Hedley Mattingly

{{Short description|British actor (1915–1998)}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Hedley Mattingly | image = Hedley_Mattingly_in_Get_Smart_1970.jpg | caption = Hedley Mattingly in Get Smart 1970 | birth_name = Hedley Howard Mattingly | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|5|7|}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age |1998|3|3|1915|5|7|mf=yes}} | death_place = Encino, California, U.S. | resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1930s–1997 | spouse = Barbara Mattingly | awards = }} '''Hedley Howard Mattingly''' (May 7, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a British actor who appeared in many American films and television series.

== Career == Hedley Mattingly was born in London, England. He began his career as a stage actor before the outbreak of World War II, during which he served in the Royal Air Force. In the early 1950s he moved to Canada accompanied by his wife Barbara, appearing in several CBC television dramas, before moving again to California in the 1960s.<ref name="Variety">"[https://variety.com/1998/film/news/hedley-mattingly-dead-at-83-1117468387/ Hedley Mattingly dead at 83]", ''Variety'', 3 March 1998. Retrieved 28 February 2017.</ref>

In the 1960s and 1970s, he guest-starred in the NBC television series ''Thriller'' (1962). He also appeared in ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''Perry Mason'', Death Valley Days, ''Mannix'', ''Night Gallery'', ''Ironside'', and ''Columbo''. He was featured in ''Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist'' (1962), ''King Rat'' (1965), and ''The Bermuda Triangle'' (1979). His last appearance was in the film ''Riot'' (1997), with Sugar Ray Leonard.

Mattingly's best-known role was as the recurring character of Officer Hedley in the CBS series, ''Daktari'' (1966–1969) starring Marshall Thompson in the title role.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Death== Mattingly died of cancer at Encino, California, in March 1998 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.<ref name="Variety"/>

== Filmography == *1958: ''Folio'' -TV - Sgt. Deems *1959: ''Hudson's Bay'' -TV - Factor Balfour / The Captain / Clifton *1962: ''Thriller'' -TV - Canadian Man *1962: ''Five Weeks in a Balloon'' - Butler (uncredited) *1962: ''Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist'' - Gov. Gen. Sir Edmund Head *1963: ''The Thrill of It All'' - Sidney - Chauffeur *1963: ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' -TV - Henry T. Coe *1964: ''Signpost to Murder'' - Police Constable Mort Rogers *1964: ''The Man from UNCLE'' (The Shark Affair) -TV - Mr. Wye / Captain Fowler *1964: ''Death Valley Days'' -TV (as an historical figure Joseph Harris Ridges (1827–1914) in episode "An Organ for Brother Brigham") - Joseph Ridges / Victor de Kiraly / Eadneard Muybridge *1965: ''Strange Bedfellows'' - Bagshott *1965: ''Marriage on the Rocks'' (1965) - Mr. Smythe (uncredited) *1965: ''King Rat'' - Dr. Prudhomme *1965: ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' -TV - Bartender *1966: ''Torn Curtain'' - Airline Official (uncredited) *1966: ''Daktari'' -TV - District Officer Hedley *1969: ''Mannix'' -TV - Dustin Rhodes *1970: ''Get Smart'' -TV *1971: ''Columbo'' -TV - Customs Man *1973: ''Lost Horizon'' - Col. Rawley *1973: ''Cleopatra Jones'' - Mattingly *1973: ''Emergency'' - Sir Eric Rossman *1977: ''Lucan'' -TV - President Davies *1978: ''Hawaii Five-O'' -TV - Episode: The Meighan Conspiracy - Doheni *1979: ''The Bermuda Triangle'' - (uncredited) *1981: ''Goliath Awaits'' -TV - Bailey *1984: ''All of Me'' - Grayson *1984: ''Dynasty'' -TV - Vicar / Mr. Jensen *1996: ''Riot'' - Butler (final film role)

== References == {{reflist}}

===General references=== *Gianakos, Larry James ''Television drama series programming: a comprehensive chronicle, 1982–1984''

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0560321}}

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