Login
Login

Hedley Mattingly

{{Short description|British actor (1915–1998)}}

{{More citations needed|date=October 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Hedley Mattingly

| image = Hedley_Mattingly_in_Get_Smart_1970.jpg

| caption = Hedley Mattingly in Get Smart 1970

| birth_name = Hedley Howard Mattingly

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|5|7|}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1998|3|3|1915|5|7|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Encino, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1930s–1997

| spouse = Barbara Mattingly

| awards =

}}

Hedley Howard Mattingly (May 7, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a British actor who appeared in many American films and television series.

Career

Hedley Mattingly was born in London, England. He began his career as a stage actor before the outbreak of World War II, during which he served in the Royal Air Force. In the early 1950s he moved to Canada accompanied by his wife Barbara, appearing in several CBC television dramas, before moving again to California in the 1960s."[https://variety.com/1998/film/news/hedley-mattingly-dead-at-83-1117468387/ Hedley Mattingly dead at 83]", Variety, 3 March 1998. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

In the 1960s and 1970s, he guest-starred in the NBC television series Thriller (1962). He also appeared in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, Death Valley Days, Mannix, Night Gallery, Ironside, and Columbo. He was featured in Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Bermuda Triangle (1979). His last appearance was in the film Riot (1997), with Sugar Ray Leonard.

Mattingly's best-known role was as the recurring character of Officer Hedley in the CBS series, Daktari (1966–1969) starring Marshall Thompson in the title role.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Death

Mattingly died of cancer at Encino, California, in March 1998 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Filmography

{{Portal|England|California|Film|Television}}

References

{{reflist}}

=General references=

  • Gianakos, Larry James Television drama series programming: a comprehensive chronicle, 1982–1984

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0560321}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattingly, Hedley}}

Category:1915 births

Category:1998 deaths

Category:British expatriate male actors in the United States

Category:Male actors from London

Category:English male film actors

Category:English male television actors

Category:20th-century English male actors

Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)

Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II

Category:Deaths from cancer in California

{{england-screen-actor-stub}}