Peter Madden

[Bond Fan]

This man never seems to get discussed here - so I thought I would start by seeing if anyone remembers him from any of his work?



To me, he is best remembered for not only appearing to be an old man in every one of his films (LOL!!) but for his part in 'From Russia With Love.'









Peter Madden, actor



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madden_(actor)

[phil]

Remember him testing Stan Butler on the skid track.

"I thought he did rather well, I'll pass 'im".

[Mark O]

Isn't he the actor in an episode of Steptoe & Son standing behind Albert in the post office queue where Albert is dressed as his deceased wife claiming old-age pension and Peter says he's ex-Police?

[vincenzo]

He was also the drunk who smashes the undertaker's window in Saturday Night And Sunday Morning.

[Gerald Lovell]

An actor I'm always pleased to see. I first remember him as Inspector Lestrade in the Douglas Wilmer SHERLOCK HOLMES series. He later appeared in one of the Peter Cushing episodes and later still in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. I think he also played John Drake's boss in some episodes of DANGER MAN.

[martymadden]

An actor I'm always pleased to see. I first remember him as Inspector Lestrade in the Douglas Wilmer SHERLOCK HOLMES series. He later appeared in one of the Peter Cushing episodes and later still in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. I think he also played John Drake's boss in some episodes of DANGER MAN.

Peter Madden was my Dad! I'm so pleased to find your nice comments about him on here!
And good to know that he's not completely forgotten as an actor.
Thank you!

[faginsgirl]

Welcome to the forum Marty

xx

[Tigon Man]

Peter Madden was always fun to watch. He tended to get type cast as villians and shady foreigners in ITC series of the sixties, usually casting a beady eye over Roger Moore and other smoothies.

Watching Hell is a City (1960) the other day, Peter was the illegal coin toss gambling organiser and very good he was to!

I always laugh at his quote reproduced in Quinlan's Character Stars:

I've got such a miserable bloody face. Thank God I never wanted to be a star'

[Harbottle]

Isn't he the actor in an episode of Steptoe & Son standing behind Albert in the post office queue where Albert is dressed as his deceased wife claiming old-age pension and Peter says he's ex-Police?

[Moor Larkin]

[Gerald Lovell]

Peter in one of my favourite roles for him, as the magnificently malicious Chief of Police in Frankenstein Created Woman (1966):

[martymadden]

My God! I'd forgotten this one!! This is all bringing back fond memories.
Thanks again all. I'll keep looking - please keep posting!
Marty

[martymadden]

thank you faginsgirl!