Walter Hudd


Walter Hudd was a British actor and director.

Stage career

Hudd made his stage debut in The Manxman in 1919, and later toured as part of the Fred Terry Company; first attracting serious attention playing Guildenstern in a 1925 modern dress Hamlet. He also later directed plays at Stratford-on-Avon, including Richard II, Twelfth Night and Doctor Faustus.
His West End appearances included The Way Things Happen, The Ghost Train, The Grain of Mustard Seed, Geneva, Thunder Rock, A Month in the Country, The Waltz of the Toreadors and The Potting Shed.
He made his sole Broadway appearance in the Theatre Guild revival of You Never Can Tell. He was also a member of the Malvern Festival, Stratford Memorial and Old Vic theatre companies, and in later life became Head of Drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Film career

His film career began in 1935 with Anthony Asquith's Moscow Nights. The following year he was cast as T.E. Lawrence in Alexander Korda's proposed biopic of the celebrated soldier/author, but the production was abandoned. He had previously played a character based on Lawrence in Bernard Shaw's play, Too True to be Good, a performance that had been highly praised by Lawrence himself.
His last two films, The Punch and Judy Man and It's All Happening, were released posthumously.

Selected filmography