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
Stoke Newington, London, England, United Kingdom
Died1 March 1977(1977-03-01) (aged 82)
Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom
Other namesEddie Malin
OccupationActor
Years active1948–1973

Edward Ernest "Eddie" 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 (18501921), a purse maker in a fancy leather works,[2] and Martha née Hackworthy (18551905). 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]

Edward 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

References

  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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