Michael Wilding

Actor

About

Birth Place

Westcliff-on-Sea, England, GB

Born

July 23, 1912

Died

July 08, 1979

Filmography

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

Lord Holland

Waterloo (1971)

Ponsonby

The Sweet Ride (1968)

Mr. Cartwright

The Best of Enemies (1962)

Lieutenant Burke

A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)

Nigel Costairs

The Naked Edge (1961)

Morris Brooke

Photos & Videos

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Glass Slipper, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Goodbye, Cinder Ella!

Glass Slipper, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) How Cold Is The Water?

Family & Companions

Elizabeth Taylor

Wife

Actor. Married February 21, 1952, filed for divorce October 4, 1956; second wife; had two children by Wilding.

Margaret Leighton

Wife

Actor. Married 1964; fourth wife.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

Lord Holland

Waterloo (1971)

Ponsonby

The Sweet Ride (1968)

Mr. Cartwright

The Best of Enemies (1962)

Lieutenant Burke

A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)

Nigel Costairs

The Naked Edge (1961)

Morris Brooke

The World of Suzie Wong (1961)

Ben Marlowe

Zarak (1956)

Major Ingram

The Scarlet Coat (1955)

Maj. John Andre

The Glass Slipper (1955)

Trent's Last Case (1953)

Philip Trent

Four Against Fate (1952)

David Scott

The Law and the Lady (1951)

Nigel Duxbury/Lord Minden [also known as Hoskins] Lord Minden]

Stage Fright (1950)

[Detective Wilfred] Ordinary Smith

Under Capricorn (1949)

Hon. Charles Adare

An Ideal Husband (1947)

Piccadilly Incident (1946)

Dear Octopus (1943)

Nicholas

Secret Mission (1942)

Actor

The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941)

Ronnie Walshingham

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)

Sir Richard Fanschawe

Life Events

1933

Began career in British film studio art department

Videos

Glass Slipper, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Goodbye, Cinder Ella! The narrator sounds like Walter Pidgeon because he is, opening the MGM Leslie Caron vehicle, derived from the first published version of Cinderella (1697, by Charles Perrault, Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre), directed by Charles Walters, music by Bronislau Kaper, dance by Roland Petit for Ballet de Paris, The Glass Slipper, 1955, also starring Michael Wilding.

Glass Slipper, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) How Cold Is The Water? The prince Charles (Michael Wilding), just returned to “a small European principality,” and pal Kovin (Keenan Wynn) are wandering in the woods at an old favorite site when Leslie Caron, the indignant local tomboy who’s decided she doesn’t mind being called “Cinderella,” shows up with an attitude, their first meeting, in MGM’s The Glass Slipper, 1955.

Glass Slipper, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Son Of The Cook More than 40-minutes into the feature, in a sequence dreamed up by servant girl “Ella” (Leslie Caron), who’s been told that Prince Charles (Michael Wilding) is just “the son of the cook of the palace of the duke,” she joins the first dance number, Charles Walters directing, dance by Roland Petit for Ballet de Paris, in MGM’s The Glass Slipper, 1955.

Law And The Lady (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Chemin de Fer On their first adventure in Monte Carlo, ex-servant Jane (Greer Garson) poses as "Lady Loverly," easily causing her newfound escort (Holmes Herbert) to lose at cards, her new partner Nigel (Michael Wilding) collecting, in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Law And The Lady, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) One Stone At A Time We know that butler “Hoskins” (Michael Wilding) is really Nigel, con-man partner of Greer Garson, who’s just arrived at his new San Francisco situation posing as “Lady Loverly,” discussing their plot, drawing the attention of neighbor Dinas (Fernando Lamas), in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Law And The Lady, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Stop Being Witty Domestic "girl" Jane (Greer Garson) is just being accused of stealing by Lord and Lady Minden (Michael Wilding, Phyllis Stanley), when his twin Nigel (also Wilding) appears, the police inspector (Rhys Williams) baffled, early in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Stage Fright (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I Love Strange Men Aspiring actress Eve (Jane Wyman) pretends feeling faint, drawing the attention of first Fortesque (Miles Malleson) then policeman Smith (Michael Wilding), hoping to learn about the murder he's investigating, in Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright, 1950.

Scarlet Coat, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) You Have The Bearing Of A Soldier New York British spy master Major Andre (Michael Wilding) surprises Continental spy Bolton (Cornel Wilde) with a test of character, causing him to proceed, as planned, to reveal his name and offer himself as a turncoat, Tory doctor O'Dell (George Sanders) skeptical, in John Sturges' The Scarlet Coat, 1955.

Torch Song (1953) -- (Movie Clip) You Mean Like A Girdle? Remaining philosophical at the same restaurant lunch where she had her director fire him, blind pianist Tye (Michael Wilding) inquires with Broadway star Jenny about her motives, and what he learned from Charlie, the long-time accompanist she had driven away, in MGM’s Torch Song, 1953.

Egyptian, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) The God Is Coming Edmund Purdom is wannabe physician Sinuhe (title character) and Victor Mature, his frustrated warrior pal, hunting lions for sport in ancient Egypt, when they meet the possibly nutty Akhnaton (Michael Wilding), with no idea he’s the next pharoah, in the early CinemaScope The Egyptian, 1954.

Ideal Husband, An (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Center Of The Universe Following the titles, original Oscar Wilde prose from the published edition of his play, producer-director Alexander Korda and brother Vincent's design on display, with the actor's credits, from An Ideal Husband, 1947.

Under Capricorn (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Rats In New South Wales Another long take in the dinner scene, dipsomaniac Henrietta (Ingrid Bergman) and newcomer Charles (Michael Wilding) have discovered they knew each other back home, he alone buying her tale of rats, in Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, 1949.

Family

Michael Wilding

Son

Born January 6, 1953; mother Elizabeth Taylor.

Christopher Wilding

Son

Photographer, film editor. Born February 27, 1955; married 1981-89 to Aileen Getty (born 1959; granddaughter of J Paul Getty; tested positive for AIDS c. 1990); had two children together Caleb (born c. 1983) and Andrew (born c. 1985); divorced from second husband Scott Padilla).

Companions

Elizabeth Taylor

Wife

Actor. Married February 21, 1952, filed for divorce October 4, 1956; second wife; had two children by Wilding.

Margaret Leighton

Wife

Actor. Married 1964; fourth wife.

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1933

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