Fella Edmonds
{{Short description|British actor (born 1941)}}
Fella Edmonds (born 25 October 1941), also known as Eddie Edmonds, is a British child actor of film and television.
Life
Edmonds was born on 25 October 1941 in Chiswick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boyactors.org.uk/actor.php?ref=3745|title = BoyActors - Fella Edmonds}}{{Cite web|url=https://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Fella+Edmonds/28814/|title=Fella Edmonds : Actor - Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv}}
His early promise as Georgie Crain, the principal figure in The Rainbow Jacket, failed to land him any further leading roles other than in a Children's Film Foundation film, The Stolen Airliner, the following year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishhorseracingmovies.uk/the-rainbow-jacket|title = British Horse Racing Movies}}https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-stolen-airliner-v111748/cast-crew. Retrieved 9 November 2022. Although his small size (and confidence) allowed him to play a jockey, he grew up to be 6 feet 1 inch tall.Telegraph (newspaper), 19 June 2007
He had no film roles as an adult.
Known roles
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- To the Rescue (1952, short)
- Paradise Island (1954, TV series), appeared in five out of the six episodes as Don Gurney
- The Rainbow Jacket (1954), as Georgie Crain, the main character{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/fella_edmonds|title=Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes|website=Rotten Tomatoes }}
- Whistle for Silence (1954), as boy
- Hand in Glove (1955, TV movie), as Peter
- The Stolen Airliner (1955), as Fred
- The Right Answers (1955, TV movie), as Christopher Wright
- Supersonic Saucer (1956), as Rodney
- Calling All Boys (1956, TV series), as Bill
References
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Category:English male child actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hounslow