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- Birth nameEdmund James Arthur Hockridge
- Edmund Hockridge was born on August 9, 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Game of Danger (1954), King's Rhapsody (1955) and Variety Makers (1948). He was married to Jackie Jefferson and Eileen Elliott. He died on March 15, 2009 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- SpousesJackie Jefferson(? - March 15, 2009) (his death, 2 children)Eileen Elliott(? - 1960) (divorced, 1 child)
- Had four sons, including one whom he and Jackie fostered.
- Hockridge learned much of his craft as an entertainer at the radio (mike), singing and producing 400 shows for the BBC Forces Network and, as the war ended, he was snapped up for appearances with the big names in British popular music, Gerald Bright (better known as Geraldo) and George Melachrino among them.
- Seven years of musicals were followed by public appearances, concerts, pantomimes, Royal Command Performances, London Palladium seasons, summer shows, television dates in the UK, Canada and Europe and some special occasions - topping the bill on the maiden voyage of the QE2 to New York and representing Canada in the choir at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II among them.
- Whilst serving in Britain he met a Wren ( Women's Royal Naval Service, which was was the women's branch of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.), Eileen Elliott, who worked in Lord Louis Mountbatten's office. They married and had a son, but Hockridge believed that they had fallen into marriage rather than love, and by the time he returned to Canada it was clear that the relationship was doomed.
- In 1951 he went back on British radio, while continuing to do his stage performances. After three years and nearly 1300 performances, he joined the American cast of Guys and Dolls when they brought the show to London, in the role of Sky Masterson.
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