Trivia

His first wife was a decade his senior. His second wife, however, was thirty years his junior. In the conservative 1950s, the age difference raised eyebrows at the time of his wedding in England, but he later remarked that, as soon as his wife entered her thirties, everyone forgot about it.

He appeared six times on the medical drama Ben Casey (1961) in the 1960s, playing a variety of characters. He told an interviewer that the main reason he appeared on the show so often was that one of the perquisites for guest artistes was a full medical check-up at the Mayo Clinic, free of charge.

Upon his death, his remains were interred at Water Cemetery in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England.

Living in the USA, Hyde-White accepted the role in Carry on Nurse (1959) without reading the script as it was a free ticket home just in time for him to attend the Grand National. However, his agent threatened to sue Carry on Nurse (1959) producer Peter Rogers, claiming that someone else's bottom had been used in the Daffodil gag sequence, but the actor and his agent withdrew the claim when it was pointed out that no one's bottom was used and that it was all done by suggestion.

Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic): in 1957, for "The Reluctant Debutante," and in 1973, for "The Jockey Club Stakes."

Turned down the role of Col Pickering in My Fair Lady (1964) 5 times before accepting it.

Father of actor Alex Hyde-White born on Jan. 30, 1959 and Juliet Hyde-White born on Dec. 16, 1960. Father-in-law of Shelly Bovert Hyde-White. Ex-father-in-law of Karen Dotrice.

His father was Cannon of Gloucester Cathedral but by choosing acting as a career he was following in the footsteps of J Fisher White, a successful actor and the black sheep,. of the White family.

He trained at RADA.

A fanatic on horse racing he was known to ask a film director if it could be arranged not to call him to the studio on Derby Day.

He was declared bankrupt by the Inland Revenue in 1979.

Hyde-White and his elder sister, Ethel, were the children of William Edward White, canon of Gloucester Cathedral, and his wife, Ethel Adelaide (née Drought). Their uncle was actor J. Fisher White.

Was considered for the part of Mozart in the film Amadeus.