Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor") — Dead of Night Character Profile

About Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

An ominous figure appearing in Hugh Grainger's hospital vision and later as a bus conductor. Both versions deliver the chilling warning just room for one inside, serving as a harbinger of death and a bus crash.

Character Facts

Played by

Miles Malleson

Appears in

Dead of Night (1945)

Role

Supporting

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