Harold Siddons
William Harold Henry Siddons was a British film and television actor, appearing in Genevieve, The Dam Busters, Appointment in London, They Who Dare, The Purple Plain, Quatermass and the Pit, A Night To Remember and The Wrong Arm of the Law. He served in Bomber Command during the Second World War as a flight engineer, latterly with 582 Squadron as the Flight Engineer Leader on its formation in April 1944 and was a descendant of Sarah Siddons. His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded in January 1944.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 17 September 1922, he was found dead in his car on 4 November 1963 aged 41, apparently by suicide. He was buried in the parish churchyard of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, with the motto Per ardua ad astra on his gravestone.
Selected filmography
Angels One Five - Pimpernel PilotGift Horse - Ship's DoctorAppointment in London - SaundersGenevieve - Policeman Malta Story - Matthews, Bomber Pilot The Clue of the Missing Ape - Naval Intelligence Officer They Who Dare - Lieut. Stevens R.N.The Good Die Young - Hospital Doctor Conflict of Wings - Flight Lt. Edwards The Purple Plain - Navigator Williams The Dam Busters - Group Signals OfficerI Am a Camera - Editor at PartyThe Blue Peter - HughesThe Baby and the Battleship - WhiskersThe Last Man to Hang? - Cheed's DoctorMan in the Shadow - Colin WellsThe Mark of the Hawk - 1st OfficerThe Silent Enemy - Army Interrogation Officer Dunkirk - Doctor A Night to Remember - Second Officer Herbert Stone - CalifornianBattle of the V-1 - Master BomberHarry Black - British OfficerDanger Within - Capt. 'Tag' BurchnallThe White Trap - Harry The Guns of Navarone - British Officer The Man in the Back Seat - Angry Resident Out of the Shadow - Newspaper EditorThe Piper's Tune - SergeantThe Wrong Arm of the Law - PC in Basement Garage