Mark Edwards (actor)

{{Short description|Australian actor}}

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Mark Edwards (born 1942) is an Australian actor best known for his appearances in British horror films of the early 1970s.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=Ten random Australian connections with Hammer Films|date=June 28, 2020 }}

He was cast as Cassio in a production of Othello at the Old Tote in 1965.

He studied in Bristol, England in the mid 1960s{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105862905 |title=Two beards and a bright future |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 September 1965 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }} then moved to England and was in steady work.{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 April 1971|page=114|title=It All Began at Old Tote|first=David|last=Bentley}}{{clarify|date=February 2021|reason=This reads oddly, since Bristol is in England}} His best known credit was in Blood from the Mummy's Tomb.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-curse-of-blood-from-the-mummys-tomb/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=26 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|title=The Curse of Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb}}

Edwards moved back to Australia in the mid 1970s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110861891 |title=AGREEMENT ON CONSERVATION Concerted effort to save lake |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 August 1977 |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}