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{{Short description|English actor (1939–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ken Sedd
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| birth_name = Kenneth Alan Seddington
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1939|10|26}}
| birth_place = [[Heston]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|1|9|1939|10|26}}
| death_place = [[Camberley]], [[Surrey]], England
| occupation = Actor; stuntman
| spouse = Innis Rockall (1965–2021; his death)
| awards =
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'''Kenneth Alan Seddington''' (26 October 1939 – 9 January 2021), better known as '''Ken Sedd''', was an English character actor, best known for his various comedic roles in the sketches on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' from 1969 to 1984.<ref>[http://www.runstop.de/whoshow18.html Who's Who of The Benny Hill Show]</ref> Sedd was also a professional stuntman, performing stunts for [[Benny Hill]] over the course of 25 years.

==Life and career==
Sedd was born in October 1939 in [[Heston]], Middlesex as Kenneth Alan Seddington. His best known roles were in the sketches on the long-running series ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. Other notables appearances included ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly Softly]]'', ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&dq=ken+sedd&pg=PA41 Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2 (1985), pg. 41]</ref>

Sedd died in [[Camberley]], Surrey on 9 January 2021, at the age of 81.<ref>[https://www.forevermissed.com/kenneth-alab-seddington/about Kenneth Alan Seddington 1946–2021]</ref> He was survived by his wife and three children.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/user-641157658/obituaries-part-2/s-KuLvgzRARJr?in=user-641157658/sets/equity-magazine-spring-summer//s-7QSCyLYo5gJ Equity Magazine Spring/Summer 2021, pg. 41: Obituaries]</ref>

==Selected filmography==
*''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (1969–1984) – various roles
*''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' (1982) – Edgar Whitlow
*''[[Whoops Apocalypse]]'' (1982) – Liberace
*''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1968–1980) – various roles
*''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (1974) – Saxophonist
*''[[Doomwatch]]'' (1970–1972) – various roles
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1971) – various roles
*''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly Softly]]'' (1968) – PC Evans
*''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'' (1966–1967) – various roles

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0781242|name=Ken Sedd}}
*[https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=42968 Aveleyman: Ken Sedd]

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[[Category:1939 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from London]]
[[Category:People from Heston]]
[[Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hounslow]]