wingham, Kent

Category:British television show creators