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British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie

Michael Wilding

1912–1979 | British actor, producer

Elegant British leading man of the 1940s

Mini Biography

Michael Wilding’s four wives included actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret Leighton. He was played by Nigel Havers in the TV movie Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995).

Latest Michael Wilding Pictures

British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie
  • 15th January, 2016
Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding, British actor, wears a jacket and tie
Anna Neagle (as Judy Howard) and Michael Wilding (as Lord Richard) in a photograph from Spring in Park Lane (1948) (1)
  • 20th October, 2015
Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding
Spring in Park Lane (1948) photograph (1) | Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding
Screen actor Michael Wilding, aged 39, with his actress-bride Elizabeth Taylor, aged 19, leave their London hotel for London Airport. They are flying to Paris for their honeymoon following their marriage yesterday (Thursday) at Caxton Hall, London. 22nd February, 1952.
  • 21st May, 2015
  • Candid
Michael Wilding, Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding and Elizabeth Taylor leave for their honeymoon
Sitting on the floor, Margaret Lockwood listens to Walter Pidgeon. Also in attendance are Michael Wilding, Jean Simmons and Valerie Hobson
  • 17th March, 2012
  • Candid
Margaret Lockwood, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Wilding, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson
Margaret Lockwood listens to Walter Pidgeon

Select Michael Wilding Filmography

Black Eyes (1939)
Officer
Len Charteris
Convoy (1940)
‘Dot’
Dick
Johnny
Richard Coaker
Lt David Grant
Alan Trently
Tony Fox-Collier
Pvt Nobby Clark
Flags
Dear Octopus (1943)
Nicholas Randolph
Tom Gilbey
Carnival (1946)
Maurice Avery
Capt Alan Pearson
Sir Edward Courtney
Lord Richard
Michael Gore-Brown
Hon Charles Adare
Stage Fright (1950)
Ordinary Smith
Nicholas Foster
Sidney Herbert
Philip Trent
Derby Day (1952)
David Scott
The Egyptian (1954)
Akhnaton
Major Charles Marquand
Waterloo (1970)
Colonel Sir William Ponsonby
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Personal Details

Born
Died
British actress, Elizabeth Taylor
Wife  m. 1952–1957 (divorced)
Margaret Leighton, British actress, pictured in 1948
Wife  m. 1964–1976 (her death)
British actress Patricia Roc strikes a sexy pose in a publicity shot for Jassy (1947).
Significant Romance

Watch Michael Wilding on British television