David Hutcheson

For the steamship operator, see David MacBrayne. For the Scottish footballer, see David Hutcheson (footballer). For the American football coach and player, see David Hutchison.

David Hutcheson
in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Born14 June 1905
Craigmore, Bute, Scotland
Died18 February 1976 (1976-02-19) (aged 70)
Berkshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1973
SpouseCountess of Warwick

David Hutcheson (14 June 1905 – 18 February 1976) was a British character actor.[1][2] He made his film debut in Fast and Loose in 1930 and played his only lead role in 1934's Romance in Rhythm. He went on to specialise in hooray henrys, silly asses and military types most prominently in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and Peter Ustinov's School for Secrets (1946) and Vice Versa (1948). He continued in film and television until the 1970s. During the 1960s he often played the role of Colonel Pickering in stage productions of My Fair Lady.

On 25 March 1949 he married Mary, Countess of Warwick, (née Mary Kathleen Hopkinson), the former wife of Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick. This was shortly after the Earl of Warwick divorced his wife because of her adultery with Hutcheson.[3][4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "David Hutcheson". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ "David Hutcheson movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Earl of Warwick Granted Decree". Leamington Spa Courier. 4 February 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Countess of Warwick's Wedding". Coventry Evening Telegraph. No. 18017. 26 March 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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