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Marisa Abela Marisa Gabrielle Abela (born 7 December 1996) is a British actress. On television, Abela gained attention her leading role as Yasmin, an ambitious investment banker in the BBC Two / HBO drama series ''Industry'' (2020–present) for which she wo ...

(BA Acting 2019) * Hiran Abeysekera (BA Acting 2011) *

Polly Adams Pauline "Polly" Adams (born 27 August 1939) is an English actress best known for her work on the stage both in England and in the United States, and for her portrayal of Mrs. Brown on the television series ''Just William''. She made her Broadwa ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) * Trevor Adams (Acting Diploma 1967) *

Dawn Addams Victoria Dawn Addams (21 September 1930 – 7 May 1985) was a British actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s and on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. She became a princess in 1954 (until 1971). Early years Ad ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Robert Addie Robert Alastair Addie (10 February 1960 – 20 November 2003) was an English film and theatre actor, who came to prominence playing the role of Sir Guy of Gisburne in the 1980s British television drama series ''Robin of Sherwood''. Early life ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Mark Addy Mark Ian Addy is an English actor best known for his roles as DC Gary Boyle in the sitcom '' The Thin Blue Line'' (1995–96), Andy Richmond in '' Trollied'' (2011–13), King Robert Baratheon in the first season of ''Game of Thrones'' (2011) ...

(Acting Diploma 1984) *

Kay Adshead Kay Adshead (born 10 May 1954) is a poet, playwright, theatremaker, actress and producer. Early life and education Adshead was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, moving to Stretford where she was educated at Stretford Girls’ Grammar. She wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Amber Agar Amber Agha, also credited as Amber Agar or Amber Aga, is an English actress, best known for her role in the British television series '' Murder City'' and her supporting role in '' Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators''. Early life She ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Anthony Ainley Anthony Ainley (20 August 1932 – 3 May 2004) was a British actor. He was the fourth actor to portray The Master (Doctor Who), the Master in ''Doctor Who''. Early life Ainley was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, the son of the actor Henry Ainley ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Yasmine Akram Yasmine Akram (born 11 March 1981) is an Irish-Pakistani actress, writer and comedian. She has written comedy sketches for the BBC and Channel 4, and played Janine Hawkins in the third series of '' Sherlock''. Early life and education Akram was ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

Jude Akuwudike Jude Akuwudike (born 1965) is a Nigerian actor. He has mostly worked in the United Kingdom, on screen and stage. He has appeared in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. Early life Born in Nigeria, West ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Meggie Albanesi Margherita Cecilia Brigida Lucia Maria Albanesi (8 October 1899 – 9 December 1923) was a British stage and film actress. Life and career She was born in London on 8 October 1899. Her father was Italian-born Carlo Albanesi (1856–1926), a pi ...

(Acting Diploma 1917) *

John Alderton John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English retired actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', '' Thomas & Sarah'', '' Wodehouse Playhouse'', '' Little Miss'' (original television series), '' Please Sir!'', '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Robert Aldous Robert Aldous (born 1934 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and Lis ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Ebrahim Alkazi Ebrahim Alkazi (18 October 1925 – 4 August 2020) was a Saudi Indian theatre director and drama teacher. A rigid disciplinarian, he instilled in his acting students an awe and reverence that they still carry with them, with several of them ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

Adie Allen Adie Allen (born 1966) is a British actress who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA in 1987. She has appeared in new plays at the Royal Court Theatre, Royal Court, the Almeida Theatre, Almeida, the Bush House, Bush and the Tri ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Adrianne Allen Adrianne Allen (7 February 1907 – 14 September 1993) was an English stage actress. Most often seen in light comedy, Allen played Sybil Chase in the original West End production of ''Private Lives'' and Elizabeth Bennet in the 1935 Broadway ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) * Joy Allen (Acting Diploma 1950) *

Ronald Allen Ronald John Allen (16 December 1930 – 18 June 1991) was an English actor. He is best known for playing David Hunter in the long-running ITV soap opera '' Crossroads'', a role he played from 1969 to 1985. Early life Allen was born in Reading ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) * Sheila Allen (Acting Diploma 1951) *

Peter Amory Peter Amory (born Peter Walton; 2 November 1964) is an English actor best known for playing the role of Chris Tate in ITV's soap opera ''Emmerdale''. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk. Personal life He was married to actress Claire King, wh ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Jean Anderson Mary Jean Heriot Powell (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001), better known by her stage name Jean Anderson, was an English actress best remembered for her television roles as formidable matriarch Mary Hammond in the BBC drama ''The Brothers (197 ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) *

Miles Anderson Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is a British stage and screen actor, born in the colony of Southern Rhodesia, who has appeared in television serials both in the United Kingdom, and North America. He appeared as Alistair the photographer ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

Bernard Archard Bernard Joseph Archard (20 August 1916 – 1 May 2008) was an English actor who made many film and television appearances. Early life and career Archard was born in Fulham, London, where his father Alfred James Aloysius, who was born in Maryle ...

(Acting Diploma 1938) * Jane Arden (Acting Diploma 1946) *

Philip Arditti Philip Ishak Arditti is a British-Swiss theatre and television actor famous for his role as Uday Hussein in the four episode ''House of Saddam'' television docudrama. He also appeared in the film '' Red 2'', a sequel to 2010's '' Red''. He was p ...

(BA Acting 2004) *

Graham Armitage Graham Armitage (24 April 1936 – 6 March 1999) was an English stage, film and television actor. From 1973 he lived and worked in South Africa, where he had spent part of his childhood. Early life and education Armitage was born in Blackpool i ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Jonas Armstrong Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981) is an Irish-English actor who rose to prominence playing the title character on the BBC's ''Robin Hood'' (2006–2009). He has since appeared in miniseries such as '' Dark Angel'' (2016), '' Troy: Fall of a ...

(BA Acting 2003) * Linda Armstrong (Acting Diploma 1995) *

John Arnatt John Edwin Arnatt (9 May 1917 – 21 December 1999) was a British actor, best known for his role in ''Doctor Who'' where he played Time Lord Cardinal Borusa in the 1978 serial ''The Invasion of Time'' (1978). Early life and education John Ar ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Gemma Arterton Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is a British actress. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature-film debut in the comedy '' St Trinian's'' (2007). She p ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

Hannah Arterton Hannah Jane Arterton (born 26 January 1989) is a British actress and singer. She attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2011. She has appeared in the television series '' The Five'' ...

(BA Acting 2011) * Robert Atkins (Acting Diploma 1906) *

Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 1959) is an English stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in ''Jane Eyre'' (1996) and ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1991, 1993). She is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. Ear ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and Film producer, producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Acade ...

(Acting Diploma 1942) *

Michael Attwell Michael John Attwell (16 January 1943 – 18 March 2006) was an English film and television actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Kenny Beale in the television soap opera ''EastEnders''. Career Michael Attwell was born in Watford, ...

(Stage Management 1964)

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Sarah Badel Sarah M. Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a retired British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen. Life and career Badel was born in London to actor Alan Badel and actress Yvonne Owen. She was educat ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) * John Bailey (Acting Diploma 1933) *

David Bailie David Bailie (4 December 1937 – 5 March 2021) was a South African actor known for his performances on stage, television, and film. In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked for both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Vincent Ball Vincent Martin Ball, (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian retired actor of film, theatre and radio active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain starting in the late 1940s and then his native Australia ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

David Bamber David James Bamber (born 19 September 1954) is an English actor. His credits include '' Privates on Parade'' (1983), '' Juliet Bravo'' (1983), '' Crown Court'' (1984), '' Call Me Mister'' (1986), '' The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993), '' Pride an ...

(Acting Diploma 1979) *

Frith Banbury Frederick Harold Frith Banbury (4 May 1912 – 14 May 2008) was a British theatre actor and director. Banbury was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 4 May 1912, the son of Rear Admiral Frederick Arthur Frith Banbury and his wife Winifred (née F ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) * Jack Bardoe (BA Acting 2019) *

Peter Barkworth Peter Wynn Barkworth (14 January 1929 – 21 October 2006) was an English actor. He twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor; for ''Crown Matrimonial'' in 1975 and for '' Professional Foul'' and ''The Country Party'' in 1978. He also starre ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. Biography Barnabe was born in St Giles, London ...

(Acting Diploma 1927) *

Diana Barrington Diana Barrington (born 6 May 1939) is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015. Career Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) * John Barron (Acting Diploma 1940) *

George Bartenieff George Michael Bartenieff (January 24, 1933 – July 30, 2022) was an American stage and film actor. He was noted both for his character roles in commercial and non-commercial films and on television, and for his work in the avant-garde theatr ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) * Ann Baskett (Acting Diploma 1951) *

Jennifer Bassey Jennifer Bassey (born July 22, 1939) is an American actress who has worked on both stage and screen. She is perhaps best known for her role as Marian Colby in the ABC soap opera ''All My Children'' which she played on and off from 1983 until the ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Alan Bates Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the Cinema of the United Kingdom#The 1960s, 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

David Battley David John Battley (5 November 1935 – 20 January 2003) was a British actor of stage and screen, mainly appearing in comedy roles. Early life Battley was born at Battersea, London, the elder son of John Battley, a post-Second World War Labou ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) * Ciara Baxendale (Acting Foundation 2014) * Keith Baxter (Acting Diploma 1953) *

Lynsey Baxter Lynsey Baxter (born 7 May 1959) is an English actress. She was born in London on 7 May 1959. She began as a child actress in 1974, and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has worked in theatre, television, film, radio, an ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Trevor Baxter Trevor Baxter (18 November 1932 – 16 July 2017) was a British actor and playwright. He is possibly best remembered for playing Professor George Litefoot in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'', and the subsequent audio spinof ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) * Terence Bayler (Acting Diploma 1953) *

Ann Beach Ann Beach (7 June 1938 – 9 March 2017) was a British actress. She is perhaps best remembered for her supporting role as Sonia Barrett, the quirky next-door neighbour on the comedy ''Fresh Fields'', starring Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers. ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Stephanie Beacham Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is an English actress. In a career spanning six decades, she has a wide number of credits to her name on film, television, stage and radio in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Beacham beg ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Sean Bean Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean; 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre. Retaining his ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

Stephen Beckett Stephen Beckett (born 24 May 1967) is an English actor, known for portraying Dr Matt Ramsden in ''Coronation Street'' and Mike Jarvis in ''The Bill''. Background Born in London, Beckett was brought up in Brixton and Croydon,Smith, Steven. "St ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Richard Beckinsale Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor. He played Lennie Godber in the BBC British sitcom, sitcom ''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'' (along with its sequel series ''Going Straight'') and Alan Moore ...

