Sam Kydd: Film and Television Credits

These are all of the late Sam Kydd's credits that I have been able to trace. There are bound to be many more! All film dates are approximate.

JVK (17.5.90)

Sam Kydd with Roger Moore Sam Kydd as Dwyer, with Roger Moore, in an episode of The Persuaders! from 1971. (Copyright ITC)
  Sam Kydd (1917-1982)                 F=film, t=TV


Credit                              Da F Ty S Refer Notes (aka = also known as)

They Came By Night                  40 F dr   BF
Penn of Pennsylvania                41 F dr   IDFCA aka The Courageous Mr. Penn
Captive Heart, The                  46 F dr   VFY83
They Made Me a Fugitive             47 F dr   IDFCA aka I Became a Criminal
Colonel Bogey                       48 F dr   BF
Fly Away Peter                      48 F dr   BF
Love in Waiting                     48 F ??   IDFCA
Once a Jolly Swagman                48 F dr   BF
Piece of Cake, A                    48 F dr   BF
Portrait from Life                  48 F dr   IDFCA aka The Girl in the Painting
Scott of the Antarctic              48 F dr   BF
Small Back Room, The                48 F dr   IDFCA aka Hour of Glory
Song for Tomorrow, A                48 F dr   BF
To the Public Danger                48 F dr   IDFCA
Trouble in the Air                  48 F dr   BF
Vengeance is Mine                   48 F dr   BF
Badger's Green                      49 F ??   BF
Cure for Love, The                  49 F dr   IDFCA
Floodtide                           49 F dr   BF
Forbidden                           49 F dr   BF
Hasty Heart, The                    49 F dr   BF
Madness of the Heart                49 F dr   BF
Movie-Go-Round                      49 F ??   BF
Passport to Pimlico                 49 F co   BF
Poet's Pub                          49 F dr   BF
Saints and Sinners                  49 F dr   BF
Stop Press Girl                     49 F dr   BF
Trottie True                        49 F mu   BF    aka Gay Lady
Blackout                            50 F dr   BF
Blue Lamp, The                      50 F dr   BF
Cage of Gold                        50 F dr   BF
Chance of a Lifetime                50 F co   BF
Clouded Yellow, The                 50 F dr   BF
Magnet, The                         50 F dr   BF
Seven Days to Noon                  50 F dr   BF
Treasure Island                     50 F dr   BF
Assassin for Hire                   51 F dr   BF
Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.    51 F dr   fr52
Cheer the Brave                     51 F dr   fr52
Dark Man, The                       51 F dr   BF
Galloping Major, The                51 F co   BF
Hell is Sold Out                    51 F dr   BF
High Treason                        51 F dr   fr52
Penny Points to Paradise            51 F co   BF
Pool of London                      51 F dr   BF
Second Mate, The                    51 F dr   BF
Secret People                       51 F dr   fr52
Angels One Five                     52 F dr   fr52
Brandy for the Parson               52 F co   fr52
Brave Don't Cry, The                52 F do   BF
Derby Day                           52 F dr   IDFCA aka Four Against Fate
Hour of 13, The                     52 F dr   IDFCA
Hunted                              52 F dr   IDFCA aka The Stranger in Between
Lost Hours, The                     52 F dr   IDFCA aka The Big Frame
Pickwick Papers, The                52 F co   BF
Sing Along With Me                  52 F dr   fr52
Appointment in London               53 F dr   fr53
Cruel Sea, The                      53 F dr   fr53
Death Goes to School                53 F dr   BF
Hot Ice                             53 F dr   fr53
Malta Story                         53 F dr   BF
Master of Ballantrae, The           53 F dr   BF
Single-Handed                       53 F dr   IDFCA aka Sailor of the King
Steel Key, The                      53 F dr   BF
Time Bomb                           53 F dr   IDFCA aka Terror on a Train
Trent's Last Case                   53 F dr   fr53
Voice of Merrill, The               53 F dr   fr53  aka Murder Will Out
Devil on Horseback                  54 F dr   BF
Embezzler, The                      54 F dr   BF
End of the Road, The                54 F dr   fr55
Father Brown                        54 F dr   c     aka The Detective
Final Appointment                   54 F dr   fr55
Radio Cab Murder                    54 F dr   BF
Rainbow Jacket, The                 54 F dr   BF
Runaway Bus, The                    54 F co   c
They Who Dare                       54 F dr   BF
Constant Husband, The               55 F dr   BF
Dark Avenger, The                   55 F dr   IDFCA aka The Warriors
Glass Cage, The                     55 F dr   BF
Impulse                             55 F dr   BF
Kid for Two Farthings, A            55 F dr   BF
Passage Home                        55 F dr   fr55
Portrait of Alison                  55 F dr   IDFCA aka Postmark for Danger
Quatermass Experiment, The          55 F sf   c     aka The Creeping Unknown
Raising a Riot                      55 F co   fr55
Storm Over the Nile                 55 F dr   fr56
Very Silent Traveller, The          55 F dr   BF
Where There's a Will                55 F co   fr55
Baby and the Battleship, The        56 F co   fr57
Circus Friends                      56 F dr   BF
