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- Birth nameThomas Frederick Criddle
- Tom Criddle was born on March 9, 1928 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Oil Strike North (1975), Out of the Unknown (1965) and Vanity Fair (1967). He died on March 6, 2008 in England, UK.
- Following military service, he turned to the Shakespearean stage and occasional TV and film.
- His first break into showbiz came as a singer at the age of 14, after winning first prize in a talent competition at the Empire Cinema, Edmonton. In the early 1940s he achieved notable success as the boy soprano Master Thomas Criddle after recording ten songs for HMV at its Abbey Road Studios and touring with the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Donald Wolfit. He was featured several times on BBC's "Children's Hour".
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