Herbert Mundin

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Biography

British actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 21 August 1898
  • Place of birth
  • St Helens· Merseyside
  • Death date
  • 1939-03-05
  • Death age
  • 41
  • Place of death
  • Van Nuys
  • Cause of death
  • Accident
  • Education
  • St Albans School· Hertfordshire

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Memorable as one of Robins Merrie Men, for his bumbling, shy but obvious flirtation with Maid Marians lady-in-waiting (portrayed by the wonderfully fidgety Una OConnor in The Adventures of Robin Hood .

A popular character actor, Mundin died in Van Nuys, California in a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street. He received a fractured skull and crushed chest. The other occupants of the car were not injured. Mundin was just 40 years old.

Short, blubbery-jowled Hollywood character actor of the 1930s, with prior experience in UK theatre and cinema.

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