Cockleshell Heroes                  56 F dr   BF
Hide-Out, The                       56 F dr   fr57
Home and Away                       56 F dr   fr57
It's a Wonderful World              56 F co   fr57
Jacqueline                          56 F dr   BF
Josephine and Men                   56 F co   fr56
Ladykillers, The                    56 F co   fr56
Long Arm, The                       56 F dr   fr57
Ramsbottom Rides Again              56 F co   fr57
Reach for the Sky                   56 F dr   fr57
Soho Incident                       56 F dr   IDFCA aka Spin a Dark Web
Tiger in the Smoke                  56 F dr   fr57
You Can't Escape                    56 F dr   fr56
Adventures of Robin Hood: The Shell Game
                                    57 t dr s EoA
Carry on Admiral                    57 F co   fr58  aka The Ship was Loaded
Dangerous Exile                     57 F dr   BF
Just My Luck                        57 F co   c
Scamp, The                          57 F dr   fr58
Smallest Show on Earth, The         57 F co   BF
Yangtse Incident                    57 F dr   fr58  aka Battle Hell
Barnacle Bill                       58 F co   fr58  aka All at Sea
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.          58 F co   c     aka Man in a Cocked Hat
Further Up the Creek                58 F co   90819
Happy is the Bride!                 58 F co   IDFCA
Law and Disorder                    58 F co   c
Orders to Kill                      58 F dr   BF
Safecracker, The                    58 F dr   BF
Tale of Two Cities, A               58 F dr   BF
Too Many Crooks                     58 F co   BF
Up the Creek                        58 F co   fr58
39 Steps, The                       59 F dr   BF
Captain's Table, The                59 F co   BF
Hound of the Baskervilles, The      59 F dr   fr59
I Was Monty's Double                59 F dr   fr59  aka Monty's Double
I'm All Right Jack                  59 F co   fr60
Libel                               59 F dr   BF
Life is a Circus                    59 F dr   BF
Make Mine a Million                 59 F co   BF
Upstairs and Downstairs             59 F dr   BF
Angry Silence, The                  60 F dr   BF
Dead Lucky                          60 F co   fr61
Follow That Horse!                  60 F co   IDFCA
Hancock's Half Hour: Saturday Night 60 t co s c
House in Marsh Road, The            60 F gh   fr61
Mess Mates                          60 t co s ITV
Price of Silence, The               60 F dr   fr61
Sink the Bismarck                   60 F dr   BF
Suspect                             60 F dr   IDFCA aka The Risk
There Was a Crooked Man             60 F co   BF
Edgar Wallace: Clue of the Silver Key
                                    61 F dr s fr
Jango: Great Day for Jango          61 t dr s EoA
Treasure of Monte Cristo, The       61 F dr   fr    aka The Secret of Monte Cristo
Iron Maiden, The                    62 F co   fr    aka The Swingin' Maiden
Crane                               63 t dr s ITV
Doctor in Distress                  63 F co   BF
Young Detectives, The               63 F ch s IDFCA
Smokescreen                         64 F dr   BF
Island of Terror                    65 F sf   c
Orlando                             65 t ch s EoA   His most famous rôle!
Out of the Unknown: The Midas Plague
                                    65 t sf s eTVSF
Projected Man, The                  66 F sf   Aurum
Smashing Time                       67 F co   c
Killing of Sister George, The       68 F dr   BF
Man in a Suitcase: Why They Killed Nolan
                                    68 t dr s EoA
Till Death Us Do Part               68 F co   wf
Gold is Where You Find It           69 F co   fr70
Magnificent Six and ?, The          69 F ch s BF
Moon Zero Two                       69 F sf   fr70
Too Late the Hero                   69 F dr   BF
Last Grenade, The                   70 F dr   BF
Ten Rillington Place                71 F dr   BF
The Persuaders!: Someone Waiting    71 t dr   c
Up the Chastity Belt                71 F co   fr
Alf Garnett Saga, The               72 F co   BF
Dad's Army                          72 F co   BF
Play for Today: Carson Country      72 t pl 1 72A23
New Scotland Yard: Bullet in a Haystack
                                    73 t dr s EoA
Steptoe and Son Ride Again          73 F co   c
Amorous Milkman, The                74 F sx   BF
Confessions of a Window Cleaner     74 F sx   fr75
Fire Fighters, The                  75 F dr   BF
Great Expectations                  75 t dr s BF
Chiffy Kids, The                    76 F ch s BF
Chimpmates                          77 F ch s BF
Love for Lydia                      77 t dr s 77930
Return of the Saint: Tower Bridge is Falling Down
                                    78 t dr s Saint
And the Band Played On              79 F ??   BF
Shillingbury Blowers, The           79 t dr s IDFCA
Yesterday's Hero                    79 F dr   fr80
Danger on Dartmoor                  80 F ch   fr80
High Rise Donkey                    80 F ch   BF
Mirror Crack'd, The                 80 F dr   BF
Eye of the Needle                   81 F dr   c
Coronation Street                   82 t so s VFY83
Minder: Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Enemy
                                    82 t co s EoA
Report count: 184


