Edward Malin

Edward Malin
Malin on Hylda Baker's edition of This Is Your Life in 1972
Born	Edward Ernest Malin (1894-10-23)23 October 1894 Stoke Newington, London, England
Died	1 March 1977(1977-03-01) (aged 82) Ealing, London, England
Other names	Eddie Malin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1973

Edward Ernest Malin (23 October 1894 in Stoke Newington, London – 1 March 1977 in Ealing, London) was an English actor.[1]

He was the youngest of seven children of John Malin (1850–1921), a purse maker in a fancy leather works,[2] and Martha née Hackworthy (1855–1905). In 1911 at age 16, he was working as a tracer in a boiler works.[3] During World War I, he served in the Royal Navy and became a Freemason in the Antioch Lodge No. 3271 in February 1918.[4]

Malin mostly played in small, often uncredited roles in both film and TV, including as a dining saloon steward in the 1958 film A Night to Remember, as well as a waiter in the seminal 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles.[5] He achieved most of his fame as the mute and geriatric character of Walter Tattersall in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest from 1969 to 1973.[6]

Malin died on 1 March 1977, aged 82 at the King Edward Memorial hospital in Ealing, London.[7] He had been resident at the actors' retirement home of Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, for several years.

Selected filmography

• William Comes to Town (1948) - Toy Shop Man (uncredited)
• The Greed of William Hart (1948) - David Paterson
• Genevieve (1953) - Spectator (uncredited)
• The End of the Road (1954) - Nightwatchman
• The Million Pound Note (1954) - Clergyman at Belgrave Square (uncredited)
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - Dog Man (uncredited)
• The Story of Esther Costello (1957) - Man in Irish pub (uncredited)
• The Silent Enemy (1958) - High Ranking British Navy Officer at Conference (uncredited)
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Dining Saloon Steward
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958) - Orderly (uncredited)
• Inn for Trouble (1960) - Old Charlie
• Operation Cupid (1960) - Smelly
• The Millionairess (1960) - Kabir's Patient (uncredited)
• Hair of the Dog (1962) - Sidney
• A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Hotel Waiter
• How to Steal a Million (1966) - Insurance Clerk
• Crooks and Coronets (1969) - 2nd Old Man (uncredited)
• The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) - Club Waiter
• Percy (1971) - Elderly patient
• Nearest and Dearest (1972) - Walter Tattersall

References

1. "Eddie Malin". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018.
2. 1901 England Census for Edward Malin, London, Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
3. 1911 England Census for Edward Ernest Malin, London. Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
4. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 for Edward Ernest Malin, United Grand Lodge of England, 1910-1921, Membership Registers: London M 3163-3404 to London N 3408-3605: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
5. "Edward Malin". www.aveleyman.com.
6. Guide, British Comedy. "Nearest And Dearest characters". British Comedy Guide.
7. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Edward Ernest Malin, 1977: Ancestry.com (subscription required)

External links

• Edward Malin at IMDb