Autographs of Sam Kydd
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British actor. His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in Crane and its sequel Orlando. He also played a recurring character in Coronation Street. Kydd's first film was The Captive Heart (1946), in which he played a POW. He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. More about Sam Kydd
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An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in Belfast, Ireland, and moved to London as a child. He was educated at Dunstable School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. During the mid-1930s Kydd was an MC for the Oscar Rabin Band and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes, impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and tap dance routines before introducing the singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he joined the Territorial Army serving with the Queen Victoria's Rifles and when war broke out he was called up for active service.
Early in the Second World War, he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in Stalag XX-A, a camp in Toruń in German-occupied Poland. Kydd later wrote of his experiences as a POW in his autobiographical book For You the War Is Over. While held in a forced labour subcamp in Wyrzysk, he learned various Polish phrases through contact with the local Polish population. Read even more about Sam Kydd at Wikipedia
Early in the Second World War, he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in Stalag XX-A, a camp in Toruń in German-occupied Poland. Kydd later wrote of his experiences as a POW in his autobiographical book For You the War Is Over. While held in a forced labour subcamp in Wyrzysk, he learned various Polish phrases through contact with the local Polish population. Read even more about Sam Kydd at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Sam Kydd
The most expensive item with a signature of Sam Kydd (Sam Kydd For You, the War is Over by Sam Kydd Hardback Signed First Edition) was sold in March 2022 for £75.00 while the cheapest item (SAM KYDD - SIGNED PHOTO) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2015. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2013 with an average selling price of £21.01 for an autographed item of Sam Kydd. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2013 with £33.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.82 was April 2013. In average, an autographed item from Sam Kydd is worth £10.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sam Kydd were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Collection of 17 Signed Items - Bill Owen - Sam Kydd - Doris Hare - ++++ | £25.45 | |
| MICHAEL BENTINE-The Goons & SAM KYDD (Gt Vintage actor 195 Films) Orlando signed | £8.60 | |
| Original Hand Signed Autograph - Sam Kydd - Film & TV - 1940's to 1980's | £11.95 | |
| SAM KYDD '200+ FILMS' HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 3.5x4.5 PHOTO | £26.51 | |
| SAM KYDD - (1915-82) - Irish Actor - `Orlando`, `Crane` etc signed pic | £14.50 | |
| SAM KYDD - I`m all right Jack - ORLANDO Crane - signed album page - 326 CREDITS | £6.99 | |
| SAM KYDD - I`m all right Jack - ORLANDO Crane - signed PICTURE - 326 CREDITS | £6.99 | |
| SAM KYDD autograph | £4.99 | |
| Sam Kydd English Acting Legend 1915 - 1982 10 x 8 Signature Piece | £16.00 | |
| SAM KYDD HAND SIGNED PICTURE SCREEN & TV ACTOR HAMMER HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES | £2.99 | |
| SAM KYDD ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH | £10.49 | |
| SAM KYDD ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. TREASURE ISLAND | £12.99 | |
| Sam Kydd vintage signed album page AFTAL | £10.49 | |
| Sam Kydd vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £32.89 | |
| SAM KYDD- Popular Actor-Coronation St-'60's + Passport To Pimlico signed pic | £21.00 | |