Kenneth Cranham (born 12 December 1944) is a British film, television, radio and stage actor. His most notable screen roles were in '' Oliver!'' (1968), '' Up Pompeii'' (1971), '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988), '' Chocolat'' (1988), '' Layer Cake'' (2004), '' Gangster No. 1'' (2000), ''

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'' (2007), '' Maleficent'' (2014) and '' Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' (2017). On television he appeared in '' Budgie'' (1972), '' Boon'' (1989), '' Minder'' (1993), '' Merlin'' (2008), ''

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'', '' Death in Paradise'' (2013), '' War & Peace'' (2016) and '' The White Princess'' (2017). On stage he has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play, winning it in 2016, for his performance in '' The Father''.

Early life

Cranham was born in Dunfermline,

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, the son of Lochgelly-born Margaret McKay Cranham (née Ferguson) and Ronald Cranham, a London-born civil servant. Cranham trained at the National Youth Theatre and the

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, graduating in 1966 with a RADA Diploma.

Career

Television and film

He starred in the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama '' Shine on Harvey Moon'', prior to which he had appeared as Charlie Collins in '' A Family at War'' (1971). He also appeared in '' Oliver!'' (1968), '' Up Pompeii'' (1971), '' Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' (1972), Danger UXB(1979) '' Chocolat'' (1988), '' Gangster No. 1'' (2000), '' Layer Cake'' (2004), ''

'' (2007), '' Maleficent'' (2014) and '' Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' (2017). He was cast as the deranged Philip Channard and his Cenobitic alter-ego in the

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'' Hellbound: Hellraiser II''. On television he has appeared in '' Budgie'' (1972), '' Boon'' (1989), '' Minder'' (1993), ''

'' (2007), '' Merlin'' (2008), '' Death in Paradise'' (2013), '' War & Peace'' (2016) and '' The White Princess'' (2017).

Theatre

Among many stage credits are West End productions of '' Entertaining Mr Sloane'', '' Loot'', '' An Inspector Calls'' (both transferring to Broadway), '' The Ruffian on the Stair'', '' The Birthday Party'' and '' Gaslight'' (at the

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). For his role as Inspector Goole in '' An Inspector Calls'', he was nominated for a Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play. It took another 23 years before winning the award when in 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's '' The Father''. Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" by Michael Coveney of WhatsOnStage.com.

Radio

For

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's '' Afternoon Play'', Cranham has played DS Max Matthews in ''The Interrogation'' by Roy Williams (2012–present) and starred as Thomas Gradgrind in BBC Radio's 2007 adaptation of Dickens' '' Hard Times''.

Personal life

His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham from a relationship with actress

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, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, to whom he is still married, actress Fiona Victory. Cranham was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to drama.

Filmography

Film

*'' Oliver!'' (1968) as Noah Claypole *''

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'' (1968) as Kid #3 *'' Fragment of Fear'' (1970) as Joe *'' All the Way Up'' (1970) as Tom Midway *'' Up Pompeii'' (1971) as First Christian *'' Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' (1972) as Paolo *'' Vampira'' (1974) as Paddy, the Delinquent *'' Robin and Marian'' (1976) as Jack's Apprentice *''Peer Gynt'' (1976) *'' Joseph Andrews'' (1977) as The Wicked Squire *'' Chocolat'' (1988) as Boothby *'' Stealing Heaven'' (1988) as Suger *'' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988) as Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite * '' Frederick Forsyth Presents: Just Another Secret'' (1989) as Brosch *'' A Little Bit Of Lippy'' (1989) as Reggie Titherington *'' Prospero's Books'' (1991) as Sebastian *'' Under Suspicion'' (1991) as Frank *''Tale of a Vampire'' (1992) as Edgar *'' Bed of Roses'' (1996) as Simon *''Deep in the Heart'' (1996) as Robert Flaherty *''

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'' (1997) as Matt MaGuire *''

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'' (1998) as Biggerman *''Vigo'' (1998) as The Producer *'' Women Talking Dirty'' (1999) as George *''The Last Yellow'' (1999) as Len *'' Kevin & Perry Go Large'' (2000) as Vicar *'' Gangster No. 1'' (2000) as Tommy *'' Born Romantic'' (2000) as Barney *'' The Most Fertile Man in Ireland'' (2000) as Da *'' Shiner'' (2000) as Gibson *'' Two Men Went to War'' (2002) as Sgt. Peter King *'' Man Dancin''' (2003) as D.I. Pancho Villers *'' Blackball'' (2003) as Chairman Collins *'' Trauma'' (2004) as Detective Constable Jackson *'' Layer Cake'' (2004) as Jimmy Price *'' Mangal Pandey: The Rising'' (2005) as Kent *'' A Good Year'' (2006) as Sir Nigel *''

'' (2007) as James Reaper *''

