Martin Boddey

{{short description|British actor (1907–1975)}}

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| name = Martin Boddey

| image = Actor_Martin_Boddey.jpg

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| caption = In Personal Affair (1953)

| birth_name = Albert Martin Boddey

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|04|16}}

| birth_place = Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1975|10|24|1907|04|16}}

| death_place = London, England

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 1948–1975

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Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97492|title=Martin Boddey|work=BFI|access-date=9 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020025409/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97492|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}

Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority figures such as police officers or magistrates.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=martin+boddey+actor&pg=PT197|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|date=19 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lordstaverners.org/the-history-of-the-lords-taverners|title=The History of the Lord's Taverners}}

He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2020 |title=Celebrating 70 years of Giving |url=https://www.lordstaverners.org/news/celebrating-70-years-of-giving/ |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=Lord's Taverners}}

Selected filmography

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