(Acting Diploma 1968) * Tony Beckley (Acting Diploma 1952) *

Brian Bedford Brian Bedford (16 February 1935 – 13 January 2016) was an English actor. He appeared in film and on stage, and was an actor-director of Shakespeare productions. Bedford was nominated for seven Tony Awards for his theatrical work, winning once ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Christopher Beeny Christopher Winton Beeny (7 July 1941 – 3 January 2020) was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Paudge Behan Paudge Rodger Behan (in Italian). ( ; born 18 January 1965) is an Irish actor and writer. The son of IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice Behan, the widow of playwright Brendan Behan, Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist for ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Mary Hayley Bell Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005) was an English actress and writer, married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills. Her novel '' Whistle Down the Wind'' was adapted as a film, starring her teenaged daughter, ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Derek Benfield Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ''Running Riot'' and pla ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Christopher Benjamin Christopher Benjamin may refer to: * Christopher Benjamin (actor) Christopher John Benjamin (27 December 1934 – 10 January 2025) was an English actor with many stage and television credits from 1958 to 2016. He played Henry Gordon Jago in ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) * Colin Bennett (Acting Diploma 1973) * Edward Bennett (BA Acting 2004) *

Hywel Bennett Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in '' The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' ( ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) * Jill Bennett (Acting Diploma 1945) * John Bennett (Acting Diploma 1953) *

Louise Bennett-Coverley Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, actress, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the prac ...

(Acting Diploma 1946) *

Pippa Bennett-Warner Philippa Elaine Fanti Bennett-Warner (born 23 July 1988) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress, playing young Nala in the original West End production of ''The Lion King'' (1999). She went on to earn WhatsOnStage and Ian ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...

(Acting Diploma 1930) *

Mark Benton Mark Benton (born 16 November 1965) is an English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in '' Early Doors'', Howard in '' Northern Lights'', Martin Pond in '' Barbara'' and the eponymous Frank Hathaway in '' Shakespeare & H ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Michael Benz Michael Benz (born ) is an English-American actor. Early life and education Benz was born in England to American parents Thomas and Margaret Benz. He attended The American School in London before graduating from Georgetown University in 200 ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

Stephen Beresford Stephen Beresford (born c. 1972) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for writing the play '' The Last of the Haussmans'', produced by the National Theatre in 2012, and the 2014 historical comedy ''Pride'', which won the Queer Palm ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

Sia Berkeley Sia Berkeley (born 24 April 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for her television work, perhaps most for playing Scarlett in the television series '' Skins''. Career Berkeley graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2006 ...

(BA Acting 2006) *

Eric Berry James Eric Berry (born December 29, 1988) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a Safety (gridiron football position), safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played co ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Eve Best Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series '' Nurse Jackie'' (2009–2013), First Lady Dolley Madison in the ''American Experience' ...

(Acting Diploma 1999) * Kirsty Besterman (BA Acting 2002) *

Val Bettin Valentine John Bettin (July 8, 1923 – January 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney animated film ''The Great Mouse ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Rodney Bewes Rodney Bewes (27 November 1937 – 21 November 2017) was an English television actor and writer who portrayed Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom '' The Likely Lads'' (1964–66) and its colour sequel ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) * Christopher H. Bidmead (Acting Diploma 1962) *

Isabel Bigley Isabel Bigley (February 23, 1926 – September 30, 2006) was an American actress. She originated the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's ''Guys and Dolls''. Biography The Bronx-born Bigley's mother, a concert singer, guided her early interes ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Theodore Bikel Theodore Meir Bikel ( ; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist. He made his stage debut in '' Tevye the Milkman'' in Mandatory Palestine, where he lived as ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Leo Bill Leo Martin Bill (born 31 August 1980) is an English actor, best known for his role as James Brocklebank in the 2006 film '' The Living and the Dead'', as well as '' The Fall'', '' Alice in Wonderland'', and the FX/BBC One drama series ''Taboo'' ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Pepper Binkley Pepper Binkley is an American actress, performer, writer, and director who works in film, television, theater, and commercials. She was a series regular in the fourth season of 1990s teen drama, '' Fifteen''. Career From 1992 to 1993, Binkley p ...

(BA Acting 2004) *

Norman Bird John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor. Early life Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End debut in Peter Brook's production of ''The Wi ...

(Acting Diploma 1943) *

Nora Francisca Blackburne Nora Francesca Blackburne (21 April 1914 – 7 July 2009) was a British casting director and civil servant. Biography Nora Francisca Blackburne was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a banker John Devereaux Blackburne and Francisca Nazaria Lóp ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Adam Blackwood Adam Blackwood may refer to: * Adam Blackwood (writer) (1539–1613), Scottish author and apologist for Mary, Queen of Scots * Adam Blackwood (actor) Adam Blackwood (born 14 July 1959) is an English actor. Early life Blackwood was born in Chic ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Isla Blair Isla Blair Glover (born 29 September 1944) is a British actress and singer. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''. Early life and education Isla Blair wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) * Arthur Blake (Acting Diploma 1954) *

Michael Blakemore Michael Howell Blakemore AO OBE (18 June 1928 – 10 December 2023) was an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who also made some films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Caroline Blakiston Caroline Georgiana Blakiston (born 13 February 1933) is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the British television comedy series ''Brass (TV series), Brass'' and to international audiences as Mon Mothma in the ''Star Wars'' fil ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

JB Blanc Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc is a French-British actor of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles, coming from a drama education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Joyce Bland Joyce Bland (10 May 1906 – 24 August 1963) was a Welsh film actress. Early life Joyce Bland was born in 1906, at Caerleon, Wales. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Bland made her stage debut on tour in 1927 in ''Th ...

(Acting Diploma 1927) *

Peter Blythe Peter Blythe (14 September 1934 – 27 June 2004) was an English character actor, probably best known as Samuel "Soapy Sam" Ballard in ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. Early life Born in Yorkshire, Blythe studied drama on scholarship at the Roya ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Ross Boatman Ross Maxim Boatman (born 3 March 1964) is an English actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing group the Hendon Mob. He is known for the role of firefighter Kevin Medhurst in the ITV (TV channel), ITV drama series ''Lon ...

(Acting Diploma 1986) *

Ken Bones Ken Bones (born 11 June 1947) is an English actor. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Career Theatre Bones trained at RADA between 1971 and 1973, where he won the Honours Diploma, the Ronson Prize, the Kendal Award, the Poel P ...

(Acting Diploma 1973) *

Oliver Boot Oliver Boot (born 1979) is an English actor. He trained at RADA, and has appeared on both stage and screen. His theatre credits include ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''In Extremis'' (in the role of Abelard), ''Three Musketeers'', '' Hayfever'', ''T ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

James Booth James Booth (born David Noel Geeves; 19 December 1927 – 11 August 2005) was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Private Henry Hook in '' Zulu.'' ''Variety'' called him "a punchy b ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Annika Boras Annika Boras (born February 28, 1981) is an American actress and director. As a theater actress, she received a Drama League Award nomination for her portrayal of Elektra in ''An Oresteia'' as well as a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for her p ...

(BA Acting 2005) * Bruce Bould (Acting Diploma 1969) *

Peter Bowles Peter John Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English screen and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as '' Callan: A Magnum for Schneider'' and '' I, Claudius''. He is best remembered for his roles in sit ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Margot Boyd Margot Boyd (born Beryl Billings, 24 September 1913 – 20 May 2008) was an English stage, television and radio actress. She grew up in Bath and trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Here Boyd acted in a production ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) * David Bradley (Acting Diploma 1968) * Booker Bradshaw (Acting Diploma 1964) *

Hilda Braid Hilda Braid (3 March 1929 – 6 November 2007) was an English actress who had a long career on British television. She became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon on the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Gina Bramhill Gina Bramhill is a British actress. Background Gina Bramhill was born in Eastoft, where she grew up on a farm, and was educated at South Axholme Academy and John Leggott College. As a child, she appeared in several school plays. She was t ...

(BA Acting 2009) *

Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. List of award ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Bernard Bresslaw Bernard Bresslaw (25 February 193411 June 1993) was an English actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the '' Carry On'' film franchise. Bresslaw also worked on television and stage, performed recordings and wrote a series of poetr ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Alan Bridges Alan Bridges (28 September 1927 – 7 December 2013) was an English television and film director. In 1967 Bridges directed a television adaptation of Charles Dickens' ''Great Expectations'' starring Gary Bond as Pip. He won the '' Grand Pr ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Anita Briem Aníta Briem (born 29 May 1982) is an Icelandic actress. She is known for her role as Queen Jane Seymour on ''The Tudors'' and her role as Hannah Ásgeirsson in ''Journey to the Center of the Earth''. Personal life Anita was born on 29 May 19 ...

(BA Acting 2004) *

Richard Briers Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in '' Marriage Lines'' (1961–66), but ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) * Francine Brody (Acting Diploma 1983) *

Faith Brook Faith Brook (16 February 1922 – 11 March 2012) was an English actress who appeared on stage, in films and on television, generally in upper-class roles. She was the daughter of actor Clive Brook. Early years Although she was born in Yor ...

