Hugh Wakefield

{{Short description|English actor (1888–1971)}}

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| name = Hugh Wakefield

| image = Actor Hugh Wakefield.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|11|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wanstead, Essex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|5|1888|11|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = London, England

| occupation = Film actor

| module = {{Infobox military person

| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| branch = Royal Air Force

| branch_label = Service

| battles = World War II

| battles_label = War

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Hugh Wakefield (10 November 1888 – 5 December 1971) was an English film actor, who played supporting roles.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f7ba52b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711192310/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f7ba52b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-11|title=Hugh Wakefield|work=BFI}} He was often seen wearing a monocle.{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw254159/Hugh-Wakefield?LinkID=mp148451&role=sit&rNo=1|title=National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG x198712; Hugh Wakefield|work=npg.org.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.joergs-british-autographs.de/hitch-18.html|title=The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)|work=joergs-british-autographs.de}}

Hugh Claude Wakefield was born in Wanstead, Essex. He also had a distinguished stage career,{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishpictures.com/godfrey/card35.htm |title=No. 35 - Hugh Wakefield |work=It's not just Michael Powell: British films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s |accessdate=23 October 2009}} which began at the age of 11. City of Song (1931) was his first film.{{Cite web |url=http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=480 |title=Pagliacci & City of Song |work=Bel Canto Society web site |accessdate=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929154511/http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=480 |archive-date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead }} After completing 1954's The Million Pound Note, Wakefield retired from film acting. He died 5 December 1971 in London aged 83.