Paddy Fox was the popular western-film screen name for the Croatian-born actor Milutin Srdoč (also known as Milan Srdoč). He is best remembered for playing the bumbling sidekick character "Old Wabble" in the 1960s Winnetou film series alongside Stewart Granger. Srdoč was a prolific Yugoslavian actor who appeared in well over 160 films and television appearances throughout his career beginning in 1954 and ending in 1988.
He was born on January 3, 1920, in Rijeka, Croatia as the son of a shipbuilder, and grew up on the outskirts of Belgrade, where he learned the turning trade at the shipyard in Čukarica. He was an amateur actor, and as a child he already acted in Nušić's “Mrs. Minister”. After a tram accident, he acted for a while at the Puppet Theater in Belgrade; from 1948 at the Zaječar Theatre, and in the 1950s at the Belgrade Drama Theatre where he played minor roles. He then acted at the National Theatre, and then switched to freelance artist status and devoted himself to film and television. Srdoč went on to become one of the most famous comedians in Yugoslav post-war cinema.
Milan died in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia on January 7, 1988, one week after turning 68.
FOX, Paddy (aka M. Srdoc, Milan Srdoč) (Milutin Srdoč) [1/3/1920,
Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia – 1/7/1988, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia] – theater,
film, TV actor.
Frontier Hellcat –
1964 (Jeremy ‘Old Wabbles’ Sanders)
Flaming Frontier –
1965 (Jeremy ‘Old Wabbles’ Sanders)
Rampage at Apache
Wells – 1965 (Jeremy ‘Old Wabbles’ Sanders)
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