(Acting Diploma 1942) *

Sian Brooke Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places * Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran, Iraq and Balochistan * Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi' ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Jacqueline Brookes Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway. Life and career Brookes was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the daught ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Sally Brophy Sally Cullen Brophy (December 14, 1928 – September 18, 2007) was a Broadway and television actress and college theatre-arts professor. Early years Brophy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cullen Brophy. Her father was a rancher; Broph ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Arthur Brough Arthur Brough (born Frederick Arthur Baker; 26 February 1905 – 28 May 1978) was a British actor, theatre founder, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying the bumbling senior menswear salesman Ernest Grainger on the BBC TV sitc ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) * Pamela Brown (Acting Diploma 1936) *

Angela Browne Angela Browne (14 June 1938 – 20 June 2001) was a British actress. She had a recurring role in the early 1960s crime series '' Ghost Squad''. She also appeared in episodes of shows such as ''Danger Man'', ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Saint'', ' ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) * Tom Browne (Acting) *

Dugald Bruce Lockhart Dugald Bruce Lockhart is an Anglo-Scottish stage and screen actor, director and writer. Background and education A member of the Bruce Lockhart family, Lockhart was born in Fiji in 1968, the son of James Robert Bruce Lockhart (1941–2018), ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

Joshua Bryant Joshua Bryant (born Joseph Bryant; July 2, 1940 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor, director, author, and speaker who was the founder of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico. Early life and education Bryant was ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Andrew Buchan Andrew Neil Buchan is an English actor and writer. He is known for his roles as DI James Marsh in the ITV drama '' Code of Silence'' (2025), ITV drama ''Broadchurch'' (2013–17), Scott Foster in the BBC political drama '' Party Animals'' (2 ...

(BA Acting 2005) *

Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley (born December 28, 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. The accolades she has received include a Laurence Olivier Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contes ...

(BA Acting 2013) * Kate Buffery (Acting Diploma 1979) *

Suzanne Burden Suzanne Burden (born 1958) is a British actress. A graduate of RADA, she has appeared on television, and occasionally in films, since the early 1980s. She gained attention as Esther Summerson in ''Bleak House'' (1985). In 1989, she played Patrici ...

(Acting Diploma 1979) * John Burgess (Acting Diploma 1954) *

Alfred Burke Alfred Burke (28 February 1918 – 16 February 2011) was an English actor who played Frank Marker in the drama series '' Public Eye'', which ran on television for ten years. Early life Born in London's southeast district of Peckham, the son of ...

(Acting Diploma 1939) * David Burke (Acting Diploma 1960) * Tom Burke (BA Acting 2002) *

Edward Burnham Edward Burnham (25 December 1916 – 30 June 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned over 60 years. Early years Burnham was born in Stafford, England, 25 December 1916. He was educated at The Latymer School in London. After studying his ...

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Lorraine Burroughs Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA. Burroughs is best known for her role in the play ''The Mounta ...

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Kezia Burrows Kezia Burrows is a Welsh actress, known for portraying the role of Dr Cath Llewelyn in the BBC Wales medical drama '' Crash'' from 2009 to 2010. Life and career Born in Neath, she lived in Porthcawl and then Carmarthen but cites being from the se ...

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David Burt David Burt may refer to: * David Raitt Robertson Burt (1899–1983), Scottish zoologist * David Burt (cricketer) (1901–?), New Zealand cricketer * Dave Burt (born 1937), Australian rules footballer * David Burt (actor) (born 1953), British actor ...

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Donald Burton Donald Graham Burton (10 February 1934 – 8 December 2007) was an English theatre and television actor. Life and career Donald was born in Norwich, England, on 10 February 1934. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship. ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Anthony Bushell Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director who appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958–59), and also ap ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) * David Butler (Acting Diploma 1953) *

Neville Buswell Neville Alfred Morris Buswell (20 January 1943 – 25 December 2019) was a British actor, best known for his role as Ray Langton in the ITV Soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early years Buswell attended Belmont Abbey School near Hereford f ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Chanya Button Chanya Joyce Dorothy Button (born 25 December 1986) is an English director and screenwriter. After studying at RADA and learning the ropes in the assistant directors' department on the ''Harry Potter'' franchise, she directed two feature fil ...

(MA Theatre Directing 2010) *

Barbara Bryne Barbara Bryne (1 April 1929 – 2 May 2023) was a British-American actress of film, theatre and television. Onstage she appeared in comedy, dramatic and musical production of Broadway and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Li ...

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Jennifer Calvert Jennifer Calvert (born 7 December 1963 in Ontario) is a Canadian actress with many years' experience on stage and primarily UK television. She trained at RADA and is most famous for her role in children's comedy drama ''Spatz'' in the 1990s. She ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) * Adam Campbell (BA Acting 2004) *

Ken Campbell Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English actor, director and writer. He was known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre". Campbell achieved notoriety ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Nicholas Campbell Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Awards, Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Awards, Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is k ...

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Phoebe Campbell Phoebe Campbell is an English actor known for playing Rhaena Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon''. Campbell's previous work includes a role on the British TV show ''Midsomer Murders'' and the role of Cecily Cardew in a ...

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Jessica Capshaw Jessica Brooke Capshaw (born August 9, 1976) is an American actress known for her roles as Jamie Stringer on the ABC legal drama series ''The Practice'', and as Dr. Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy''. Early life Caps ...

(Acting) * John Carlisle (Acting Diploma 1958) *

Kitty Carlisle Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for the arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movie '' ...

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Ian Carmichael Ian Gillett Carmichael, (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English actor who Ian Carmichael on stage, screen and radio, worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career that spanned seventy years. Born in Kingston upon ...

(Acting Diploma 1941, left) * Michael Carter (Acting Diploma 1969) *

Pip Carter Pip Carter is an English actor. Career He attended Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School in Rochester, Kent. Before starting his professional career, Carter trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) where he appeared in produc ...

(BA Acting 2006) * Peter Cartwright (Acting Diploma 1961) *

Bertie Carvel Robert Hugh Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is a British film and theatre actor. He has twice won a Laurence Olivier Award: for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Miss Trunchbull in '' Matilda the Musical'', and for Best ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

John Castle John Michael Frederick Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his film and television work, most notably playing Bill in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Blowup'' (1966) and Geoffrey in '' The Lion in Winter'' (19 ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

John Cater John Edward Cater (17 January 1932 – 21 March 2009) was an English actor. Early life John Edward Cater was born 17 January 1932 in Hendon, north London. His father, like his grandfather, was a florist. His mother was a violinist who perform ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Katy Cavanagh Kathryn Sarah Collins Jupe (born 12 December 1973), known professionally as Katy Cavanagh, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Julie Carp in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2008–2015, 2025). She also had ...

(Acting Diploma 1995) *

Antoinette Cellier Antoinette Cellier, Lady Seton (23 June 1913 – 18 January 1981) was an English film and theatre actress. She appeared in fifteen feature films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was married to soldier and actor Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet o ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life and education Lolita Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India in 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father wo ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

John Chandos Sir John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin Peninsula, Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Count of Poitiers, Poitou, (c. 1320 – 31 December 1369) was a medieval English knight who haile ...

(Acting Diploma 1938) *

Oona Chaplin Oona Castilla Chaplin (; born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-Swiss-British actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones'', Kitty Trevelyan in the BBC drama '' The Crimson Field'', and Zilpha Geary in the series ...

(BA Acting 2007) * John Chapman (Acting Diploma 1950) * Paul Chapman (Acting Diploma 1959) *

Jan Chappell Janet Victoria Chappell (born 7 June 1945) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Cally in the first three series of ''Blake's 7''. She was born in Brixton, London, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her television app ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Maria Charles Maria Zena Schneider (22 September 1929 – 21 April 2023), known professionally as Maria Charles, was an English film, television and stage actress, director and comedienne. She was probably best known for her performance as the overbearing mot ...

(Acting Diploma 1946) *

Stephan Chase Stephan Chase (born Stephan de Montaignac; 8 February 1945 - 27 June 2019) was a British actor of Cornish and Scots descent. He was educated in Ireland and England. Before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, he won a scholarship and trained at ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Heather Chasen Heather Jean Chasen (20 July 1927 – 22 May 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in soap operas; playing Valerie Pollard in the ITV soap opera, '' Crossroads'', from 1982 to 1986 and guest roles in ''Doctors'', ''Holby Ci ...

(Acting Diploma 1944) *

Tom Chatto Thomas Chatto St George Sproule (1 September 1920 – 8 August 1982) was an English actor who made numerous appearances on television, film, and stage between 1957 and his death in 1982. Early life and career Chatto is a great-grandson of Andr ...

(Acting) * Tsai Chin (Acting Diploma 1956) *

Dennis Chinnery Dennis Chinnery (14 May 1927 – 29 February 2012) was a British actor, noted for his performances in television. Following National service in the navy, he studied acting at RADA, graduating in 1949. His theatre work included appearances at t ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Erik Chitty Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 – 22 July 1977) was an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Chitty was the son of a flour miller, Frederick Walter Chitty and his wife Ethel Elsie Assistance née Franklin; they married in 1902. He at ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Chipo Chung Chipo Tariro Chung (born 17 August 1977) is a Zimbabwean actress and activist based in London. Early life and education Chung was born as a refugee in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her given name Chipo means "gift" in the Shona language. She spent h ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

Diana Churchill Diana Spencer Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill. Personal life Diana Churchill was born at 33 Eccleston Square, London, on 11 July 190 ...

(Acting Diploma 1932) *

Diane Cilento Elizabeth Diane Cilento (2 April 1932 – 6 October 2011) was an Australian actress. She is best known for her film roles in '' Tom Jones'' (1963), which earned her an Academy Award nomination, '' Hombre'' (1967) and '' The Wicker Man'' (1973). ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Diane Clare Diane Clare (born Diane Dirsztay; 8 July 1938 – 21 June 2013) was an English actress. Career Clare started acting at a young age playing uncredited baby parts in films such as '' The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' and '' The Silver Fleet'', and ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Susan Clark Susan Clark (born Nora Golding; March 8, 1943) is a Canadians, Canadian actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1967 drama film ''Banning (film), Banning'' and the following year played the female lead in the crime thriller ''Coogan's Bluf ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Nicholas Clay Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay (18 September 1946 – 25 May 2000) was an English actor. Early life Clay was born in Streatham, London on 18 September 1946, the son of a professional soldier in the British Army's Royal Engineers. The famil ...

