Derek Bond Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Derek William Douglas Bond
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Monday
BIRTHPLACE
Glasgow, United Kingdom
DIED AT AGE
86 Years 8 Months 20 Days
DEATHDATE
October 15, 2006
DEATHPLACE
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Hampstead, London
More Information
Career of Derek Bond
He performed wonderfully in a title role of Nicholas Nickleby by 'Ealing Studios'. He appeared in a television drama 'Unscheduled Stop'. He appeared in a number of films like 'The Weaker Sex', 'Christopher Columbus', 'Stormy Crossing', 'Hijack' and many more.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Derek Bond
- Did Derek Bond takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Derek Bond in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He served in the Grenadiers at the time of the Second World War and was successful in attacking a German gun emplacement but was seriously injured by a bullet to the leg. He was arrested at that time and sent to a POW camp in Italy.
- He played a role of a robot in, Karel Capek's "RUR' and perhaps it was the first television play with a story of a robot and he has to say a single word "no".
- He left school when he was sixteen in a hope to become a journalist but did not like shorthand and after getting bored with that he changed his mind and moved towards theatre. His father gave him only one-year permission for getting a better job.
- He was also a writer and had written a stage show called "Akin to Death" and also a television programme namely "Unscheduled Stop" in 1968.
- His wife was a widow at the time of their marriage and also had a son from her previous marriage but he was nice enough to accept both of them.
- He served as a president of the Actors' Union Equity in the 80s. In 1984, there was a motion that he must resign from the post but it was rejected in July 1984. However, he, later on, resigned from the post when there was a ban on members working in South Africa.
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