Robert Eddison

Film actor (1908-1991)

PersonDied aged 83humanQ2156972

Also known as Robert Leadam Eddison

Born: June 10, 1908
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in BnF authorities
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Died: December 14, 1991
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Sources
1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in BnF authorities
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Birthplace: Yokohama
Place of death: London
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE was a British actor, who despite his lengthy career as a classical stage actor, is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also played Merlin in the BBC television series The Legend of King Arthur, and the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child".

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GGrail Knightcharacter in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Robert
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: pneumonia
Awards: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Participated in conflict: World War II

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