Harold Siddons

William Harold Henry Siddons (17 September 1922 – 4 November 1963) was a British film and television actor, appearing in Genevieve, The Dam Busters, Appointment in London, They Who Dare, The Purple Plain, Quatermass and the Pit, A Night To Remember and The Wrong Arm of the Law. He served in Bomber Command during the Second World War as a flight engineer, latterly with 582 Squadron as the Flight Engineer Leader on its formation in April 1944 and is a descendant of Sarah Siddons.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 17 September 1922, he was found dead in his car on 4 November 1963 aged 41, apparently by suicide. He was buried in the parish churchyard of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, with the motto Per ardua ad astra on his gravestone.

Selected filmography

 * Angels One Five (1952) - Pimpernel Pilot
 * Gift Horse (1952) - Ship's Doctor
 * Appointment in London (1953) - Saunders
 * Genevieve (1953) - Policeman (uncredited)
 * Malta Story (1953) - Matthews, Bomber Pilot (uncredited)
 * The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953) - Naval Intelligence Officer (uncredited)
 * They Who Dare (1954) - Lieut. Stevens R.N.
 * The Good Die Young (1954) - Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
 * Conflict of Wings (1954) - Flight Lt. Edwards
 * The Purple Plain (1954) - Navigator Williams (uncredited)
 * The Dam Busters (1955) - Group Signals Officer
 * I Am a Camera (1955) - Editor at Party
 * The Blue Peter (1955) - Hughes
 * The Baby and the Battleship (1956) - Whiskers
 * The Last Man to Hang? (1956) - Cheed's Doctor
 * Man in the Shadow (1957) - Colin Wells
 * The Mark of the Hawk (1957) - 1st Officer
 * The Silent Enemy (1958) - Army Interrogation Officer
 * Dunkirk (1958) - Doctor (uncredited)
 * A Night to Remember (1958) - Second Officer Herbert Stone - Californian
 * Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Master Bomber
 * Harry Black (1958) - British Officer
 * Danger Within (1959) - Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall
 * The White Trap (1959) - Harry (uncredited)
 * The Guns of Navarone (1961) - British Officer (uncredited)
 * The Man in the Back Seat (1961) - Angry Resident (uncredited)
 * Out of the Shadow (1961) - Newspaper Editor
 * The Piper's Tune (1962) - Sergeant
 * The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - PC in Basement Garage (uncredited)