Kenneth Haigh
| Kenneth Haigh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kenneth Haigh 25 March 1931 Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1956-2004 |
| Spouse(s) | Myrna Haigh |
Kenneth Haigh (born 25 March 1931 in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor.[1] He played the central role of Jimmy Porter in the first production of John Osborne's seminal play Look Back in Anger in 1956. His performance in a 1958 Broadway theatre production of that play so moved one young woman in the audience that she mounted the stage and slapped him in mid-performance.[2] For the film version produced that year, he was passed over in favour of Richard Burton. Coincidentally, he went on to portray the explorer and adventurer Richard Francis Burton in the BBC production of The Search for the Nile. He also briefly appeared in the Beatles' 1964 film A Hard Day's Night.
Later he portrayed the upstart Joe Lampton, a character created by John Braine in the novel Room at the Top, in the television series Man at the Top and the spin-off film Man at the Top (1973).
Haigh has also made occasional appearances on American television, and his most recognisable appearance is that of time-travelling Flight Lieutenant William Terrance Decker on the Twilight Zone episode "The Last Flight".[3]
Haigh also portrayed Pat Casey in Lionel Bart's Maggie May.
Filmography
- Companions in Crime (1954) - John Kendall
- My Teenage Daughter (1956) - Tony Ward Black
- Saint Joan (1957) - Brother Martin Ladvenu
- High Flight (1957) - Anthony 'Tony' Winchester
- Cleopatra (1963) - Brutus
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Simon Marshall (uncredited)
- Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) - Atkins
- The Deadly Affair (1966) - Bill Appleby
- A Lovely Way to Die (1968) - Jonathan Fleming
- Journey to Murder (1971) - Dirk Brogan (Do Me a Favour and Kill Me)
- Eagle in a Cage (1972) - Napoleon Bonaparte
- Man at the Top (1973) - Joe Lampton
- Moll Flanders (1975) (TV) - Jemmy Earle
- Robin and Marian (1976) - Sir Ranulf
- A Walk in the Sun (1978) - George
- The Bitch (1979) - Arnold Rinstead
- Night Train to Murder (1983) - Cousin Milton / Cousin Homer
- Wild Geese II (1985) - Col. Reed-Henry
- A State of Emergency (1986)
- Shuttlecock (1991) - Dr. Quinn
- Mr Blue (short film) (2004) - Mr. Blue (Last appearance)
