Paul Eddington

Actor Jun 18 (died age 68) St John's Wood, London, England, UK 1950–2025 (75 year career)

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Biography

Paul Eddington, CBE (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor known for his appearances in the popular television sitcoms The Good Life and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.

Known For

Film

Yes Minister

Jim Hacker

Film

Yes, Prime Minister

Jim Hacker

Film

The Devil Rides Out

Richard Eaton

Film

The Good Life

Jerry Leadbetter

Film

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Rev Leonard Clement

Film

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Vicar

Film

Jet Storm

Victor Tracer

Film

Ring of Spies

Johnnie (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (31)

The Good Life: Inside Out

2025

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals

2022

as (archive footage)

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Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army

2013

as (archive footage)

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected

2013

as Self (Archive Material)

7.0

All About The Good Life

2010

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Jim Hacker, MP / Jerry Leadbetter (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The Adventures of Toad

1996

as Badger

The Adventures of Mole

1995

as Badger

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

as Richard Eaton (archive footage)

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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986

as Rev Leonard Clement

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Alice in Wonderland

1985

as White Rabbit (voice)

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Hay Fever

as David Bliss

Outside Edge

as Roger

The Funny Side of Christmas

1982

as James Hacker

Sin with Our Permission

1981

as Harry Dudley

Cinderella CND

1977

as Mr. Mitchell

Goodbye

as Varley

Baxter!

as Mr Rawling

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

1972

as Vicar

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The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972

as Vandenburgh

The Prime Minister's Daughter

1970

as Ormston

The Devil Rides Out

1968

as Richard Eaton

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Johnson Over Jordan

1965

as George Noble

Ring of Spies

1964

as Johnnie (uncredited)

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The Man Who Was Nobody

as Franz Reuter

Jet Storm

as Victor Tracer

Desert Mice

as Army Officer (uncredited)

6.0

Rupert of Hentzau

1957

as Count Luzau-Rischenheim

Sailor Beware

1956

as Bearded Sailor (Uncredited)

7.0

The Secret of the Forest

1956

as Museum Tour Leader

Television (42)

The Garden Party

1998

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

The Camomile Lawn

as Richard

Performance

as Robert Shallow

Pebble Mill

as Self

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Yes, Prime Minister

as Jim Hacker

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

1986

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Alice in Wonderland

1985

as White Rabbit

Let There Be Love

Yes Minister

as Jim Hacker

Minder

as Guy Wheeler

Jubilee 1977

as Mr Mitchell

The Good Life

as Jerry Leadbetter

Fall of Eagles

as Plekhanov

Van der Valk

as Wolf Gebhardt

The Adventurer

as Charlesworth

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Hamer

Justice

as Cooper

The Ten Commandments

as Willy

Hine

Doomwatch

as Reynolds

Catweazle

as Vandanti

The Champions

as Klein

The Prisoner

as Cobb

ITV Playhouse

as Richard

The Spread of the Eagle

1963

as Marcus Brutus

Z-Cars

Out of This World

as Joe Manx

The Avengers

as Beaumont

Faces of Jim

as Colonel Downs

Maigret

as Harry Brown

Danger Man

as Captain Schulman

The Days of Vengeance

1960

as Power

Ivanhoe

1958

as Robber Chief

6.3

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

1958

as William Coventry

Kenilworth

1957

as Edmund Tressilian

The Buccaneers

as Capt. La Forte

Armchair Theatre

as Steve Leeds

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as 2nd Villager

Dixon of Dock Green

as Mr. Birch

Sunday Night Theatre

as The Hon. Willoughby Speake

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