Samuel John Kydd was an Irish 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, in which he played a POW. He made over 290 films, **** than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952.