Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: March 10, 1905

Death Date: April 25, 1985

Birth Place: Camberwell, London, England, UK

British actor Richard Haydn worked as a plantation owner and a ticket seller before becoming a successful actor with roles in family-friendly films like "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Sound of Music." Haydn, who developed a unique on-screen habit of over-enunciating his words and speaking in a nasally tone of voice, made his film debut as the scheming title character in the 1941 romantic comedy "Charley's Aunt," and gained considerable notice for his turn as a butler wrongly accused of murder in "And Then There Were None," based on the Agatha Christie novel about a group of dinner guests who discover a killer among them. He provided the indignant voice of the hookah-smoking Caterpillar in the classic animated Disney film "Alice in Wonderland," and portrayed arts patron Max Detweiler in the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."

In addition to his work on live theater anthology shows like "Playhouse 90" and "G.E. True Theater," Haydn memorably portrayed a machine-averse food critic in an episode of "The Twilight Zone," and appeared on the popular sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as his signature radio character: poetry and fishing enthusiast Edwin Carp. He also directed several films, most notably the assumed identity romantic comedy "Miss Tatlock's Millions," and published a book entitled "The Journal of Edwin Carp."

Credits

Young Frankenstein

Actor
Gerhard Falkstein
Movie
1974
94%

Happiness Is a Warm Clue

Actor
Andrew Kidder
Movie
1973

The Return of Charlie Chan

Actor
Andrew Kidder
Movie
1973

Love, American Style

Actor
Edward
Series
1969

The Wonderful World of Disney

Actor
Quentin Bartlett
Series
1969

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Actor
Quentin Bartlett
Movie
1967

Laredo

Guest Star
Series
1965

The Sound of Music

Actor
Max Detweiler
Show
1965

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed LionStream

Actor
Rupert Rowbotham
Movie
1965

The Sound of MusicStream

Actor
Max Detweiler
Movie
1965
83%

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Stream

Guest Star
Series
1964
100%

BewitchedStream

Guest Star
Kenzu Mishimoto
Series
1964

Mutiny on the BountyStream

Actor
William Brown (botanist/narrator)
Movie
1962
70%

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Actor
Sir Henry Vining
Movie
1962

The Dick Van Dyke ShowStream

Guest Star
Edwin Carp
Series
1961

Please Don't Eat the DaisiesStream

Actor
Alfred North
Movie
1960
57%

The Lost WorldStream

Actor
Prof. Summerlee
Movie
1960

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Bartlett Finchley
Series
1959
92%

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Bachelor Party

Director
Show
1959

Playhouse 90: Heart of Darkness

Actor
The Accountant
Show
1958

Twilight for the Gods

Actor
Oliver Wiggins
Movie
1958

Leave It to BeaverStream

Director
Series
1957

Toy Tiger

Actor
John Fusenot
Movie
1956

Jupiter's Darling

Actor
Horatio
Movie
1955

Lassie

Guest Star
Harry Newton
Series
1954

Her Twelve Men

Actor
Dr. Avord Barrett
Movie
1954

Money From Home

Actor
Bertie Searles
Movie
1953

Never Let Me Go

Actor
Christopher Wellington St. John Denny
Movie
1953

The Merry Widow

Actor
Baron Popoff
Movie
1952

Alice in WonderlandStream

Voice
Caterpillar
Movie
1951
84%

Mr. Music

Actor
Jerome Thisbee
Movie
1950

Mr. Music

Director
Movie
1950

Dear Wife

Director
Movie
1949

Sitting Pretty

Actor
Mr. Clarence Appleton
Movie
1948

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Director
Movie
1948

The Emperor Waltz

Actor
Emperor Franz-Josef
Movie
1948
73%

Forever Amber

Actor
Earl of Radcliffe
Movie
1947
18%

The Beginning or the End

Actor
Dr. Chisholm
Movie
1947

Singapore

Actor
Deputy Commissioner Hewitt
Movie
1947

The Late George Apley

Actor
Horatio Willing
Movie
1947

Cluny Brown

Actor
Jonathan W. Wilson
Movie
1946

The Green Years

Actor
Jason Reid
Movie
1946

And Then There Were NoneStream

Actor
Thomas Rogers
Movie
1945
100%

Adventure

Actor
Limo
Movie
1945

Who Killed Who?

Voice
Show
1943

No Time for Love

Actor
Roger Winant
Movie
1943

Ball of FireStream

Actor
Prof. Oddly (Botany)
Movie
1941
100%

Charley's Aunt

Actor
Charley Wyckham
Movie
1941

Happy Harmonies

Voice
Show
1934