Paul eddington biography

Until well into the 1970s, Paul Eddington was confined to comic parts in the theatre and a mixed bag of roles on television. The arrival of the sitcom The Good Life (BBC, 1975-78) changed that, leading to a rich succession of West End roles in plays by Alan Ayckbourn, Michael Frayn, Tom Stoppard and Terence Rattigan.

Although theatre (from training at RADA and early days in repertory productions) consumed most of his working time, he began appearing on television from the mid-1950s, taking various parts in series and serials such as Dixon of Dock Green (BBC, 1955-75), Kenilworth (BBC, 1957; as Edmund Tressilian), The Buccaneers (ITV, 1956-57) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV, 1955-59).

He played so many parts in the latter series that eventually, in 1958, he was given the regular role of Will Scarlett.

After Robin Hood he continued as a supporting player for television: some were serious roles in dramas like Interpol Calling (ITV, 1959-60), Maigret