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'' (2008) as Field Marshal

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*'' Running in Traffic'' (2009) as Bill Cullen *''

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'' (2010) as Monty Taylor *'' 5 Days of War'' (2011) as Michael Stilton *''National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard'' (2011) as Firs *''Flying Blind'' (2012) as Victor *''Suspension of Disbelief'' (2012) as Bullock *'' Closed Circuit'' (2013) as Cameron Fischer *'' The Legend of Hercules'' (2014) as Lucius *'' Maleficent'' (2014) as King Henry *'' Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' (2017) as Joe Turner *'' Mr. Jones'' (2019) as

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*'' Born a King'' (2019) as Lord Curzon *'' Official Secrets'' (2019) as Judge Hyam

Television

* '' City '68'' (1967) as Len * ''Ways with Words'' (1967) * ''Boy Meets Girl'' (1969) as Tom Last * ''

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'' (1970) as Togo Millington * '' Softly, Softly: Task Force'' (1970–1972) as Ken Buckley / Ashley * '' A Family at War'' (1971) as Charlie Collins * '' Hadleigh'' (1971) as Andrew Matlock * '' From a Bird's Eye View'' (1971) as Tim O'Donovan * ''

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'' (1972) as David Collins * '' Budgie'' (1972) as Inky Ballantine * ''Achilles Heel'' (1973) as Gordon * ''

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'' (1973–1981) as John Tucker / Clive Jessup QC * '' Village Hall'' (1975) as Lop * ''Against the Crowd'' (1975) as Geoff Smailes * '' Holding On'' (1977) as Ted Wheelwright * ''The Velvet Glove'' (1977) as Townie * '' Danger UXB'' (1979) as Sapper Salt / L / Corporal Salt * '' Donkeys' Years'' (1980) as Bill Taylor * '' Thérèse Raquin'' (1980) as Camille Raquin * '' Enemy at the Door'' (1980) as Jack Foster * '' Cribb'' (1980) as Francis Mostyn-Smith * ''

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'' (1980) as Giovanni * '' The Merchant of Venice'' (1980) as Gratiano * ''

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'' (1980–1982) as Det. Chief Insp. Jim Lennard / Willie Bruce * '' Brideshead Revisited'' (1981) as Sergeant Block * '' The Bell'' (1982) as Nick Fawley * '' Shine on Harvey Moon'' (1982–1985) as Harvey Moon * '' Reilly: Ace of Spies'' (1983) as Lenin * ''Heart of the High Country'' (1985) as Calvin Laird * '' Dead Man's Folly'' (1986) as Detective Inspector Bland * ''A Sort of Innocence'' (1987) as Eric Palmer * ''

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'' (1987) as Cedric Downes * '' The Play on One: Normal Service'' (1988) as Peter * ''Just Another Secret'' (1989) as Brosch * '' Boon'' (1989) as Aiden Curtis * '' Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' (1990) as Pastor Finch * ''TECX'' (1990) as Colonel Braum * '' Casualty'' (1990) as James Lawrence * ''Dunrulin'' (1990) as Mr. Kneecap * '' El C.I.D.'' (1990–1992) as Gus Mercer * '' Chimera'' (1991) as Hennessey * '' Bergerac'' (1990) as Gascoigne * '' Van der Valk'' (1991) as Dirk Boutsen * '' Murder Most Horrid'' (1991) as Inspector Salford * ''

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'' (1992) as Colonel Schmidt * '' Between the Lines'' (1992) as D.C.I. Stubbs * '' Minder'' (1993) as Walter * ''

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'' (1993) as Douglas * ''

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'' (1993) as Litvak * ''Requiem Apache'' (1994) as Tony * ''On Dangerous Ground'' (1996) as Brig. Charles Ferguson * '' Heartbeat'' (1996) as Charlie Wallace * '' The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' (1996) as Reverend Millward * ''Midnight Man'' (1997) as Brig. Charles Ferguson * '' Get Well Soon'' (1997) as Inspector Trussler * '' Our Mutual Friend'' (1998) as Silas Wegg * '' Kavanagh QC'' (1998) as Roy Lawrence * '' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence'' (1999) as Michael Mansfield QC * ''Justice in Wonderland'' (2000) as George Carman * '' Lady Audley's Secret'' (2000) as Sir Michael Audley * ''The Ancients'' (2000) as William Blake * '' The Sins'' (2000) as Gilbert * '' Without Motive'' (2000) as DCS Derek Henderson * '' NCS: Manhunt'' (2001) as Ricky Valesi * '' Dalziel and Pascoe'' (2001) as Tommy Collingwood * ''Night Flight'' (2002) as Ted Atwell * ''Dickens'' (2002) as John Forster * '' Believe Nothing'' (2002) as DI Aldiss * '' Pollyanna'' (2003) as Mr. Pendleton * '' Killing Hitler'' (2003) as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies * '' Sparkling Cyanide'' (2003) as George Barton * ''Bible Mysteries'' (2003) * '' M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team'' (2005) as Ray Morgan * ''

