He was a British actor (died 21 June 2022) probably best known for playing opposite
Rosamund Greenwood
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Biography
After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the lat ...
and
Roy Evans
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in an acclaimed early film by director
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British film director and producer.
He made his theatrical film debut with ''The Hunger (1983 film), The Hunger'' (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and t ...
, ''
Loving Memory
''Loving Memory'' is a 1970 black and white psychological drama film written and directed by Tony Scott, credited as Anthony Scott. This 52 minute film was made 12 years before Scott's feature directorial debut, '' The Hunger''. It was partly fi ...
'', which was shown at the
1971 Cannes Film Festival
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. Other film roles included Daft Jamie in '' Burke & Hare'' (1971), one of the leads in the 1972 sex comedy ''The Love Pill'', and a creditor in
Little Dorrit
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Mermaid Theatre
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, 1969), Yepihodov in ''
The Cherry Orchard
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'' (
Riverside Studios
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Having opened in May 1976, th ...
, 1978) and a 1978-79 spell at London's National Theatre, appearing in plays by
Shakespeare
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,
Edward Bond
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,
John Galsworthy
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and
Leo Tolstoy
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. Television roles, spanning the period from 1968 to 1993, include '' Pathfinders'' (1972), ''
The Adventures of Black Beauty
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'' (1973), ''The Death of Glory'' in the ''
Armchair Theatre
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The Ca ...
Out of Bounds
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'' (1977), ''
Poldark
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BBC Shakespeare
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series (1983), and ''
The Citadel
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'' (1983).
Pugh also appeared in three of the BBC's classic '' Ghost Story for Christmas'' adaptations, playing John in '' The Stalls of Barchester'' (first shown on 24 December 1971), the porter in ''
A Warning to the Curious
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'' (24 December 1972) and a herdsman in ''
The Ash Tree
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Plot summary
In 1690, the English county of Suffolk is wracked with a fear of witches. Many women are accused of ...
'' (23 December 1975).
Pugh's death was announced by the entertainment union Equity in June 2022.
Filmography
*''
Loving Memory
''Loving Memory'' is a 1970 black and white psychological drama film written and directed by Tony Scott, credited as Anthony Scott. This 52 minute film was made 12 years before Scott's feature directorial debut, '' The Hunger''. It was partly fi ...
'' (1971) as Mr Speke, Young Man
*''
Burke and Hare
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'' (1971) as Daft Jamie
*''The Love Pill'' (1972) as Arnold Crudleigh
*''
The Sex Thief
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'' (1973) as second reporter
*''Secrets of a Super Stud'' (1976) as Cousin Henry
*''
Little Dorrit
''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, originally published in Serial (literature), serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea pris ...