Haydn was known for playing eccentric characters, such as Edwin Carp, Claud Curdle, Richard Rancyd and Stanley Stayle. He is particularly notable for his performance as the voice of the Caterpillar in the 1951 Disney animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. He died on 25 April 1985 at the age of 80 following a heart attack.
About Richard Haydn in brief
Richard Haydn was an English comedy actor. He was known for playing eccentric characters, such as Edwin Carp, Claud Curdle, Richard Rancyd and Stanley Stayle. Haydn is particularly notable for his performance as the voice of the Caterpillar in the 1951 Disney animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. He died on 25 April 1985 at the age of 80 following a heart attack. His body was found in his home in Pacific Palisades, California, and was donated to the University of California, Los Angeles.
He never married nor had children, although he was engaged to the actress Maria Riva for several months in 1943. He had a brief spell as a film director starting in the late 1940s. He directed: On radio, Haydn played Edwin CarP on The Charlie McCarthy Show, and he was a regular on The Swan Soap Show, which featured George Burns and Gracie Allen.
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