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Paul Eddington. Paul Clark Eddington CBE (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988).
Paul Eddington. Actor: Yes, Prime Minister. Paul Eddington was a tall, debonair actor who achieved international success in the 1970s with The Good Life (1975), a popular television series about a young couple farming their backyard in a London suburb.
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Paul Eddington. Actor: Yes, Prime Minister. Paul Eddington was a tall, debonair actor who achieved international success in the 1970s with The Good Life (1975), a popular television series about a young couple farming their backyard in a London suburb. He played the supporting role of neighbor Jerry Leadbetter. It was the hit comedy series Yes Minister (1980), and its sequel Yes, Prime ...
- June 18, 1927
- November 4, 1995
Nov 7, 1995 · His co-star Nigel Hawthorne, who played scheming civil servant Sir Humphrey to Eddington's bumbling politician Jim Hacker, paid a moving tribute to "my good friend Paul". He said: "Firstly, he was ...
Nov 7, 1995 · Paul Clark Eddington, actor: born London 18 June 1927; CBE 1987; married 1952 Patricia Scott (three sons, one daughter); died London 4 November 1995.
Nov 13, 1995 · Paul Eddington, the popular English star of TV's "The Good Life" and "Yes, Minister" who deepened in recent years into a uniquely affecting and truthful stage actor, died Nov.4 at his home in London.
Nov 7, 1995 · Paul Eddington, an actor who gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic as the star of the satirical British television sitcoms "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister," died on Saturday at ...