(Acting Diploma 1968) *

Charlie Clements Charlie Clements (born 5 June 1987) is an English actor known for the role of Bradley Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from January 2006 to February 2010. He has won several soap and magazine awards for his performance. Early li ...

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Carol Cleveland Carol Cleveland (born Carol Gillian Frances on 13 January 1942) is an American-English actor, comedian, dancer, and model. She is particularly known for her work with Monty Python. Early life Born in East Sheen, London, she moved to the United ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Sian Clifford Sian Clifford (born 7 April 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Claire, the older sister of the titular character in the BBC comedy-drama series ''Fleabag'' (2016–2019) and also portrayed Martha Crawley in the ITV/Amaz ...

(BA Acting 2006) *

Peter Coke Peter John Coke ( "cook"; 3 April 1913 – 30 July 2008) was an English actor, playwright and artist. Early life Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913.

(Acting Diploma 1935) *

Olivia Cole Olivia Carlena Cole (November 26, 1942 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning role in the 1977 miniseries ''Roots (1977 miniseries), Roots''. Early life and education Cole was born in M ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Noel Coleman Noel Coleman (26 November 1919 – 12 October 2007) was an English actor who appeared in many television roles. Early life Coleman trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Coleman appeared in the 1969 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The ...

(Acting Diploma 1941) *

Richard Coleman Richard Coleman (20 January 1930 – 16 December 2008) was a British film, television and stage actor. Early life Richard Coleman was born Ronald Coleman in Peckham, London in 1930. He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School, Peckham. Af ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) * Charles Collingwood (Acting Diploma 1965) *

Joan Collins Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Awards, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emm ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) * John D. Collins (Acting Diploma 1963) *

Christopher Colquhoun Christopher Colquhoun (born 10 January 1970 in Sheffield, England) is an English actor who trained at RADA. He is known for appearing as Simon Kaminski in the BBC drama series ''Casualty'', from 2002 to 2004. He also appeared in ''Holby City'' ...

(Acting Diploma 1992) *

Jarlath Conroy Jarlath Conroy (born 30 September 1944) is an Irish theatre, film and television actor. Since 1971, he has become a successful actor appearing in film and television, including ''NYPD Blue'', ''Law & Order'', and '' Law & Order: Criminal Inten ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) *

David Cook David Cook may refer to: Entertainment * David Cook (game designer) (active since 1980s), American game designer for TSR * David Cook (singer) (born 1982), winner of the seventh season of ''American Idol'' ** ''David Cook'' (album) (released 2008) ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Georgina Cookson Antoinette Georgina Cookson (19 December 1918 – 1 October 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011. Family Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Tayl ...

(Acting Diploma 1938) *

Saffron Coomber Saffron Marni Coomber (born 15 November 1994) is an English actress, best known for her role as Sapphire Fox in '' Tracy Beaker Returns'' from 2010 to 2012. She also portrayed Alexa Smith in ''EastEnders'' from 2012 to 2013. In 2023, she star ...

(BA Acting 2018) *

Daisy May Cooper Daisy May Cooper (born 1 August 1986) is an English actress and writer. She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for playing Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series '' This Country'', which she co-created and co-wrote w ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Stuart Cooper Stuart W. Cooper (born 1942) is an American filmmaker, actor and writer. Career Cooper was a resident of the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s where his most notable film appearance was as one of ''The Dirty Dozen'', Roscoe Lever, in 1967. ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Lu Corfield Lucy "Lu" Corfield (born 1979 or 1980) is a Welsh actress from Powys, Wales, known for her roles as Freya Wilson in ''Doctors'', Ruth in ''Last Tango in Halifax'' and Joyce Edevan in ''Clink''. In 2020, she appeared in the BBC Three series '' I ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

James Cossins James Cossins (4 December 1933 – 12 February 1997) was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr Walt in the ''Fawlty Towers'' episode "The Hotel Inspectors" and as Mr Watson, the fru ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Nicolas Coster Nicolas Dwynn Coster (December 3, 1933 – June 26, 2023) was an American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor with his role on series '' Santa Barbara'' and daytimes Another World as Robert Dulaney and on ni ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Matthew Cottle Matthew Cottle (born 16 February 1967) is an English film, stage, radio and television actor. Early life Cottle was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990 with an Acting ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Tom Courtenay Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave. Courtenay has received numerous acco ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Elliot Cowan Elliot Aidan Cowan (born 9 July 1976) is a British film and television actor, known for portraying Corporal Jem Poynton in ''Ultimate Force'', Mr Darcy in '' Lost in Austen'', and Ptolemy in the 2004 film ''Alexander''. He also starred as Lore ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Brenda Cowling Brenda Rose Cowling (23 April 1925 – 2 October 2010) was an English actress from London. Biography Cowling wanted to be a film actress from the time she was a child; however, upon leaving school, she trained instead as a shorthand typist. ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Jonny Coyne Jonathan Coyne (born 2 February 1958) is an English actor known for playing Warden Edwin James on Fox's short-lived series, ''Alcatraz'' (2012). He also appeared as Dr. Lydgate in ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and ''Once Upon a Time'' and ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

Lauren Crace Lauren Rose Crace (born 25 May 1986) is an English actress and radio presenter, known for her portrayal of Danielle Jones in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2008 to 2009. Early life The daughter of contemporary writer Jim Crace and Pam ...

(BA Acting 2008) *

Kenneth Cranham 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 ...

(Acting Diploma 1966) *

Lorcan Cranitch Lorcan Cranitch (born 28 August 1959) is an Irish actor. Born in Dublin, Lorcan Cranitch became involved in drama while a student. In 1980 he moved to London, where he trained at RADA. Career His first major role on British television was as ...

(Acting Diploma 1982) * Anthony Creighton (Acting Diploma 1948) *

Don Crosby George Wallace Donald Crosby, Order of Australia, OAM (29 October 1924 – 3 December 1985) was an Australians, Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film, radio producer, stage manager, airman and trade unionist. Early life The fift ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Ben Cross Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire'' and for playing Billy Flynn in the or ...

(Acting Diploma 1972) *

Ian Cullen George Ian Cullen (20 October 1939 – 12 November 2019) was a British actor. Cullen first became interested in acting when appearing in a pantomime aged four (late 1943). He trained at RADA with a scholarship when he was 16. An early televis ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Roland Culver Roland Joseph Culver, (31 August 1900 – 1 March 1984) was an English stage, film, and television actor. Early life After Highgate School, Culver joined the Royal Air Force and served as a pilot from 1918 to 1919. Career After considering ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) *

David Cunliffe David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand), Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to ...

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Patricia Cutts Patricia Cutts (20 July 1926 – 6 September 1974)Patricia Cu ...

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Billy Dainty William Hooper Frank John Dainty (22 February 1927 – 19 November 1986) was a British comedian, dancer, physical comedian and pantomime and television star. Early life Dainty was born in Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, Worcestershire. His ...

(Acting Diploma 1945) *

Audrey Dalton Audrey Dalton (born 21 January 1934) is an Irish-born American retired actress who mostly worked in the United States during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Biography Dalton was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Alice Shannon and soldier an ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Timothy Dalton Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in '' The Living Dayli ...

(Acting Diploma 1966) * Siobhan Daly *

Leora Dana Leora Dana (April 1, 1923 – December 13, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actress. Early life Dana was born in New York City; her elder sister was Doris Dana. Dana graduated from Barnard College and the Royal Academy of Drama ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Paul Daneman Paul Frederick Daneman (29 October 1925 – 28 April 2001) was an English film, television, and theatre actor. He was successful for more than 40 years on stage, film and television. Early life Paul Daneman was born in Islington, London. He a ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) * Josie D'Arby (Acting Diploma 1995) *

Paul Darrow Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby; 2 May 1941 – 3 June 2019) was an English actor and writer. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series ''Blake's 7'' between 1978 and 1981. His many te ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Arthur Darvill Thomas Arthur Darvill (born 17 June 1982) is an English actor, composer and musician. He is known for portraying Rory Williams, a companion of the Eleventh Doctor in the television series ''Doctor Who'' (2010–2012), as well as Rip Hunter in ' ...

(BA Acting 2006) * Lucy Davenport (Acting Diploma 1999) *

Deddie Davies Deddie Davies (born Gillian Nancy Davies, 2 March 1938 – 21 December 2016) was a Welsh character actress. Biography Davies was born in Bridgend, Wales. She trained at RADA and is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a ho ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Lynette Davies Lynette Vaynor Davies (18 October 1948 – 1 December 1993) was a Welsh stage, television, and film actress. Life The daughter of a Customs and Excise officer, Davies was born in Tonypandy, Glamorgan, in 1948, and was educated at Our Lady's Sc ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

Petra Davies Petra Davies (24 July 1930 – 22 March 2016) was a British actress. Early years Davies was born in Eltham, London, England on 24 July 1930 and grew up in Newport, Wales. Her parents were Welsh. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic A ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Pamela Ann Davy Pamela Ann Davy (7 September 1933 – 3 June 2018) was an Australian actress, best known for her roles on British television during the 1960s. After graduating from RADA in 1960, and after early repertory experience, she appeared in many popula ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Robert Daws Robert Daws (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor, and crime fiction author. He is best known for his television roles, including Tuppy Glossop in ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990–1993), gruff cricketer Roger Dervish in the comedy '' Outside Ed ...

(Acting Diploma 1979) * David Dawson (BA Acting 2005) *

Jamie de Courcey Jamie de Courcey is an English actor. He has appeared in a number of British television shows, including ''The Crown'', '' The Tunnel'', ''Downton Abbey'', ''Taboo'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', and ''Midsomer Murders''. He has also appeared i ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Edward de Souza Edward James de Souza (born 4 September 1932) is a British character actor and graduate of RADA, who is of Portuguese-Indian and English descent. Early life De Souza is the only child of Annie Adeline Swift (née Calvert) and Edward Valentine De ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Francis de Wolff Baron Francis-Marie Arist de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains and foreigners in both film and television. Early life De Wolff was born in Essex ...

