Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington was born on Jun 18, 1927 in UK. Paul Eddington's big-screen debut came with The Adventures of Robin Hood - Season 2 directed by Terry Bishop in 1956, strarring Will Scarlett / Captain / Lieutenant / .... Paul Eddington is known for The Camomile Lawn directed by Peter Hall, Felicity Kendal stars as Helena and Claire Bloom as Sophy (older). Paul Eddington has got 2 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Paul Eddington achieved is CableACE Awards. The upcoming new movie Paul Eddington plays is The Adventures of Toad which will be released on Dec 24, 1996.

Paul Eddington was a tall, debonair actor who achieved international success in the 1970s with The Good Life (1975), a popular television series about a young couple farming their backyard in a London suburb. He played the supporting role of neighbor Jerry Leadbetter. It was the hit comedy series Yes Minister (1980), later called Yes, Prime Minister (1986), in the 1980s that brought him television stardom as the inept politician Jim Hacker. The actor's performances as an incompetent minister and prime minister were so admired by Margaret Thatcher that she awarded him the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Despite suffering from skin cancer, he continued to perform on stage and television, concealing his illness, until tabloid press began suggesting he had AIDS.