Editing Michael Wilding

{{Short description|English actor (1912–1979)}}
{{for|the writer and literary scholar|Michael Wilding (writer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Michael Wilding
| image        = Michael Wilding, 1964.jpg
| caption      = Wilding in 1964
| birth_name   = Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1912|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Leigh-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1979|7|8|1912|7|23|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Chichester]], England
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Kay Young|1937|1951|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Taylor]]|1952|1957|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Susan Nell|1958|1962|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Margaret Leighton]]|1964|1976|end=died}}
}}
| years_active = 1933–1979
| children     = 2
}}
'''Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding''' (23 July 1912 &ndash; 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with [[Anna Neagle]]; he also made two films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]], ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' (1949) and ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950); and he guest starred on Hitchcock's TV show in 1963. He was married four times, including to [[Elizabeth Taylor]], with whom he had two sons.

==Biography==
Born in [[Leigh-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England, and educated at [[Christ's Hospital]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter |title=Michael Wilding, British Movie Star |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/07/09/michael-wilding-british-movie-star/535b8c0f-8fab-43c5-bf97-44cfd0bdbabb/?noredirect=on |access-date=10 April 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=9 July 1979}}</ref> Wilding left home at age 17 and trained as a commercial artist. He went to Europe when he was 20 and supported himself in Europe by doing sketches.<ref name="michael">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225449324 |title=Michael Wilding Reached The Top The Hard Way |newspaper=[[Weekly Times]] |issue=4204 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 January 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=46 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He wanted to get into designing sets for films and approached a London film studio in 1933 looking for work. They invited him to come to work as an extra.<ref name="wilding">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222140187 |title=English To The Core |newspaper=[[The Voice (Tasmanian newspaper)|The Voice]] |volume=23 |issue=34 |location=Hobart |date=26 August 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Acting career==
Wilding appeared as an extra in British films such as ''[[Bitter Sweet (1933 film)|Bitter Sweet]]'' (1933), ''[[Heads We Go]]'' (1933), and ''[[Channel Crossing]]'' (1933).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143554168 |title=Anna Neagle And Michael Wilding |newspaper=[[Cootamundra Herald]] |date=29 June 1948 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He caught the acting bug and decided to make it a career. He reportedly appeared in an Austrian film called ''Pastorale''.<ref name="wilding"/>

He made his stage debut in ''The Ringer'' in 1934 for the Watford Repertory Company and made his London stage debut in ''[[Chase the Ace (play)|Chase the Ace]]'' the following year. He could be spotted in the films ''[[Late Extra]]'' (1935), ''[[When Knights Were Bold (1936 film)|When Knights Were Bold]]'' (1936), and ''[[Wedding Group]]'' (1936).<ref name="michael"/> He was in two musicals on stage, ''Spread It Abroad'' and ''Home and Beauty''.

In 1937–38 he toured Australia and New Zealand with [[Fay Compton]]'s stage company.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110566415 |title=BRITISH ACTOR Michael Wilding dies, aged 66 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=53 |issue=15,995 |date=10 July 1979 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The plays included ''Personal Appearance'', ''Victoria Regina'', ''Tonight at Eight Thirty'' and ''George and Margaret''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183411142 |title='George and Margaret' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Telegraph]] |location=Sydney |date=2 May 1938 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=12 |edition=Second |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> While in Australia he filmed a prologue for ''Personal Appearance''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17479086 |title=For Women |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=31,363 |date=9 July 1938 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Back in England he appeared in the first Gate Revue, then followed this with another revue, ''Let's Face It'' and a pantomime, ''Who's Taking Liberty''.<ref name="wilding"/>

He had bigger film parts in ''[[There Ain't No Justice]]'' (1939), ''[[Convoy (1940 film)|Convoy]]'' (1940), and ''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940 film)|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'' (1940). He had a good role in ''[[Sailors Three]]'' (1940), and ''[[Sailors Don't Care (1940 film)|Sailors Don't Care]]'' (1940).