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'' (2005) as Genghis Khan (voice) * ''

'' (2005) as

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* '' The Lavender List'' (2006) as

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* '' The Chatterley Affair'' (2006) as Older Keith * '' Hustle'' (2006) as Francis Owen * ''

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'' (2006) as Narrator (voice) * ''

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'' (2006) as Lord McCready * '' The Line of Beauty'' (2006) as Sir Maurice Tipper * ''

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'' (2006) as Stan Mundy * '' Victoria Cross Heroes'' (2006) as Narrator * '' Doc Martin'' (2006, 2022) as Terry Glasson * '' Lilies'' (2007) as Mr. Pritchard * '' Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea'' (2007) as Captain Turner * '' The Last Detective'' (2007) as Gary Solway * ''The Curry Club'' (2007) as Bob * '' Heroes and Villains'' (2007) as General Carteaux * ''

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'' (2008) as Mr Clare * '' Merlin'' (2008) as Aulfric * ''

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'' (2008) as Rex Fortescue * '' Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen'' (2009) as MJ O'Loughlin * ''

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'' (2010) as Jude Langham * ''

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'' (2011) as Horace Mundy * '' Upstairs Downstairs'' (2012) as Sergeant Ashworth * ''

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'' (2012) as Alberto Montes * '' Panto!'' (2012) as Jerry * '' Death in Paradise'' (2013) as Father John * '' In the Flesh'' (2013–2014) as Vicar Oddie * '' 37 Days'' (2014) as John Burns * '' Moving On'' (2014) as Mike * '' A.D. The Bible Continues'' (2015) as

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* ''Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories'' (2016) as Dean Smith * '' War & Peace'' (2016) as Uncle Mikhail * '' The White Princess'' (2017) as John Morton * '' Bancroft'' (2017) as Charlie Baverstock * '' The Good Karma Hospital'' (2019) as Edmund Dalrymple * '' Hatton Garden'' (2019) as Brian Reader * '' Finding Alice'' (2021) as Gerry Walsh * '' Strike'' (2022) as Dennis Creed

Radio

*''The Legends of Robin Hood'' (2019) as Sheriff Hugh of Nottingham *''Grossman's War: Stalingrad'' (2019) as Stepan Spiridonov *''The Father'' (2016) as Andre *''The Interrogation'' (2012–present) as DS/DI Max Matthews *'' The Moonstone'' (2011) as Sergeant Cuff *'' The Hireling'' (2011) as the Narrator *''Grossman's War: Life and Fate'' (2011) as Stepan Spiridonov *''My Mad Grandad'' (2009) as Bernard Hill *'' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2009) as Inspector Mendel *'' Call for the Dead'' (2009) as Inspector Mendel *''Left in Trust'' (2009) *'' Hard Times'' (2007) as Thomas Gradgrind *''Answered Prayers'' (2004) as Walter *''

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'' (2004) as Polixenes *''The Chief Inspector Dover Mysteries'' (2003) as Chief Inspector Dover *'' His Dark Materials: Northern Lights'' (2003) as Farder Coram *''

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'' (2003) as The Earl of Crabs *''Hopes and Desires: "The Non-Entity"'' (2003) as Dmitri *''

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'' (2003) as Mountebank/General *'' New Grub Street'' (2002) as Mr. Yule *'' Little Dorrit'' (2001) as Mr. Merdle *''

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'' (1999) as Claudius *''In the Chair'' (1998) as Jim Hardie *'' The Barchester Chronicles'' (1997) as Crawley *''

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'' (1996) as Matzerath *'' Brighton Rock'' (1996) as Cubitt *'' Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1996) as De Guiche *''Talking'' (1995) as The Judge *''It's Cold Outside'' (1995) as Ray *''

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'' (1994) as Sgt. Major LeJaune *''Only The Good Die Young'' (1992) as Stone *'' Georgy Girl'' (1992) as James *''

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'' (1986) as Crichton *'' The White Devil'' (1986) as Duke Francisco *''Fear and Fear Again'' (1983) as

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*'' Busman's Honeymoon'' (1983) as Frank Crutchley *'' The Dog It Was That Died'' (1982) as Hogben *'' Loot'' as Hal *''Men of Violence'' (1979) as Blaze *'' The Ruffian on the Stair'' (1964) as Wilson *''Boy Dudgeon'' (1963) as Boy Dudgeon He has also performed a number of readings for BBC Radio.

Awards and nominations

Theatre

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cranham, Kenneth 1944 births 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors Actors from Dunfermline Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Laurence Olivier Award winners Living people National Youth Theatre members Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male radio actors Scottish people of English descent Male actors from Fife