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Edward Malin

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Edward Malin
Malin on Hylda Baker's edition of This Is Your Life in 1972
Born
Edward Ernest Malin

(1894-10-23)23 October 1894
Died1 March 1977(1977-03-01) (aged 82)
Ealing, London, England
Other namesEddie Malin
OccupationActor
Years active1948–1973

Edward Ernest Malin (23 October 1894 in Stoke Newington, London – 1 March 1977 in Ealing, London) was an English actor.[1]

He was the youngest of seven children of John Malin (1850–1921), a purse maker in a fancy leather works,[2] and Martha née Hackworthy (1855–1905). In 1911 at age 16, he was working as a tracer in a boiler works.[3] During World War I, he served in the Royal Navy and became a Freemason in the Antioch Lodge No. 3271 in February 1918.[4]

Malin mostly played in small, often uncredited roles in both film and TV, including as a dining saloon steward in the 1958 film A Night to Remember, as well as a waiter in the seminal 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles.[5] He achieved most of his fame as the mute and geriatric character of Walter Tattersall in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest from 1969 to 1973.[6]

Malin died on 1 March 1977, aged 82 at the King Edward Memorial hospital in Ealing, London.[7] He had been resident at the actors' retirement home of Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, for several years.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Eddie Malin". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ 1901 England Census for Edward Malin, London, Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  3. ^ 1911 England Census for Edward Ernest Malin, London. Stoke Newington: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  4. ^ England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 for Edward Ernest Malin, United Grand Lodge of England, 1910-1921, Membership Registers: London M 3163-3404 to London N 3408-3605: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Edward Malin". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Nearest And Dearest characters". British Comedy Guide.
  7. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Edward Ernest Malin, 1977: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
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