(Acting Diploma 1935) *

Aimée Delamain Aimée Delamain (21 April 1906 – 18 June 1999) was an English actress, known for spending most of her career playing elderly ladies. Biography Her father, Colonel Frank Delamain was a member of King Edward VII's Bengal Lancers. Upon his r ...

(Acting Diploma 1931) * Mark Denham (Acting Diploma 1997) *

Peter Dennis Peter John Dennis (25 October 1933 – 18 April 2009) was a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English film, television, theatre and voice actor. His extensive career spanned both sides of the Atlantic with project ...

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Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (born 15 September 1974) is an English actress, known for her role as Zara Carmichael in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. In 2015, she won the award for Best Female Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards for her por ...

(Acting Diploma 1997) *

Pauline Devaney Pauline Devaney (born 27 January 1937) is a British actress, writer, and artist, best known for her television writing in partnership with Edwin Apps. Devaney was born in Stoke-on-Trent, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She and ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Mark Dexter Mark Lee Dexter (born 21 April 1973) is an English actor who trained at RADA. Life and career Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. As a teenager, he was an early member of the Central Junior Television Workshop which led ...

(Acting Diploma 1995) *

Arnold Diamond Arnold Diamond (18 April 1915 – 18 March 1992) was an English character actor, regularly cast in small parts on television such as in '' The Avengers'' 1967 episode entitled ''Who's Who'' when he played Krelmar. He graduated from RADA in 19 ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Peter Diamond Peter Arthur Diamond (born , 1940) is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memor ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Richard Digby Day Richard Digby Day (born 27 December 1938) is a British stage director and international professor and lecturer. He is well known for his work in the classical theatre, in particular the plays of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He ...

(Directing Certificate 1963) *

Frank Dillane Frank Stephenson Dillane (born 21 April 1991) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Nick Clark on ''Fear the Walking Dead'' (2015–2018) and 16-year-old Tom Riddle in the film ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009). He a ...

(BA Acting 2013) *

Lisa Dillon Lisa Dillon (née Stawiarski; born 1979) is an English actress. Dillon has a long career in theatre playing many roles on stage . In television, she is best known for her role as Mary Smith in the BBC One television series Cranford. She also st ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Adele Dixon Adele Dixon (born Adelaide Helena Dixon; 3 June 1908 – 11 April 1992) was an English actress and singer. She sang at the start of regular broadcasts of the BBC Television Service on 2 November 1936. After an early start as a child actress, ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) * Joe Dixon (Acting Diploma 1987) *

Richard Dormer Richard Dormer (born 11 November 1969) is an actor and playwright from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' and Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic's '' Fortitude''. Ea ...

(Acting Diploma 1991) *

Roy Dotrice Roy Dotrice (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British stage and screen actor. He played the antiquarian John Aubrey in the solo play '' Brief Lives''. He won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of '' A Moon for ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) * Donald Douglas (Acting Diploma 1959) * Robert Douglas (Acting Diploma 1928) *

Shirley Douglas Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics. Early life Douglas was born April 2, 1934, ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Fabia Drake Fabia Drake OBE (born Ethel McGlinchy; 20 January 1904 – 28 February 1990) was an English actress whose professional career spanned almost 73 years during the 20th century. Drake was born in Herne Bay, Kent. Her first professional role ...

(Acting Diploma 1923) *

Gabrielle Drake Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress. She appeared in the 1970s in television series '' The Brothers'' and '' UFO''. In the early 1970s she appeared in several erotic roles on screen. She later took parts in soap operas '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Amanda Drew Amanda Drew (born 21 December 1969) is a British actress from Boston, England, with extensive credits in theatre, television and film. Biography One of four children, Drew was born in Boston. Drew's mother was a nurse and her father was a vicar ...

(Acting Diploma 1992) *

James Dreyfus James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an English actor most notable for roles on television sitcoms '' The Thin Blue Line'' as Constable Kevin Goody, and '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'' as Tom Farrell. Dreyfus is most recently known for ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Duncan Duff Duncan Duff (born 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) is a British stage, television and film actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London 1985 - 1987. He is best known for A Quiet Passion (2016), Wild Target (2010), Big Kids ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Elizabeth Dulau Elizabeth Dulau (born 1995; pronounced ) is a British actress. On television, she is best known for her role as the gallery assistant and spy Kleya Marki in the Disney+ ''Star Wars'' series '' Andor'' (2022–2025), and Dr Louise Pennycook in t ...

(Acting Diploma 2020) * Joanna Dunham (Acting Diploma 1958) *

Nick Dunning Nick Dunning (born 1957 in London) is an English actor. His credits include '' The Young Ones'' (1982), ''Minder'' (1993), '' Boon'' (1995), ''Coronation Street'' (1998), ''Midsomer Murders'' episode '' Death's Shadow'' (1999), ''Kavanagh QC'' ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Noel Dyson Elsie Noel Dyson (23 December 1916 – 29 June 1995) was an English character actress. Dyson played a number of roles in theatre, television and films (including in telemovies) but is best remembered as a versatile character actress in TV seri ...

(Acting Diploma 1938)

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Adetomiwa Edun Babatunde Adetomiwa Stafford "Tomiwa" Edun, (born 1985)Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 3063Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1995, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, p. 986 is a UK-based Nigerian acto ...

(BA Acting 2008) * Alan Edwards (Acting Diploma 1944) *

Peter Egan Peter Joseph Egan (born 28 September 1946) is a British actor. He is known for television roles including Hogarth in '' Big Breadwinner Hog'' (1969), the future King George IV in ''Prince Regent'' (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitco ...

(Acting Diploma 1966) *

Taron Egerton Taron Egerton ( ; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he performed in stage plays before gaining recognition for his starring role as a spy in the action comedy films '' Kingsman: Th ...

(BA Acting 2012) *

Lisa Eichhorn Lisa Eichhorn (born February 4, 1952) is an American actress, writer and producer. She made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger film ''Yanks'', for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Xanthe Elbrick Xanthe Eleanora Marie Davina Elbrick (born 1 December 1978) is an English Tony Award-nominated stage actress. The youngest of four children, Xanthe (pronounced 'Zanthee') was born in London, England, and attended Benenden School. She was trai ...

Denholm Elliott Denholm Mitchell Elliott (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor. He appeared in numerous productions on stage and screen, receiving BAFTA awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ''Trading Places'' (1983), '' A Private Fu ...

(Acting Diploma 1942, left) *

Harry Elton Harry Elton (5 January 1930 – 16 May 2004) was a Canadian broadcaster, primarily known as the television producer who championed the development of the British television programme ''Coronation Street'' in 1960, currently the world's longest-r ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Barry England Barry England (16 March 1932 – 21 May 2009) was an English novelist and playwright. He is chiefly known for his 1968 thriller '' Figures in a Landscape'', which was nominated for the inaugural Booker Prize. Life and work England was raise ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Robert Englund Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise. Englund has received multiple accolades and honors, incl ...

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Brian Epstein Brian Samuel Epstein ( ; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put hi ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Cynthia Erivo Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo ( ; born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Cynt ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Jill Esmond Jill Esmond Moore (26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English stage and screen actress. Early life Esmond was born in London, the daughter of stage actors Henry V. Esmond and Eva Moore. Dramatist W.S. Gilbert and actress Maxine Elliott ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) * Clifford Evans (Acting Diploma 1932) *

Edith Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for Edith Evans – stage and film roles, her work on the West End theatre, West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and t ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) *

Tenniel Evans Walter Tenniel Evans (17 May 1926 – 10 June 2009) was a British actor. Family Walter Tenniel Evans was born in Nairobi, Kenya. His middle name derived from the illustrator Sir John Tenniel, a distant relation.Trevor Eve Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series '' Shoestring'' (1979-1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the long-running B ...

(Acting Diploma 1973) *

Barbara Ewing Barbara Ewing (born 14 January 1939) is a New Zealand actress, playwright and novelist based in the UK. In the 1980s Ewing played the character Agnes Fairchild in British comedy series ''Brass (TV series), Brass.'' Ewing's novel ''The Petticoat ...

(Acting Diploma 1965)

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* O. T. Fagbenle (Acting Diploma 2001) * David Fahm (Acting Diploma 1995) *

Christopher Fairbank Christopher Fairbank is an English film, stage and television actor, best known in the UK for playing Moxey in the comedy drama series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet''. Career In 2010, he appeared as a detective in '' Five Daughters'', and as Alfred ...

(Acting Diploma 1974) *

Moris Farhi Musa Moris Farhi Order of the British Empire, MBE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL (5 July 1935 – 5 March 2019) was a Turkish Jews, Turkish author who was vice-president of International PEN from 2001 until his death in 2019. ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Suzanne Farrington Suzanne Farrington (''née'' Holman; 12 October 1933 – 1 March 2015) was the only child of British actress Vivien Leigh and her first husband, Herbert Leigh Holman. Upon her mother's death, Farrington was bequeathed her mother's papers, incl ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Patsy Ferran Patricia Ferran (born 25 November 1989) is a Spanish-British actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before becoming known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received a number of accolades including a Laurence Olivier A ...

(BA Acting 2014) *

Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Ralph Fiennes, various accolades, including a British Academy Film ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Frank Finlay Francis Finlay, (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in ''Othello'' (1965). His first leading television role came in 1971 in '' Casanova''.

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' ( ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) * Martin Fisk (Acting Diploma 1971) *

Walter Fitzgerald Walter Fitzgerald Bond (18 May 1896 – 20 December 1976) was an English character actor. Early life Born in Stoke, Plymouth, Fitzgerald was a former stockbroker before he began his theatrical training at RADA. He joined the British Army durin ...

