Derek Partridge

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

Derek Partridge
Born (1935-06-29) 29 June 1935
OccupationTV spokesman and narrator

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 Nazi war planes 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 traveling companion, who had higher travel priority.[8][9]


Filmography

Film
Television

References

  1. "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. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. Schuster, Hal; Rathbone, Wendy (21 December 1994). Trek: The Unauthorized A-Z. HarperPrism. pp. 215–. ISBN 9780061054358. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. "Tantor Media - Derek Partridge". tantor.com.
  4. Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living. WorldCat
  5. "Derek Partridge". BFI.
  6. "Savage Harvest (1981) - Robert E. Collins | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
  7. Leslie Howard - A Quite Remarkable Life Archived 16 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. "Leslie Howard: the matinee idol who became a war hero". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  9. "Derek Partridge website". Derek Partridge website text and embedded video. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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