Wilding had a leading role in ''[[Spring Meeting]]'' (1941) but was back to support parts in ''[[The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)|The Farmer's Wife]]'' (1941). His films grew more prestigious: ''[[Kipps (1941 film)|Kipps]]'' (1941), ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941), ''[[Ships with Wings]]'' (1941), ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' (1941), ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942), ''[[Secret Mission]]'' (1942), and ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]'' (1943). He played in ''[[Quiet Weekend (play)|Quiet Weekend]]'' on stage for a year. In 1943 he performed for the troops in Gibraltar with [[John Gielgud]].<ref name="wilding"/>

===Stardom===
Wilding finally became a film name with ''[[Dear Octopus (film)|Dear Octopus]]'' (1943). He followed it with ''[[English Without Tears]]'' (1944).

====Collaboration with Anna Neagle====
What really made him a star was appearing opposite [[Anna Neagle]] in ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' (1946). Director [[Herbert Wilcox]] had wanted [[Rex Harrison]] or [[John Mills]] and had only taken Wilding reluctantly. However, once he saw the rushes he signed Wilding to a long-term contract. ''Piccadilly Incident'' was the second most popular film at the British box office in 1946. After co-starring with [[Sally Gray]] in ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]'' (1946), Wilding was reunited with Neagle and Wilcox in ''[[The Courtneys of Curzon Street]]'' (1947), the biggest hit at the 1947 British box office and one of the most-seen British films of all time. [[Alexander Korda]] cast him opposite [[Paulette Goddard]] in ''[[An Ideal Husband (1947 film)|An Ideal Husband]]'' (1947), another hit, but it failed to recoup its enormous cost. Wilding, Neagle and Wilcox reteamed for ''[[Spring in Park Lane]]'' (1948), another outstanding hit. It led to a sequel, ''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]'' (1949), which was also enormously popular.

Wilding was now one of the biggest stars in Britain—indeed he was voted as such by the readers of ''[[Kine Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224952365 |title=DUAL Honor For Michael Wilding |newspaper=[[Weekly Times]] |issue=4194 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 November 1949 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=49 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] then cast him in two consecutive films that he produced through his own film production company [[Transatlantic Pictures]] (distributed through [[Warner Brothers Pictures]]). The first, ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' (released in 1949), in which he played opposite [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Joseph Cotten]], was shot mostly in London but had final retakes and overdubs filmed in Hollywood. It was one of Hitchcock's few flops. His second film for Hitchcock was the more popular ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (released in 1950), also filmed in London, with [[Marlene Dietrich]] and [[Jane Wyman]]. Thirteen years later, in 1963, Wilding starred in an [[Alfred Hitchcock Hour]] episode titled "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans".

Wilcox used him in a film without Neagle, ''[[Into the Blue (1950 film)|Into the Blue]]'' (1950) and the public response was considerably less enthusiastic than for the films they made together. He put [[Anouk Aimée]] under personal contract and announced plans to make a movie together<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158809298 |title=French Starlet Signed By Michael Wilding |newspaper=[[The Newcastle Sun]] |issue=10,026 |date=18 February 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
</ref> but none resulted.

===Hollywood===
MGM made an offer for Wilding to appear opposite [[Greer Garson]] in ''[[The Law and the Lady (1951 film)|The Law and the Lady]]'' (1951);<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27568980 |title=Studio Gossip |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,252 |date=14 December 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the film was not a success. He returned to Britain for ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' (1951), a biopic of [[Florence Nightingale]] with Neagle and Wilcox. It was popular in Britain, though less so than their earlier collaborations.