(Acting Diploma 1923) *

Ian Fitzgibbon Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962) is an Irish film and television director, screenwriter and occasionally actor. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Spin the Bottle'', '' A Film with Me in It'' and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for th ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Rory Fleck Byrne Rory Fleck Byrne (born 1988) is an Irish actor and composer, known for ''Vampire Academy'' (2014), '' Harlots'', '' The Foreigner'' (both 2017) and '' This Is Going to Hurt'' (2022). Early life Rory Fleck Byrne was born in England. He moved to ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Susan Fleetwood Susan Maureen Fleetwood (21 September 1944 – 29 September 1995) was a British actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she specialised in classical theatre and received popular attention in the television series '' Chandler & C ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Diane Fletcher Diane Fletcher (born 17 April 1944) is an English actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1966. Fletcher was born in Derby, England. She played Nancy in '' Fairly Secret Army'', and has appeared in other popular British ...

(Acting Diploma 1966) *

June Flewett June Beatrice Freud, Lady Freud (''née'' Flewett; born 22 April 1927) is a British actress and theatre director. She is also known by her stage-name Jill Raymond, and was usually known as Jill Freud after her marriage to Clement Freud. As a war ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) *

Theodore J. Flicker Theodore Jonas Flicker (June 6, 1930 – September 12, 2014) was an American playwright, theatrical producer, television and film director, actor, television writer, screenwriter, author, and sculptor. Early life Born in 1930 at Freehold Boro ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) * Daniel Flynn (Acting Diploma 1982) *

Eric Flynn Eric William Flynn (13 December 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a British actor. Early life Flynn was born on 13 December 1939 on Hainan Island, Republic of China (1912–1949), where his father was a customs officer for the Hong Kong government. A ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Lillian Fontaine Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was an English actress and mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine. Early years Fontaine was born Lilian Augusta Ruse in Reading, Berkshire ...

Bryan Forbes Bryan Forbes Order of the British Empire, CBE (; born John Theobald Clarke; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man"Falk Q. . BAFTA. 17 October 2 ...

(Acting Diploma 1944) *

Louise Ford Louise Ford is a British comedian and actress. She is known for her roles in comedy television, including the children's sketch series ''Horrible Histories'' (2015–2018). She played a leading role in '' Crashing'' (2016). Early life and educa ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

John Forgeham John Henry George Forgeham (14 May 1941 – 10 March 2017) was an English actor known for his television work, notably the role of businessman Frank Laslett in the ITV series ''Footballers' Wives''. Early life Born in Kidderminster, Worcester ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Brigit Forsyth Brigit Dorothea Mills (28 July 1940 – 1 December 2023), better known by her stage name Brigit Forsyth, was a British actress from Malton, England, best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the BBC sitcom ''Whatever Happened to the Likely L ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Derek Fowlds Derek James Fowlds (2 September 1937 – 17 January 2020) was an English actor. He played "Mr Derek" in '' The Basil Brush Show'' (1969–1973), Bernard Woolley in the sitcom '' Yes Minister'' (1980–1984) and its sequel, '' Yes, Prime Ministe ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) * Edward Fox (Acting Diploma 1959) *

Laurence Fox Laurence Paul Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor and right-wing political activist. A member of the British entertainment industry's Fox family, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and debuted in the film '' The Hole'' ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Phoebe Fox Phoebe Fox (born 16 April 1987) is an English actress, who was nominated for Olivier and Evening Standard awards for work in theatre. She has appeared in the ''Black Mirror'' episode " The Entire History of You" (2011), '' The Woman in Black: An ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Rosemary Frankau Rosemary A. Frankau (14 April 1933 – 16 April 2017) was a British actress, born in Marylebone, London. She played Beattie Harris in nine series of the sitcom ''Terry and June'' between 1979 and 1987. Early life and career Frankau was e ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) * Richard Franklin (Acting Diploma 1965) *

John Franklyn-Robbins John Franklyn-Robbins (14 December 1924 – 21 March 2009) was an English character and voice actor. A prolific Shakespearean actor, he trained at RADA and proceeded to work at the Manchester Library Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic early i ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) * Helen Fraser (Acting Diploma 1960) * Ronald Fraser (Acting Diploma 1953) * Naomi Frederick (Acting Diploma 2001) *

Jonathan Frid Jonathan Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. The introduction in 1967 of Frid's reluctant, guilt-ridden ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) * Joel Fry (BA Acting 2005) * Vera Fusek (Acting Diploma 1952)

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* Craig Gallivan (BA Acting 2005) *

Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (; 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career ...

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Eric Gandar Dower Eric Leslie Gandar Dower (1894 – 4 October 1987) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and businessman. Life He was educated at Brighton College, like his elder brother Leonard, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, and trained for the stage at ...

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Reginald Gardiner William Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 – 7 July 1980) was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television. Early years Gardiner was born in Wimbledon, England, and he was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Katz, ...

(Acting Diploma 1924) *

Patricia Garwood Patricia Garwood (28 January 1941 – 24 February 2019) was an English television, film and stage actress who first appeared on film aged 9 in ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' and is best known as playing Beryl Crabtree in five series of the BBC situati ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Valerie Gaunt Valerie Sheila Gaunt (26 June 1932 – 27 November 2016) was a British actress. She graduated from RADA in 1951, and appeared subsequently in repertory theatre. Valerie Gaunt was best known for her appearances in the 1957 and 1958 Hammer h ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

William Gaunt William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor. He became widely known for television roles such as Richard Barrett in ''The Champions'' (1968–1969), Arthur Crabtree in '' No Place ...

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Talitha Getty Talitha Dina Getty (; 18 October 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Dutch actress, socialite, and model who was regarded as a style icon of the late 1960s. She lived much of her adult life in Britain and, in her final years, was closely associated w ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Britis ...

(Acting Diploma 1925) *

Adam Gillen Adam Gillen (born 11 September 1985) is a British actor, best known for his role as Liam Conroy in the ITV hit series ''Benidorm'', Brian in the Channel 4 comedy '' Fresh Meat'' and Gavin in BBC's '' Prisoners’ Wives''. In 2019, Gillen was n ...

(BA Acting 2007) * Robert Gillespie (Acting Diploma 1953) *

Aden Gillett John Aden Gillett (born 12 January 1958) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jack Maddox on the BBC series '' The House of Eliott''. Biography and career Gillett was born on 12 January 1958 in Aden, Yemen, from which ...

(Acting Diploma 1984) *

Sheila Gish Sheila Gish (born Sheila Anne Syme Gash; 23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was an English actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical ''Company'', she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance i ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Gerard Glaister John Leslie Glaister DFC (21 December 1915 – 5 February 2005), known as Gerard or Gerrard Glaister, was a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a producer were ''Co ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Iain Glen Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil (film series), ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont, Jorah Morm ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Julian Glover Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles. Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Gl ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

John Golightly John Golightly (born 18 May 1936) is a British actor from Resolven, Wales, who has appeared in numerous television productions over a 45-year period. His father was a transport foreman. After grammar school he trained as an actor at RADA and a ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Henry Goodman Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre. Early life He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lo ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) * Ilan Goodman (BA Acting 2007) * Harold Goodwin (Acting Diploma 1947) *

Bob Goody Robert Goody (16 April 1951 – 5 March 2023) was a British actor, librettist, writer and former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life Goody was born in Brighton, East Sussex, the son of Kenneth William Goody (1926–2005), an air ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Noele Gordon Joan Noele Gordon (25 December 1919 – 14 April 1985) was an English actress and television presenter, of Scottish descent. She played the role of Meg Mortimer (originally Richardson, later Ryder) in the long-running British soap opera ''Crossr ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Serena Gordon Serena Mary Strathearn Gordon (born 3 September 1963) is an English actress. Her roles include Amanda Prosser in police drama ''The Bill'' and MI6 evaluator Caroline in 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye''. Life and career Born in London, she i ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Julia Goulding Julia Goulding (born 27 March 1985) is an English actress who has played Shona Platt on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', since 2016. Career Goulding attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She has starred in theatre productions i ...

(BA Acting 2011) *

Colin Graham Colin Graham OBE (22 September 1931 in Hove, England – 6 April 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a stage director of opera, theatre, and television. Graham was educated at Northaw School (Hertfordshire), Stowe School and RADA. Early in his ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Denys Graham Denys Graham (29 June 1926 – 24 October 2024) was a Welsh actor who appeared in the later series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' as the title character's many-daughtered colleague Percy Hoskins. Over a 70-year career he played a wide range of oth ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Dolores Gray Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice, winning once. Early life Both her mother ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) *

Elspet Gray Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) * Eva Gray (BA Acting) *

Trystan Gravelle Trystan Gravelle (born 4 May 1981) is a Welsh theatre, film and television actor. Life and career Gravelle was born in the village of Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade. He was a member of the Llanelli Youth Theatre ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

Garard Green Garard Green (31 July 1924 – 26 December 2004) was a British actor and commentator. Green was born in Madras, India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to t ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Nigel Green Nigel McGown Green (15 October 192415 May 1972) was an English actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height () and regimental demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic 1960s films as ...

(Acting) * Richard Greenblatt (Acting Diploma 1974) *

Joan Greenwood Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She played Sibella in the 1949 film ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'', and also app ...

(Acting Diploma 1938) *

Stephen Greif Stephen John Greif (; 26 August 1944 – 23 December 2022) was an English actor known for his roles as Travis in ''Blake's 7'', Harry Fenning in three series of '' Citizen Smith'', Signor Donato in '' Casanova'' and Commander John Shepherd in ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Clinton Greyn Clinton Greyn (29 September 1933 – 19 March 2019) was a Welsh-born actor noted for his appearances in British television series of the 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from RADA in 1957, Greyn worked in rep at Ipswich, Chesterfield and th ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Hugh Griffith Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spa ...

(Acting Diploma 1939) *

James Grout James David Grout (22 October 1927 – 24 June 2012) was an English actor of radio and television. He was best known for playing Chief Superintendent Strange in ''Inspector Morse''. Early life Grout was born in London, the son of Beatrice Anne ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

Ioan Gruffudd Ioan Gruffudd (; ; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor. He is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Gruffudd became known for his portrayal of Harold Lowe in ''Titanic'' ( ...

(Acting Diploma 1995) *

Nicky Guadagni Nicky Guadagni (born August 1, 1952) is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television. Life and career Originally from Montreal, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College and went on to train at the Royal Academy ...

