Vincent Winter | |
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Born |
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
29 December 1947
Died | 2 November 1998 Chertsey, England, United Kingdom |
(aged 50)
Occupation | actor |
Partner(s) | Barbara Harley |
Vincent Winter (29 December 1947 – 2 November 1998) was a Scottish film actor who was successful as a child actor. As an adult, he continued to work in the film industry as a production manager and in other activities.
Winter was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and made his first film appearance at the age of six in The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers, 1953) jointly winning an Academy Juvenile Award, along with Jon Whiteley. He appeared in several films as a child including Beyond This Place (US: Web of Evidence, 1959) and the Walt Disney features Greyfriars Bobby (1961), Almost Angels (1962), The Horse Without a Head (1963) and The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964).
As an adult, he continued to work in the film industry behind the scenes. He was a production manager on such films as For Your Eyes Only (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and The Color Purple (1985), and worked as part of a film crew in other tasks.
He died in Chertsey, England, as a result of a heart attack.