Edward Judd
Born	(1932-10-04)4 October 1932 Shanghai, China
Died	24 February 2009(2009-02-24) (aged 76) Mitcham, London, England
Years active	1948–1992
Spouses	Gene Anderson ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1965)​ Norma Ronald ​ ​ (m. 1966; died 1993)​
Children	3

Edward Judd (4 October 1932 – 24 February 2009) was a British actor.^[1]

Born inShanghai in 1932, Judd and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attackedChina five years later. His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in Britishscience fiction films, includingThe Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961 – adisaster film in which he played an alcoholic reporter during a time when two large nuclear explosions altered the Earth's axis, propelling the Earth towards the Sun),First Men in the Moon (1964), andIsland of Terror (1966). As well as starring in these films, he worked as asoap opera actor and performed other character parts on television. His roles in these science fiction films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike. Judd was also known for the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign to make motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists.^[2]

Judd's success inThe Day the Earth Caught Fire saw Columbia Pictures sign him to a long-term contract. However, according toVal Guest, "he was such a pain in the ass to everybody. He had an enormous opinion of himself and he was his own worst enemy. Columbia just loaned him out here and there and then let him go."^[3]

Judd appeared regularly on TV.^[4] In particular, he played the tyrannical uncle, William Russell, in the 1979 TV mini-seriesFlambards. He also appeared inThriller (1975),The Sweeney andThe Onedin Line in supporting roles. Very little is known of his life after the 1970s. He was heard in an episode of theBBC Radio comedyDrop Me Here, Darling, starringLeslie Phillips, in 1983, as well as playing Barrymore in a televised version ofThe Hound of the Baskervilles the same year, and the BBC Radio playPhiladelphia Moonshine in 1985. He appeared in the 1988 TV filmJack the Ripper asThomas Arnold.

In the early 1970s, Judd lived in Cottenham Park Road,Wimbledon. During the 1970s and 1980s, Judd (known as Eddie to some friends, as evidenced inMichael Caine's 2011 autobiography) was a highly respectedvoice-over artist, used on many commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 1990s, Judd lived in the Phoenix Hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian investment bank. He lived at a retirement home inMitcham in his last years.

Judd was married twice; his first wife, who had also appeared inThe Day the Earth Caught Fire, was actress Gene Anderson, who died suddenly aged 34 from a cerebral haemorrhage whilst filming Z Cars: The Share Out in May 1965.^[4] They had one daughter. His second wife was actressNorma Ronald, with whom he had two daughters.^[5]

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• Obituary inThe Guardian

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