  Key:
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Type        ad = Advertising.
            ch = Children's drama/comedy
            ci = Cinema
            co = Comedy, comic/drama...
            cu = Current affairs/interviews
            do = Documentary ("Dramadocs" sometimes)
            dr = Drama / adventure / thriller / detective / war / period / not sure! - the default.
            ed = Educational
            fa = Fantasy, fantasy/comedy...
            fr = Farce of the Brian Rix variety.
            ga = Game show
            ho = Horror, horror/comedy...
            le = Lecture
            mu = Musical (predominantly)
            ne = News.
            op = opera.
            pl = A Play.
            qu = Quiz
            re = Religion.
            sf = Sf, sf/comedy...
            so = Soap Opera.
            sp =
            sx = Soft porn.
            ta = Talk show.
            va = Variety.
            we = Western.

Series      1 = Single TV production.
            s = TV Series.
            4 = Four part TV series, etc.

Refer       Aurum = The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies.
            BF    = British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987.
            c     = on-screen credits.
            EoA   = The ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure.
            eTVSF = The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction.
            fr    = F. Maurice Speed's Film Review Annual.
            IDFCA = The Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors.
            ITV   = 25 Years on ITV.
            nnnnn = Radio Times or TV Times
            Saint = The Saint by Tony Mechele and Dick Fiddy (Boxtree)
            VFYnn = Virgin Film Yearbook
            wf    = World Filmography 1968.

  You will note that I have not tried to distinguish between different types of
drama, only those that fit into a recognizable genre such as horror, SF, et cetera. John V. Keogh, 17.5.90.

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