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Michael William ffolliott Aldridge (9 September 1920 – 10 January 1994) was an English actor. While it was his role as Seymour in the television series Last of the Summer Wine (1986 to 1990) which made him widely recognised, his long career as a successful character actor on stage and screen dated back to the 1930s. The son of Dr Frederick James Aldridge and his wife Kathleen Michaela Marietta White, Aldridge was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, on 9 September 1920. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he acted in school plays. In his last year at school he... MORE

Michael William ffolliott Aldridge (9 September 1920 – 10 January 1994) was an English actor. While it was his role as Seymour in the television series Last of the Summer Wine (1986 to 1990) which made him widely recognised, his long career as a successful character actor on stage and screen dated back to the 1930s. The son of Dr Frederick James Aldridge and his wife Kathleen Michaela Marietta White, Aldridge was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, on 9 September 1920. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he acted in school plays. In his last year at school he played the title role in a production of Othello, a report in The Times noting "M. W. ff. Aldridge (aged 17½ years) was masterly and dignified as Othello and well worthy of the formal designation 'a noble Moor'". He started his acting career in August 1939 at the Palace Theatre, Watford appearing in Terence Rattigan's play French Without Tears. A few days later, World War II broke out. From 1939 to 1940, he was in rep at Bristol, Blackpool, Sunderland, Sheffield, Bradford and Amersham. In 1940, he joined the Royal Air Force and served in Africa, the United States, the Middle East and the LESS