Michael Caridia

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Michael Caridia
Born (1941-08-02) 2 August 1941 (age 82)
Swaffham, Norfolk, England
OccupationActor
Years active1950s–1960s

Michael Caridia (born 2 August 1941) is a British former child actor.

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His prominent roles include Sir Reginald, an obnoxious boy, in the Norman Wisdom vehicle Up in the World and Hugo Wendt in the 1956 horror-comedy The Gamma People . [1] In a 1960 dramatisation of the trial of Oscar Wilde he played Edward Shelley, an alleged rent boy who acted as a prosecution witness. [2] [3] He has not had any film or TV appearances since 1961. In 1970 he married Jennifer North in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. [4]

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References

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  2. "Watch The Trial of Oscar Wilde". BFI Player.
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  4. "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. "The Reluctant Bride (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018.