So too was ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952), the last Neagle–Wilding collaboration. Wilcox tried Wilding with a new star, [[Margaret Lockwood]], in ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952), a minor hit. In 1952 British exhibitors voted him the fourth most popular star at the local box office.<ref name="townsville">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63397098 |title=Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |date=29 December 1951 |access-date=9 July 2012 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In May 1952, Wilding signed a long-term contract with MGM.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57696286 |title=Wilding signs U.S. contract |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] Sunday Magazine |volume=42 |issue=2,086 |location=Adelaide |date=31 May 1952 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He turned down a role in MGM's ''[[Latin Lovers (1953 film)|Latin Lovers]]'', and the studio put him under suspension.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168007869 |title=No Lana -No Pay |newspaper=[[Truth (Sydney newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=3277 |location=Sydney |date=16 November 1952 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In Hollywood, Wilding supported Joan Crawford in MGM's ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]'' (1953). 20th Century Fox borrowed him to play a pharaoh in its big-budget spectacular, ''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]'' (1954), which was a box-office disappointment.

At MGM, he was Prince Charming to [[Leslie Caron]]'s Cinderella in ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955), and Major [[John André]] in ''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' (1956).

===Supporting actor===
Wilding journeyed with Taylor to Africa to appear in ''[[Zarak]]'' (1956) for Warwick Films, after which his marriage to Taylor ended. He began appearing regularly on U.S. television, including the title role in the 1957 episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood" of [[NBC]]'s [[anthology series]] ''[[The Joseph Cotten Show (TV series)|The Joseph Cotten Show]]''.

He had some roles in ''[[Danger Within]]'' (1959), a POW movie; ''[[The World of Suzie Wong (film)|The World of Suzie Wong]]'' (1960); ''[[The Naked Edge]]'' (1961); ''[[The Best of Enemies (1961 film)|The Best of Enemies]]'' (1961); and ''[[A Girl Named Tamiko]]'' (1962).

===Final films===
His last roles included ''[[The Sweet Ride]]'' (1968) and ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]'' (1970).

His last appearance in a feature was in a cameo in ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972), which co-starred his last wife, [[Margaret Leighton]]. His last role was in the TV movie ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' (1973).

===Box-office ranking===
At the peak of his career, British exhibitors voted him among the most popular stars in the country:
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* 1947—seventh most popular British star<ref>{{cite news| title=Screen and Stage Spotlight: Anna is Queen of the Screen| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-anna-is-queen-of-the-scr/167836845/| date=3 January 1948| first=Steve| last=O'Brien| newspaper=[[Liverpool Evening Express]]| page=2| access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref>
* 1948—fifth most popular star<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18100225 |title=Bing Crosby Still Best Box-office Draw. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=31 December 1948 |access-date=11 July 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1949—second most popular star<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47824897 |title= Film World Anna Neagle: Biggest U.K. Box-Office Draw. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=23 January 1950 |access-date=10 July 2012 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1950—sixth most popular British star<ref>"Success of British Films." ''[[The Times]]''. London. 29 December 1950: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref>
* 1951—tenth most popular star<ref>"Films That Make Money." ''The Times''. London. 28 December 1951: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref>
* 1952{{spaced ndash}} fourth most popular British star<ref name="townsville"/>
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==Personal life==
Wilding was married four times: to Kay Young (married August 1937, separated December 1945, divorced December 1951);<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118220141 |title=Michael Wilding Divorced |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |location=Ipswich |issue=20,269 |date=20 December 1951 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=3 (Daily) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Taylor]] (married February 1952, separated July 1956, divorced January 1957);<ref>{{cite news| title=Liz, Wilding Divorced| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-elizabeth-taylo/167837666/| date=27 January 1957| newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph]]| agency=[[International News Service]]| access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> Susan Nell (married February 1958, divorced July 1962);<ref>Wilding, Michael & Pamela Wilcox. ''Apple Sauce''. (London: Allen & Unwin, 1982) pp. 140-144. {{ISBN|978-0-0492-0064-7}}</ref> and [[Margaret Leighton]] (married from July 1964 until her death in January 1976).

