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Robert Eddison
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Robert Eddison
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-06-10,Yokohama, Japan
Gender
Male
Biography
Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE (10 June 1908 – 14 December 1991) was an English actor, who is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also played the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child". Born in Japan to English parents, Edwin Eddison and Hilda Muriel Leadham, he had a twin brother Talbot Leadam Eddison. Through his paternal grandmother, Anna Paulina Tatham of Philadelphia, he was related to the Tatham Brothers Iron pipe manufacturers of Philadelphia. As his paternal great-grandfather Henry Billington Tatham's name suggests, he was a descendant of the Billington family who came to America from England on the Mayflower. Eddison was known for his resonant, baritone voice and long, lean figure. He performed William Shakespeare and other classics, was noted for his Hamlet at the Old Vic, and later playing the comic roles of Feste and Sir Andrew Aguecheek inTwelfth Night, and King Lear on the New York stage. He was also a familiar figure in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, andSophocles, and played Canon Chasuble in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Eddison also made his mark in radio, in countless BBC dramas through the decades, with some of his last roles includingDeath in The Canterbury Tales and parts in an adaptation of Japanese Noh plays. His film career was limited, but included a supporting role in Peter Ustinov's 1948 comedy Vice Versa, the electrical 'Nick' in The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), the college president in American Friends (1991), and a notable cameo in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeas the ancient Grail Knight, warning adventurers to choose wisely.

Filmography

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.851

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

6.4

A TV Dante
1990-06-13

Selkirk of Red River

0

Selkirk of Red River
1964-01-01

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp

7

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
1954-09-09

American Friends

5.9

American Friends
1991-03-22

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

5.3

The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972-09-16

4

Edward II
1970-08-06

0

Uncle Silas
1968-11-04

Sixty Glorious Years

6

Sixty Glorious Years
1938-11-18

2

Knots
1975-01-01

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

2

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16

Theban Plays: Antigone

0

Theban Plays: Antigone
1986-09-19

4.8

Scoop
1987-04-26

The Tragedy of King Richard II

0

The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970-07-30

Henry IV Part 2

8

Henry IV Part 2
1979-12-16

I Was Happy Here

6.1

I Was Happy Here
1966-04-01

6.3

Vice Versa
1948-01-28

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

0

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07

An Affinity with Dr. Still

0

An Affinity with Dr. Still
1979-11-28

The Storyteller

8.1

The Storyteller
1988-05-15

5.5

Sky
1975-04-07

Mystery and Imagination

5.5

Mystery and Imagination
1966-01-29

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

BBC Television Shakespeare

5.2

BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03

5.6

Campion
1989-01-22

The Legend of King Arthur

7

The Legend of King Arthur
1979-10-07