(Acting Diploma 1974) *

Pippa Guard Philippa Ann Guard (born 13 October 1952) is a British actress. Biography Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Guard briefly attended the University of Montreal in Canada, first studying English and drama and then nursing, before returning to Britai ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Peter Gunn ''Peter Gunn'' is an American detective fiction, private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens (actor), Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, lounge singer Edie Hart. The series was broadcast by NBC from Sept ...

(Acting Diploma 1985)

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Mark Hadfield Mark Hadfield is an English actor. Before starting his professional career, Hadfield trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career Theatre Hadfield's work in theatre includes: *''Thérèse Raquin'' (for which he received an O ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Uta Hagen Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee, who called her "a ...

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Stephen Haggard Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard (21 March 1911 – 25 February 1943) was a British actor, writer and poet. Early life A member of the Haggard family, he was born on 21 March 1911 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Hagg ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Amanda Hale Amanda Hale (born 2 October 1982) is an English actress. Early life Hale is one of four children born to Irish immigrant parents in northwest London. Her cousin is scientist Martin Glennie. She had been due to go to University of Oxford to s ...

(BA Acting 2005) *

Georgina Hale Georgina Hale (4 August 1943 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning six decades, her credits include work in radio, stage, film, and television. She was the recipient of such accolades as a British Academy Film Award, i ...

(Acting Diploma 1965) *

John Hallam John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a character actor from Northern Ireland, who frequently played hard men or military types. Early life John Hallam was born, the son of a superintendent at the Port o ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Peter Halliday Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor. Early life The son of an auctioneer and estate agent, Halliday was brought up in Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, and attended Oswestry School in Shropshire. On leaving school ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

David Halliwell David William Halliwell (31 July 1936, Brighouse, Yorkshire – c. 16 March 2006, Charlbury, Oxfordshire)Alan Strachan & Janet Street Porte ''The Independent'', 5 April 2006 was a British dramatist. Early life Halliwell attended Huddersfield Co ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Kenneth Halliwell Kenneth Leith Halliwell (23 June 1926 – 9 August 1967) was a British actor, writer and collagist. He was the mentor, boyfriend and murderer of playwright Joe Orton. Childhood Halliwell was born in Bebington near Liverpool. He was very clo ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Emma Hamilton Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 176515 January 1815), known upon moving to London as Emma Hart, and upon marriage as Lady Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becom ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

Kay Hammond Dorothy Katherine Standing, Lady Clements (18 February 1909 – 4 May 1980), known professionally as Kay Hammond, was an English stage and film actress. Family Kay Hammond was born in London, England as Dorothy Katherine Standing, the daugh ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) *

Mona Hammond Mona Hammond (born Mavis Chin; 1 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was a Jamaican-British actress and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Tweedside, Jamaica,

(Acting Diploma 1964) * Roger Hammond (Acting Diploma 1963) *

Sheila Hancock Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed on stage in both plays and musicals in London theatres, and is also known for her roles in films and on television. Her Broadway ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Terry Hands Terence David Hands, (9 January 1941 – 4 February 2020) was an English theatre director. He founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for thirteen years during one of the company's most successful periods; ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah is a British actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's ''Call the Midwife''. Early life The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked ...

(BA Acting 2008) *

Hermione Hannen Hermione Hannen (26 January 1913 – 1 October 1983) was an English theatre and film actress. She was born in London, the daughter of Nicholas "Beau" Hannen, who was also an actor on the stage and in film. Biography Hermione Hannen was born on ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) *

Jerry Hardin Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929) is an American actor. Hardin has appeared in film and television roles, including the character nicknamed Deep Throat in ''The X-Files''. He has guest starred in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' St ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Cedric Hardwicke Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned over 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and hi ...

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Edward Hardwicke Edward Cedric Hardwicke (7 August 1932 – 16 May 2011) was an English actor, who had a career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in ''Colditz'' (1972–73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Television's '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

David Harewood David Michael Harewood (born 8 December 1965) is a British actor, presenter and the current president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is best known for his roles as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in ''Homeland'' (2011–2012 ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Christine Hargreaves Christine Hargreaves (22 March 1939 – 12 August 1984) was an English actress who was known for portraying the role of Christine Hardman on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 1960 to 1963. After attending the Royal Academy of Dr ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Gerald Harper Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929) is a retired English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966–67) and '' Hadleigh'' (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) * Davyd Harries (Acting Diploma 1958) *

Rosemary Harris Rosemary Ann Harris (born 19 September 1927) is an English actress. She is the recipient of an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Lauren ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working-cla ...

(Acting Diploma 1927) *

Lisa Harrow Lisa Harrow (born 25 August 1943) is a New Zealand RADA-trained actress, noted for her roles in British theatre, films and television. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nancy Astor in the British BBC television drama ''Nancy Astor ...

(Acting Diploma 1968) *

Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to Union of South Africa, South Africa at an early age, before ...

(Acting Diploma 1946) *

Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood ( né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for '' The Dresser'' (for ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Victoria Harwood Victoria Claire Harwood is a British-born voice actress based in the United States. She works for anime roles at Geneon Entertainment/New Generation Pictures. Biography Harwood was born in Devon, England in 1961 to an English father and Armenia ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Veslemøy Haslund Veslemøy Haslund (8 April 1939 – 7 November 2005) was a Norwegian actress and stage producer. She made her stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1959. She was later assigned to various theatres, including Det Norske Teatret, Fjernsynsteatret ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Nyasha Hatendi Nyasha Hatendi (born 14 September 1981) is a Zimbabwean-British-American actor, director, writer and producer. Early life and education Hatendi was born on 14 September 1981 in Washington, D.C. Hatendi grew up in three countries: the United S ...

(BA Acting 2004) *

Jeremy Hawk Jeremy Hawk (20 May 1918 – 15 January 2002) was a character actor with a long career in music halls and on London's West End stage. Early life Hawk was born Cedric Joseph Lange in Johannesburg, South Africa; his father was a matinee idol w ...

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Sally Hawkins Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominatio ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Daniel Hawksford Daniel Hawksford (born 10 April 1980) is a Welsh stage and screen actor. Stage career Before starting his professional career, Hawksford trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He is an associate artist for Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Haw ...

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Patricia Hayes Patricia Lawlor Hayes (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English character actress. She is best known for playing the titular Edna in the ''Play for Today'', ''Edna, the Inebriate Woman'' (1971), for which she won the British Ac ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) * James Hayter (Acting Diploma 1926) *

Sam Hazeldine Samuel Hazeldine (born 29 March 1972) is an English actor working in film, television and theatre. In film he has appeared in '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004), '' Weekender'' (2010), ''The Raven'' (2012), ''Grimsby'' (2016), and '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1994, left 1993) * James Healey (Acting Diploma 1977) * Rob Heanley (BA Acting 2003) * Annie Hemingway (BA Acting 2007) *

Lindy Hemming Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948) is a Welsh costume designer. In a career spanning over four decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Costume D ...

(Costumes 1970) * Nick Hendrix (BA Acting 2010) *

Janet Henfrey Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress whose career has spanned over 50 years. A familiar face on stage and screen since the 1960s starring in a variety of British Television favourites. She is ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Del Henney Joseph Derek "Del" Henney (24 July 1935 in Anfield, Liverpool – 14 January 2019) was a British actor. Early life Joseph Derek Henney was born in Liverpool in 1935. After an education at the Liverpool Collegiate School, Henney served in the B ...

(Acting Diploma 1965) * Guy Henry (Acting Diploma 1981) *

Nicky Henson Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson (12 May 1945 – 15 December 2019) was a British actor. Early life Henson was born in London, the son of Harriet Martha (née Collins) and comedian Leslie Henson, a few days after VE Day, hence his middle name, Vi ...

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Harry Hepple Harry Hepple (born David Matthew Hepple) is a British actor and musician. Career Hepple graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2006. The same year he made his professional debut in ''Alaska'' at the Royal Court Theatre with Rafe S ...

(BA Acting 2006) * Percy Herbert (Acting Diploma 1950) *

Donald Hewlett Donald Marland Hewlett (30 August 1920 – 4 June 2011) was an English actor who was best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' and Lord Meldrum in '' You Rang, M'Lord?'', both written by Jimmy Perry ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) *

Sherrie Hewson Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September 1950), known professionally as Sherrie Hewson, is an English actress, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles as Maureen Holdsworth in ''Coronation Street'' (1993–1997, 2006 ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) *

Edward Hibbert Edward Hibbert (born September 9, 1955) is an American-born British actor and literary agent. He played Gil Chesterton in the TV series ''Frasier'', later reprising the role in 2024. He also voiced Zazu in several instalments in ''The Lion Kin ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Tom Hiddleston Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is a British actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with ''Thor (film), Thor'' in 2011 and incl ...

(BA Acting 2005) *

Errol Hill Errol Gaston Hill (5 August 1921 – 15 September 2003) was a Trinidadian-born playwright, actor and theatre historian, "one of the leading pioneers in the West Indies theatre".Michael Hughes, ''A Companion to West Indian Literature'', Collins ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Jacqueline Hill Grace Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993)Obituary
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Melanie Hill Melanie Jane Hill is a British actress, known for playing Hazel Redfern in ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' (1985–1986), Aveline in ''Bread'' (1989–1991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama '' Playing the Field'' (1998–2002), Maggie Budgen in the BB ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

James Hillier James Hillier, (August 22, 1915 – January 15, 2007) was a Canadian- American scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938. Biography ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Ciarán Hinds Ciarán Hinds ( ; born 9 February 1953) is a British Northern Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Love ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Geoffrey Hinsliff Geoffrey Hinsliff (23 November 1937 – 15 September 2024) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of Don Brennan in ''Coronation Street'' from 1987 to 1997. Life and career Hinsliff was born in Leeds on 23 November 1937. In November ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Pat Hitchcock Patricia Alma Hitchcock O'Connell (7 July 1928 – 9 August 2021) was an English-American actress and producer. She was the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of her fathe ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) * Seline Hizli (BA Acting 2010) *

Carleton Hobbs Carleton Percy Hobbs, OBE (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations in a series of a series of Sherlock Holmes radio dramas (opp ...

