Actor profile

Paul Eddington

18th June 1927 St John's Wood, London, England, UK Acting

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.

31 Movies 44 TV Shows 75 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Good Life: Inside Out poster

The Good Life: Inside Out 28th October 2025

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals poster

The Good Life: Secret & Scandals 12th August 2022 as (archive footage)

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army poster

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army 22nd July 2013 as (archive footage)

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected poster

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected 15th January 2013 as Self (Archive Material)

All About The Good Life poster

All About The Good Life 29th December 2010

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 3rd March 2005 as Jim Hacker, MP / Jerry Leadbetter (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Toad poster

The Adventures of Toad 30th July 1996 as Badger

The Adventures of Mole poster

The Adventures of Mole 24th December 1995 as Badger

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 26th June 1987 as Richard Eaton (archive footage)

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage poster

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage 25th December 1986 as Rev Leonard Clement

Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland 26th March 1985 as White Rabbit (voice)

Hay Fever poster

Hay Fever 4th December 1984 as David Bliss

Royal Variety Performance 1984 poster

Royal Variety Performance 1984 25th November 1984

The Funny Side of Christmas poster

The Funny Side of Christmas 27th December 1982 as James Hacker

Outside Edge poster

Outside Edge 19th December 1982 as Roger

Sin with Our Permission 26th May 1981 as Harry Dudley

Cinderella CND 24th April 1977 as Mr. Mitchell

Goodbye poster

Goodbye 6th March 1975 as Varley

Baxter! poster

Baxter! 4th March 1973 as Mr Rawling

The Amazing Mr. Blunden poster

The Amazing Mr. Blunden 7th December 1972 as Vicar

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser 17th October 1972 as Vandenburgh

The Prime Minister's Daughter 13th July 1970 as Ormston

The Devil Rides Out poster

The Devil Rides Out 20th July 1968 as Richard Eaton

Johnson Over Jordan 4th February 1965 as George Noble

Ring of Spies poster

Ring of Spies 23rd March 1964 as Johnnie (uncredited)

The Man Who Was Nobody poster

The Man Who Was Nobody 15th September 1960 as Franz Reuter

Jet Storm poster

Jet Storm 16th September 1959 as Victor Tracer

Desert Mice poster

Desert Mice 5th January 1959 as Army Officer (uncredited)

Rupert of Hentzau 26th December 1957 as Count Luzau-Rischenheim

Sailor Beware poster

Sailor Beware 4th September 1956 as Bearded Sailor (Uncredited)

The Secret of the Forest 1st January 1956 as Museum Tour Leader

The Garden Party 11th July 1998

The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer 12th August 1994 as Self (archive footage)

The Camomile Lawn poster

The Camomile Lawn 5th March 1992 as Richard

Pebble Mill 14th October 1991 as Self

Performance poster

Performance 5th October 1991 as Robert Shallow

A Bit of Fry & Laurie poster

A Bit of Fry & Laurie 13th January 1989

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief poster

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief 25th April 1986

Yes, Prime Minister poster

Yes, Prime Minister 9th January 1986 as Jim Hacker

Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland 26th March 1985 as White Rabbit

Let There Be Love poster

Let There Be Love 4th January 1982

Yes Minister poster

Yes Minister 25th February 1980 as Jim Hacker

Minder poster

Minder 29th October 1979 as Guy Wheeler

Jubilee 1977 27th March 1977 as Mr Mitchell

The Good Life poster

The Good Life 4th April 1975 as Jerry Leadbetter

Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles 15th March 1974 as Plekhanov

The Adventurer poster

The Adventurer 29th September 1972 as Charlesworth

Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk 13th September 1972 as Wolf Gebhardt

Villains poster

Villains 22nd July 1972 as Harvey Percival

Justice poster

Justice 8th October 1971 as Kendall Blumenthal

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 20th September 1971 as Hamer

Hine poster

Hine 7th April 1971

The Ten Commandments 30th March 1971 as Willy

Catweazle poster

Catweazle 15th February 1970 as Vandanti

Doomwatch poster

Doomwatch 9th February 1970 as Reynolds

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as Paul Bordone

The Champions poster

The Champions 25th September 1968 as Klein

The Prisoner poster

The Prisoner 29th September 1967 as Cobb

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Harry Dudley

The Spread of the Eagle poster

The Spread of the Eagle 3rd May 1963 as Marcus Brutus

Out of This World poster

Out of This World 24th June 1962 as Joe Manx

Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars 2nd January 1962

Faces of Jim 16th November 1961 as Colonel Downs

The Avengers poster

The Avengers 7th January 1961 as Beaumont

Maigret poster

Maigret 31st October 1960 as Harry Brown

Danger Man poster

Danger Man 11th September 1960 as Captain Schulman

The Days of Vengeance 8th June 1960 as Power

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 7th March 1958 as Sir William Coventry

Ivanhoe poster

Ivanhoe 5th January 1958 as Robber Chief

Kenilworth 8th February 1957 as Edmund Tressilian

The Buccaneers poster

The Buccaneers 19th September 1956 as Capt. La Forte

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Vandenburgh

The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood 26th September 1955 as Lieutenant

Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green 9th July 1955 as Mr. Birch

Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre 1st January 1950 as The Hon. Willoughby Speake