William Abney
Photo: Mark Gudgeon, 1967
Born(1921-01-07)7 January 1921
Upminster, Essex, England
Died9 August 1997(1997-08-09) (aged 76)
London, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer

William Edward Charles Wootton Abney (7 January 1921 – 9 August 1997) played Reverend Copley on Coronation Street in 1977, and Jim Lorimer in 1980. His other television credits include The Adventures of William Tell, Crossroads, Special Branch, Play for Today, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin's Nest and The Return of Sherlock Holmes.[1]

The son of Henry Charles Wootton Abney, of the landed gentry family of Abney of Measham Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife, Janet Bentley Littlejohn, Abney was educated at Cranleigh School and the Central School of Speech and Drama.[2]

His stage work included West End roles in the original production of Carrington V.C. in 1953, and (as Giles Ralston) in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap in 1956-1959.[3][4]

As a film actor, Abney appeared in Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), Two-Way Stretch, (1960), Cone of Silence (1960), The City of the Dead (1960), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), The Legacy (1979), North Sea Hijack (1980) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).[5]

As a writer, Abney wrote the story for "Poor Butterfly" (1969), an episode of Journey to the Unknown (TV series).[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1951Sunday Night TheatreMultiple roles[7]
1953Martim Lutero
1957The Steel BayonetArtillery Officer[7]
1959Horrors of the Black MuseumPatrol Constable #1[7]
1959The Night We Dropped a Clanger2nd German Sentry[7]
1960Two-Way StretchVisiting Room Warder[7]
1960Never Take Sweets from a Stranger1st Policeman
1960Cone of SilenceFirst Officer[7]
1960The City of the DeadPoliceman[7]
1961Middle CourseJaghorst[7]
1962Flight from SingaporeFlight Lt. Bob Elliott[7]
1963On the RunJock McKayEdgar Wallace Mysteries[7]
1964We Shall SeeShawEdgar Wallace Mysteries[7]
1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysVoss[7]
1978The LegacyButler[7]
1979North Sea HijackGail[7]
1983Curse of the Pink PantherHugo the Houseman[7]

References

  1. ↑ "William Abney". www.aveleyman.com.
  2. ↑ "Henry Charles Wootton Abney (1881-1953) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com.
  3. ↑ "William Abney | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ↑ Museum, Victoria and Albert (1958). "The Mousetrap | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
  5. ↑ "William Abney | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  6. ↑ "Poor Butterfly (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "William Abney". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2021.


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