Derek Partridge

Derek Partridge
Born	(1935-06-29) 29 June 1935 (age 89) London, England, UK
Occupation(s)	TV spokesman and narrator

British television presenter, spokesman, voice-over artist and actor

Derek Partridge (born 29 June 1935) is a British television presenter, spokesman and voice-over artist, formerly a film and TV actor.

Partridge's father was a diplomat in the British Foreign Service.

In the 1960s, Partridge appeared in a numerous television series and films, including in the 1968 Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" as Dionyd.^[1]^[2]

In the 1970s Partridge moved to Rhodesia and presented a number of programmes for Rhodesian Television (RTV), including the popular shows Frankly Partridge and The Kwhizz Kids.^[3] He also was employed as a news anchor for RBC. During his time in Rhodesia, Partridge also wrote extensively, including publishing the books Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living and Rhodesia – As It Really Is, which was later republished under altered titles,^[4] and a weekly column in Rhodesia's TV Guide.

In the 1980s Partridge appeared in a number of films and television episodes, including a leading role in the 1981 film Savage Harvest.^[5]^[6]

Partridge narrated the documentary Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn sixty-five years after the downing of BOAC Flight 777, a passenger plane which was shot down by Luftwaffe patrol killing all aboard including actor Leslie Howard.^[7] Partridge was a child at the time, and he and his nanny were removed from Flight 777 to make room for Howard and Howard's travelling companion, who had higher travel priority.^[8]^[9]

In November 2012, Partridge appeared in a music video for the garage band The Mad Caps. The video for the song "Baby Man" features Partridge as the host of a fictional series entitled Frame by Frame. He introduces the band and serves as a public service announcer halfway through the video [1].

Filmography

Film

Incident at Midnight (1963)
King and Country (1964) - Captain Court Martial
The High Bright Sun (released as McGuire, Go Home! in the US) (1964) - MP Corporal (uncredited)
The Murder Game (1965) - Police Sergeant
Thunderball (1965) - Vulcan Navigator Plotter (uncredited)
Where the Spies Are (1965) - Duty Officer
The Killing of Sister George (1968) - Personal Manager (uncredited)
The Ivory Ape (1980) - Aubrey Range
Savage Harvest (1981) - Derek
My Tutor (1983) - Waiter
The Down Home Alien Blues (2012) - Captain Pietr
Dearly Departed (2013) - Cedric Longfellow
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016) – Narrator

Television

Studio 4 (1962) - Radio Operator
Dixon of Dock Green (1962) - Doctor / PC Spriggs
ITV Television Playhouse (1963) - Hector
More Faces of Jim (1963) - Grigor
First Night (1963) - Jimmy Green
Espionage (1964) - Policeman
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1963–64) - Peter / Detective
The Verdict (1963-1964) - Peter / Detective
Diary of a Young Man (1964) - German officer
Night Train to Surbiton (1965) - Policeman
Star Trek (1968), S3:E10 "Plato's Stepchildren" - Dionyd
Frankly Partridge (1970s) – host of show
The Kwhizz Kids (1970s) – host of show
Remington Steele (1983) - Croupier
R.S.V.P. (1984) - Governor
T.J. Hooker (1985) - Croupier
Dallas (1986) - TV Announcer
Divorce Court (1987) - Michael Pagent
Hunter (1987) - Maitre 'D
Murder, She Wrote (1989) - Doctor
The Hidden Truth (1993) - host of special
The Naked Truth (1993) - host of special
Single & Searching: How to Find the Perfect Person for You (2002) - Himself
The Indie Pendant (2004) - Himself
Baby Man by The Mad Caps (2012) - Himself
Star Wars Rebels (2015) - Admiral Brom Titus

References

^ "Derek Partridge as Dionyd and Ted Scott as Eraclitus in the STAR TREK episode, 'Plato's Stepchildren.' Original air date, November 22, 1968. Season 3, episode 10. Image is a screen grab". CBS Photo Archive. Getty Images. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
^ Schuster, Hal; Rathbone, Wendy (21 December 1994). Trek: The Unauthorized A-Z. HarperPrism. pp. 215–. ISBN 9780061054358. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ "Tantor Media - Derek Partridge". tantor.com.
^ Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living. WorldCat
^ "Derek Partridge". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018.
^ "Savage Harvest (1981) - Robert E. Collins | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
^ Leslie Howard - A Quite Remarkable Life Archived 16 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Leslie Howard: the matinee idol who became a war hero". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Derek Partridge website". Derek Partridge website text and embedded video. Retrieved 8 April 2020.