He and Taylor, who was 20 years his junior, had two sons, Michael Howard (born 6 January 1953) and Christopher Edward (born 27 February 1955). In 1957 he had a short-lived romance with actress [[Marie McDonald]], who was nicknamed The Body.

In the 1960s he was forced to cut back on his film appearances because of illness related to his lifelong [[epilepsy]].<ref>{{cite news| title=The Many Marriages of Elizabeth Taylor: Everything You Wanted To Know About Her Seven Husbands| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/the-many-marriages-of-elizabeth-taylor-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-her-seven-husbands/variety-is-the-spouse-of-life/slideshow/60070468.cms| date=15 August 2017| newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]| location=[[Mumbai]]| access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref>

==Death==
Wilding died on 8 July 1979 in [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], as a result of head injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19790709&id=P0FYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1PYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6830,1074723| title=Michael Wilding dead from fall| newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]| location=[[Bend, Oregon]]| date=9 July 1979| access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> His remains were [[cremation|cremated]] and the ashes were scattered.

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:80%"
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! Year || Title || Role || Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[1933 in film|1933]] || ''[[Bitter Sweet (1933 film)|Bitter Sweet]]'' || Extra || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Heads We Go]]'' || Minor Role || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Channel Crossing]]'' || Passenger Boarding Ferry || Uncredited
|-
| [[1935 in film|1935]] || ''[[Late Extra]]'' || Newspaper Telephone Operator || Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1936 in film|1936]] || ''[[When Knights Were Bold (1936 film)|When Knights Were Bold]]'' || Soldier || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Wedding Group]]'' || Dr. Hutherford ||
|-
| [[1939 in film|1939]] || ''[[There Ain't No Justice]]'' || Len Charteris ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[1940 in film|1940]] || ''[[Convoy (1940 film)|Convoy]]'' || Dot ||
|-
| ''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940 film)|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'' || Percy Welwyn ||
|-
| ''[[Sailors Three]]'' || Johnny Wilding ||
|-
| ''[[Sailors Don't Care (1940 film)|Sailors Don't Care]]'' || Dick ||
|-
| rowspan="5"|[[1941 in film|1941]] || ''[[Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light]]'' || Officer #2 ||
|-
| ''[[Spring Meeting]]'' || Tony Fox-Collier ||
|-
| ''[[The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)|The Farmer's Wife]]'' || Richard Coaker ||
|-
| ''[[Kipps (1941 film)|Kipps]]'' || Ronnie Walshingham ||
|-
| ''[[Cottage to Let]]'' || Alan Trently ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[1942 in film|1942]] || ''[[Ships with Wings]]'' || Lieutenant David Grant ||
|-
| ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' || Captain || Uncredited
|- 
| ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' || Flags ||
|-
| ''[[Secret Mission]]'' || Private Nobby Clark ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1943 in film|1943]] || ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]'' || Constantine ||
|-
| ''[[Dear Octopus (film)|Dear Octopus]]'' || Nicholas Randolph ||
|-
| [[1944 in film|1944]] || ''[[English Without Tears]]'' || Tom Gilbey ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1946 in film|1946]] || ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' || Capt. (later Major) Alan Pearson ||
|-
| ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]'' || Maurice Avery ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1947 in film|1947]] || ''[[The Courtneys of Curzon Street]]'' || Sir Edward Courtney ||
|-
| ''[[An Ideal Husband (1947 film)|An Ideal Husband]]'' || Viscount Arthur Goring ||
|-
| [[1948 in film|1948]] || ''[[Spring in Park Lane]]'' || Richard ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1949 in film|1949]] || ''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]'' || Michael Gore-Brown ||
|-
| ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' || Honorable Charles Adare ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1950 in film|1950]] || ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' || Detective Inspector Wilfred 'Ordinary' Smith ||
|-
| ''[[Into the Blue (1950 film)|Into the Blue]]'' || Nicholas Foster ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1951 in film|1951]] || ''[[The Law and the Lady (1951 film)|The Law and the Lady]]'' || Nigel Duxbury / Lord Henry Minden aka Hoskins ||
|-
| ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' || Sidney Herbert / Lord Herbert of Lea ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1952 in film|1952]] || ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' || David Scott ||
|-
| ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]''|| Philip Trent ||
|-
| [[1953 in film|1953]] || ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]''|| Tye Graham ||
|-
| [[1954 in film|1954]] || ''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]'' || [[Akhnaton]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1955 in film|1955]] || ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' || Prince Charming ||
|-
| ''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' || Major John Andre ||
|-
| [[1956 in film|1956]] || ''[[Zarak]]'' || Major Michael Ingram ||
|-
| [[1959 in film|1959]] || ''[[Danger Within]]'' || Major Charles Marquand ||
|-
| [[1960 in film|1960]] || ''[[The World of Suzie Wong (film)|The World of Suzie Wong]]'' || Ben Marlowe ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1961 in film|1961]] || ''[[The Naked Edge]]'' || Morris Brooke ||
|-
| ''[[The Best of Enemies (1961 film)|The Best of Enemies]]'' || Burke ||
|-
| [[1962 in film|1962]] || ''[[A Girl Named Tamiko]]'' || Nigel Costairs ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1968 in film|1968]] || ''[[Code Name, Red Roses]]'' || English General ||
|-
| ''[[The Sweet Ride]]'' || Mr. Cartwright ||
|-
| [[1970 in film|1970]] || ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]'' || Sir William Ponsonby ||
|-
| [[1972 in film|1972]] || ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' || Lord Holland ||
|}

