Richard Haydn: The Carp Who Crossed the Atlantic
What an amazing life and career was the portion of British-American comedy character actor Richard Haydn (1905-1985), a creature of live theatre, film, radio, television, and the printed page. The core of Haydn's reputation rested on a character he created named Edwin Carp, a stuffy, affected yet ineffectual, pedant who was clearly meant to be […]