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Philip Friend
Philip Wyndham Friend (20 February 1915 in Horsham, Sussex – 1 September 1987 in Chiddingfold, Surrey) was a British film and television actor.
Friend went to Bradfield College where he became interested in acting. He began appearing in musical comedies in 1935, and was soon working on the West End. He was in a production of French Without Tears that was on Broadway. He returned to London and was busy on the stage until war broke out after which he joined the Royal Fusiliers.
Friend had small roles in British films like Inquest (1939), The Midas Touch (1940), and Old Bill and Son (1941).
He was in Dangerous Moonlight (1941), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941), Sheepdog of the Hills (1941), Back-Room Boy (1942), The Day Will Dawn (1942), The Next of Kin (1942), In Which We Serve (1942), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), and We Dive at Dawn (1943).
Friend had bigger parts in The Bells Go Down (1943) with Tommy Trinder, Warn That Man (1943) with Gordon Harker and The Flemish Farm (1943), and could be seen in Two Thousand Women (1944). He had a decent sized role in Great Day (1945).
Friend returned to the stage with Pink String and Sealing Wax and The First Gentleman.
In February 1946 Friend signed a contract with David O. Selznick who brought the actor to Hollywood. Selznick wound up not using Friend in any of his films.
Friend had a support part in My Own True Love (1948) with Phyllis Calvert. He could also be seen in Enchantment (1948).
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Philip Friend
Philip Wyndham Friend (20 February 1915 in Horsham, Sussex – 1 September 1987 in Chiddingfold, Surrey) was a British film and television actor.
Friend went to Bradfield College where he became interested in acting. He began appearing in musical comedies in 1935, and was soon working on the West End. He was in a production of French Without Tears that was on Broadway. He returned to London and was busy on the stage until war broke out after which he joined the Royal Fusiliers.
Friend had small roles in British films like Inquest (1939), The Midas Touch (1940), and Old Bill and Son (1941).
He was in Dangerous Moonlight (1941), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941), Sheepdog of the Hills (1941), Back-Room Boy (1942), The Day Will Dawn (1942), The Next of Kin (1942), In Which We Serve (1942), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), and We Dive at Dawn (1943).
Friend had bigger parts in The Bells Go Down (1943) with Tommy Trinder, Warn That Man (1943) with Gordon Harker and The Flemish Farm (1943), and could be seen in Two Thousand Women (1944). He had a decent sized role in Great Day (1945).
Friend returned to the stage with Pink String and Sealing Wax and The First Gentleman.
In February 1946 Friend signed a contract with David O. Selznick who brought the actor to Hollywood. Selznick wound up not using Friend in any of his films.
Friend had a support part in My Own True Love (1948) with Phyllis Calvert. He could also be seen in Enchantment (1948).