==Television==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:80%"
|-
! Year || Title || Role || Other notes
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Screen Directors Playhouse]]'' || David Scott || '''Episode''': The Carroll Formula
|-
| 1955-1956 || ''[[The 20th Century Fox Hour]]'' || Robert Marryot <br/> Captain Robert Wilton || [[The 20th Century Fox Hour#Season 1|'''Episode''': Cavalcade]] <br/> [[The 20th Century Fox Hour#Season 2|'''Episode''': Stranger in the Night]]
|-
| 1957 || ''[[The Joseph Cotten Show]]'' || Colonel Blood || '''Episode''': The Trial of Colonel Blood
|-
| rowspan="2"|1958 || ''[[Climax!]]'' || Lieutenant MacKenzie Barton || '''Episode''': The Volcano Seat (1) <br/> '''Episode''': The Volcano Seat (2)
|-
| ''[[Target (American TV series)|Target]]'' || || '''Episode''': The Clean Kill
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Lux Video Theatre|Lux Playhouse]]'' || Stephen MacIllroy || '''Episode''': The Case of the Two Sisters
|-
| 1958-1959 || ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' || Sir John Alexander <br/> Chris Hughes || '''Episode''': Verdict of Three <br/> '''Episode''': Dark as the Night
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Saints and Sinners (1962 TV series)|Saints and Sinners]]'' || Sir Robert || '''Episode''': A Night of Horns and Bells
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963 || ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' || David Saunders || '''Episode''': Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans
|-
| ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' || Dr. Alex Steiner || '''Episode''': Who Killed Sweet Betsy?
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966 || ''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' || Franz Joseph || '''Episode''': The Lethal Eagle Affair
|-
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' || Major Tucker || '''Episode''': The Fatal Mistake
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Mannix]]'' || Phillip Montford/Sir Arnold Salt || [[List of Mannix episodes#Season 2|'''Episode''': A View of Nowhere]]
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' || Sir Richard Fanshawe || TV film, (final film role)
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Biography|England|Film|Theatre|Television}}
* [[List of British actors]]
* [[List of people educated at Christ's Hospital]]
* [[List of people from Chichester]]
* [[List of people with epilepsy]]
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Michael Wilding}}
* {{IMDb name|0928697|Michael Wilding}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=2322 Photographs and literature]

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