
Robert Eddison
- Schauspiel
- 10. Juni 1908 – 14. Dezember 1991 · im Alter von 83
- Yokohama, Japan
Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE (10 June 1908 – 14 December 1991) was an English actor, who is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also played the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child". Born in Japan to English parents, Edwin Eddison and Hilda Muriel Leadham, he had a twin brother Talbot Leadam Eddison. Through his paternal grandmother, Anna Paulina Tatham of Philadelphia, he was related to the Tatham Brothers Iron pipe manufacturers of Philadelphia. As his paternal great-grandfather Henry Billington Tatham's name suggests, he was a descendant of the Billington family who came to America from England on the Mayflower. Eddison was known for his resonant, baritone voice and long, lean figure. He performed William Shakespeare and other classics, was noted for his Hamlet at the Old Vic, and later playing the comic roles of Feste and Sir Andrew Aguecheek inTwelfth Night, and King Lear on the New York stage. He was also a familiar figure in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, andSophocles, and played Canon Chasuble in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Eddison also made his mark in radio, in countless BBC dramas through the decades, with some of his last roles includingDeath in The Canterbury Tales and parts in an adaptation of Japanese Noh plays. His film career was limited, but included a supporting role in Peter Ustinov's 1948 comedy Vice Versa, the electrical 'Nick' in The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), the college president in American Friends (1991), and a notable cameo in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeas the ancient Grail Knight, warning adventurers to choose wisely.
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Filmografie32
- 1991
- 1990
A TV DanteFilm6.5
- 1989

CampionSerie6.5
- 1988
- 1987
ScoopFilm5.7
The Lady's Not For BurningFilm10.0
- 1986
Theban Plays: AntigoneFilm9.0

- 1979
Henry IV Part 2Film8.5
The Legend of King ArthurSerie7.5
- 1977
- The Velvet Glove
Serie
- 1975
- 1974
PlayhouseSerie7.0
- 1973
The Adventures Of Don QuixoteFilm10.0
- 1972
The Boy Who Turned YellowFilm5.6
- 1970
Edward IIFilm4.9

- 1968
Uncle SilasFilm7.0
- 1966
I Was Happy HereFilm6.4
Mystery and ImaginationSerie5.8
- 1965
BBC Play of the MonthSerie5.2
Out of the UnknownSerie7.1
- 1964
The Wednesday PlaySerie5.2
Theatre 625Serie7.2
Selkirk of Red RiverFilm9.0
- 1957
Ordeal by FireFilm
- 1956
Armchair TheatreSerie6.0
- 1954
- 1948
Vice VersaFilm7.2
- 1938
Sixty Glorious YearsFilm6.3



