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Paul Eddington, CBE (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor known for his appearances in the popular television sitcoms The Good Life and Yes Minister.
Eddington was born in St John's Wood in London to Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts). A Quaker, he attended Sibford School, Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire.
Having registered as a conscientious objector, he began his acting career with Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during the Second World War. Eddington worked for a repertory theatre company in Sheffield, and made his first TV appearance in 1956 as a regular cast member of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season during 1959–60 he played Will Scarlet. He also had roles in episodes of The Avengers (1963), The Prisoner (1967) and the final episode of The Champions (1969). He also had a supporting role in Hammer Films' The Devil Rides Out (1968) and appeared as a "straight man" (substituting for regular stooge Henry McGee) in a 1976 episode of The Benny Hill Show.
While we reach our destination
Witnessing the occupation
We will murder our frustration
Watch you watch evacuation
We’re not fighting for the nation
We are fighting for the air
But where is the frontier
Where is the frontier
Bring everything into focus
Bring it back to its knees
One last fight before we get
Serious, serious, serious, serious, serious, serious
Serious, serious, serious, serious, serious
Mother fuckers, I’ll never guess
Why you want to eat my flesh
Now that everything
Is out of control
So let readers control the map
While we are taking a nap
We’re not fighting for the nation
We are fighting for the air
But where is the frontier
But where is the frontier
But where is the frontier
Bring everything into focus
Bring it back to its knees
One last fight before we get
Serious, serious
Bring it back
Bring it back
Bring it back
Bring it back
Bring it, bring it
Bring it, bring it
Into focus