Tuddenham was born in
Ipswich, Suffolk, and raised in the nearby seaside town of
Felixstowe. He made his professional debut before the Second World War, in repertory at
Hastings. In the wartime
Royal Army Service Corps, he appeared in
Stars in Battledress. After the war he joined a production of
Ivor Novello's The Dancing Years; later, in 1959, BBC productions of this and another Novello musical,
Perchance to Dream, were among his early television appearances. In 1950 he appeared in
Noël Coward's
Ace of Clubs, which had a moderate run in the
West End. He provided the voice-over for
Akenfield, Peter Hall's 1974 film treatment of
Ronald Blythe's book. Tuddenham became the dialogue coach for Hall's 1985 production at
Glyndebourne of
Benjamin Britten's opera,
Albert Herring, which was televised on BBC2. Tuddenham appeared in radio dramas including the soap operas
Mrs Dale's Diary and Waggoner's Walk, and became an off-screen voice in the
Doctor Who stories
The Ark in Space and
The Masque of Mandragora, in 1975 and 1976. He was then cast in
Blake's 7, providing the voices of the computers Orac and Zen. Tuddenham reprised his roles in revivals for radio. In serious drama television drama Tuddenham frequently appeared in character roles, playing doctors and other figures of authority. Among these appearances were
North and South (1975),
The Lost Boys (1978),
The Burston Rebellion (1985), and
Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989), again for Anglia. In comedy he featured in
Nearest and Dearest,
Only Fools and Horses,
One Foot in the Grave and
Double First. According to an obituarist, "Tuddenham remained a genial character, and was an unfailingly popular guest at sci-fi conventions." Rosie, his second wife, and their son Julian survive him, together with a son from his first marriage. Another son predeceased him. ==Filmography==