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British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie

Michael Wilding

British actor, producer (1912–1979) | In Which We Serve (1942), Secret Mission (1942), Spring in Park Lane (1948)

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
There Ain’t No Justice (1939)
Len Charteris
Convoy (1940) opening credits (2)
Convoy (1940)
‘Dot’
Convoy (1940) opening credits (2)
Sailors Don’t Care (1940)
Dick
Sailors Three (1940) opening credits
Sailors Three (1940)
Johnny
Sailors Three (1940) opening credits
The Farmer’s Wife (1941)
Richard Coaker
Ships with Wings (1941) opening credits
Ships with Wings (1941)
Lt David Grant
Cottage to Let (1941) opening credits
Cottage to Let (1941)
Alan Trently
Cottage to Let (1941) opening credits
Spring Meeting (1941)
Tony Fox-Collier
Kipps (1941) opening credits (2)
Kipps (1941)
Ronnie Walshingham
Secret Mission (1942) opening credits
Secret Mission (1942)
Pvt Nobby Clark
In Which We Serve (1942) opening credits
In Which We Serve (1942)
Flags
In Which We Serve (1942) opening credits
Dear Octopus (1943)
Nicholas Randolph
English Without Tears (1944) opening credits (4)
English Without Tears (1944)
Tom Gilbey
Carnival (1946) opening credits
Carnival (1946)
Maurice Avery
Piccadilly Incident (1946) opening credits (4)
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
Capt Alan Pearson
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) opening credits (4)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Sir Edward Courtney
An Ideal Husband (1947) opening credits (3)
An Ideal Husband (1947)
Viscount Arthur Goring
Spring in Park Lane (1948) opening credits (4)
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Richard
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) opening credits
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Michael Gore-Brown
Under Capricorn (1949) opening credits
Under Capricorn (1949)
Hon Charles Adare
Under Capricorn (1949) opening credits
Stage Fright (1950)
Ordinary Smith
Under Capricorn (1949) opening credits
Into the Blue (1950)
Nicholas Foster
The Lady with a Lamp (1951) opening credits (2)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Sidney Herbert
Trent’s Last Case (1952) opening credits
Trent’s Last Case (1952)
Philip Trent
Derby Day (1952) opening credits (7)
Derby Day (1952)
David Scott
Derby Day (1952) opening credits (7)
The Egyptian (1954)
Akhnaton
Danger Within (1959) opening credits (4)
Danger Within (1959)
Major Charles Marquand
Waterloo (1970) opening credits
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