(Acting Diploma 1924) *

Douglas Hodge Douglas William Hodge (born 25 February 1960) is an English actor, director and musician. He has had an extensive career in theatre, as well as film and television where he has appeared in ''Robin Hood'' (2010), '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Retu ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Edward Hogg Edward George Hogg (born 26 January 1979) is an English actor, known for portraying Jesco White in '' White Lightnin, Stephen Turnbull in '' Bunny and the Bull,'' Eugene Mathers in '' Indian Summers,'' Segundus in ''Jonathan Strange & Mr No ...

(BA Acting 2002) * Joseph Holland (Acting Diploma 1933) * John Hollingworth (BA Acting 2008) *

Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After graduating from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) * Sean Holmes (MA Text and Performance) *

Thelma Holt Thelma Holt (born 4 January 1932) is a British theatre producer and former actress. After a successful career as an actress, in partnership with Charles Marowitz, Holt founded the Open Space Theatre in Tottenham Court Road, London, which bec ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Ewan Hooper Ewan Eynon Hooper (23 October 1935 – 6 April 2023) was a Scottish actor who was a graduate from, and later an associate member of RADA. Life and career Hooper was the motivating force in the foundation of the Greenwich Theatre, which opened ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Anna Hope Anna Hope (born 1974) is an English writer and actress from Manchester. She is perhaps best known for her ''Doctor Who'' role of Novice Hame, who first appeared in the webcast TARDISODE, TARDISODE 1 - "New Earth" before appearing in the televisio ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

William Hope William Hope may refer to: * William Johnstone Hope (1766–1831), prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician * Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet (1819–1898), British Army officer * William Hope (VC) (1834–1909), Scottis ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor. Considered one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for List of Anthony Hopkins performances, his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins ha ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) * John Hopkins (Acting Diploma 2000) *

Lizzie Hopley Lizzie Hopley is a British actress and writer born in Liverpool who trained at Manchester University and RADA. Acting work Hopley's notable film and TV work include the forthcoming feature film ''Fackham Hall'', co-written by Jimmy Carr and ...

(Acting Diploma 1996) *

Gerard Horan Gerard James Pertwee Horan (born 11 November 1962) is a British actor. He is known for playing Terry Seymour the leader of the DMDC (Danebury Metal Detectoring Club) in the BAFTA award-winning comedy drama ''Detectorists'' and for playing Firef ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress. She portrayed Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom '' Absolutely Fabulous''. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage pl ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Basil Hoskins Basil William Hoskins (10 June 1929 – 17 January 2005) was an English theatre and film actor. Hoskins, a native of Edmonton, London, was educated at the Edmonton County School. Hoskins studied acting at RADA and joined the Nottingham Playhouse ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Robin Houston Robin Houston (born London, 1947) is a British voiceover artist and former announcer, radio and television newsreader and quiz show host. After starting his career as an announcer and stage manager, he became one of the pioneers of commercial ra ...

(Stage Management Diploma 1968) *

Joyce Howard Joyce Howard (28 February 1922 – 23 November 2010) was an English actress, writer, and film executive. Acting career After studying at RADA, she was spotted by film director Anthony Asquith in a play at London's Embassy Theatre. He cast t ...

(Acting Diploma 1941) *

Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage and screen actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film '' Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by '' The Third M ...

(Acting Diploma 1934) *

Martha Howe-Douglas Martha Howe-Douglas (born 19 September 1980) is an English actress and writer. She is known as a member of the Them There collective with which she wrote and starred in productions including '' Horrible Histories'', '' Yonderland'', and '' Ghos ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

Gerran Howell Gerran Howell is a Welsh actor from Barry, Wales. He is best known for playing the titular character in ''Young Dracula'', a CBBC television series that initially aired in 2006, and Dennis Whitaker in the medical drama ''The Pitt'', which premi ...

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Elizabeth Hubbard Elizabeth Hubbard (December 22, 1933 – April 8, 2023) was an American actress, recognized for her role as Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, '' The Doctors'' (1964–1969, 1970-77, 1981–1982), for which she received the Daytime Emmy ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) * Kirsten Hughes (Acting Diploma 1983) * Tom Hughes (BA Acting 2008) *

Kathryn Hunter Aikaterini Hadjipateras (; born 9 April 1957), known professionally as Kathryn Hunter, is a British-American actress and theatre director, known for her work in physical theatre. Hunter has appeared as Arabella Figg in the '' ''Harry Potter' ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Richard Hurndall Richard Gibbon Hurndall (3 November 1910 – 13 April 1984) was an English actor. He is best remembered for replacing William Hartnell in the role of the First Doctor for '' Doctor Who's'' 20th anniversary special " The Five Doctors". Career B ...

(Acting Diploma 1929) *

Veronica Hurst Veronica Patricia Hurst (born Patricia Wilmshurst; 11 November 1931 – 15 November 2022) was a British film, stage and television actress. Hurst was born in Malta and brought up in Tooting, London. She settled in Wimbledon before entering Den ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Ly ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Geoffrey Hutchings Geoffrey Hutchings (8 June 1939 – 1 July 2010) was an English stage, film and television actor. Early life and career Hutchings was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. After attending Hardye's School, he studied French and Physical Educat ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Jasmine Hyde Jasmine Hyde is an English actress who has appeared on stage, radio, film and television. She is best known for playing the young Hilda Rumpole in BBC Radio 4's ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' between 2009 and 2019, and Leonie Snell in The Archer ...

(Acting Diploma 2000) *

Jonathan Hyde Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian actor. Hyde is perhaps best known for roles as Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film '' Richie Rich'' (1994), Samuel Parrish ...

(Acting Diploma 1972) *

Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (né Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. He had an extensive stage ...

(Acting Diploma 1923) *

Frances Hyland Frances Hyland (April 25, 1927 – July 11, 2004) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She earned recognition for roles on stage (including ten seasons with Stratford Festival) and screen (including her performance as Nanny Louisa ...

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Kenneth Ives Kenneth Ainsworth Ives (26 March 1934 – 6 March 2022) was a British actor turned television director with a number of 1960s and 1970s television credits. As an actor, he appeared in the 1968 film version of ''The Lion in Winter'' as Queen El ...

(Acting Diploma 1964)

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Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received List of awards and nominations received by Glenda Jackson, numerous accolades including two Academy ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) * Inigo Jackson (Acting Diploma 1961) *

Madhur Jaffrey Madhur Jaffrey Order of the British Empire, CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian-born British-American actress, cookbook and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the weste ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Emrys James Robert Emrys James (1 September 1928 – 5 February 1989) was a Welsh actor. He performed in many theatre and television roles between 1960 and 1989, and was an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life James was born in Mac ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Peter Francis James Peter Francis James (born September 16, 1956) is an American actor and voice-over artist, distinguished by his strong baritone. Early life James was born September 16, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, to David James and Mary Galloway James. He has f ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Polly James Pauline James (formerly Devaney; born 8 July 1941) is an English former actress who had a career in theatre, film, television, and radio. Early life Pauline James was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as Pauline Devaney. Her father had managed a ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Louise Jameson Louise Marion Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is an English actress with a variety of television and theatre credits. Her roles on television have included playing Leela (Doctor Who), Leela in ''Doctor Who'' (1977–1978), Anne Reynolds in ''The O ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) * Mette Janson (Acting Diploma 1955) * Frank Jarvis (Acting Diploma 1961) * Martin Jarvis (Acting Diploma 1962) *

Neville Jason Neville Jason (29 May 1934 – 16 October 2015) was an English actor. Background and career Jason was born Neville Jacobson in London in 1934. His grandfather, Carl, was one of the six original shareholders of Marks & Spencer. In 1943, at age ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Thusitha Jayasundera Thusitha Jayasundera (born 1971) is a Sri Lankan actress who lives in the United Kingdom. She attended an all-girls school run by Australian missionaries, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1993. Jayasundera played Tushura ...

(Acting Diploma 1993) *

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born 26 April 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies'' (1996), for which she received acclaim and earned nominations for the A ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Barbara Jefford Barbara Mary Jefford, OBE (26 July 1930 – 12 September 2020) was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Lionel Jeffries Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Dominic Jephcott Dominic Jephcott (born 28 July 1957) is a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'', ''The Beiderbecke Connection'', ''Midsomer Murders'', and in ''Holby City'' an ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Ivanno Jeremiah Ivanno Jeremiah is an English actor known for his role in ''Humans''. In 2016, he appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series ''Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television se ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Mervyn Johns David Mervyn Johns (18 February 18996 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television actor who became a fixture of British films during the Second World War. Johns appeared extensively on screen and stage with over 100 credits between 1 ...

(Acting Diploma 1924) *

Celia Johnson Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film. She is especially known for her roles in the films ''In Which We Serve'' (1942), ''This Happy Breed ...

(Acting Diploma 1929) *

Richard Johnson Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to: Academics * Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic * Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering * Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of ...

(Acting Diploma 1944) *

Margaret Johnston Margaret Johnston (10 August 1914 – 19 June 2002) was an Australian actress. Johnston was best known for her stage performances, but also appeared in 12 films and a handful of TV productions before retiring from acting in 1968 to devote herse ...

(Acting Diploma 1937) *

Gemma Jones Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the Bridget Jones (film series), ''Bridget Jo ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) * Griffith Jones (Acting Diploma 1932) * Ken Jones (Acting Diploma 1959) * Maggie Jones (Acting Diploma 1954) * Nicholas Jones (Stage Management 1964) *

Ursula Jones Ursula Jones is a British actor and author of children's fiction. Her picture book ''The Witch's Children and the Queen'' won a gold Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and the sequel ''The Witch's Children Go to School'' won the inaugural Roald Dahl ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

David Jonsson David Jonsson (born 4 September 1993) is a British actor and writer. He began his career in the West End. He is known for his performance in the BBC Two and HBO television series ''Industry'' (2020–2022), as well as his roles in the films '' ...

(BA Acting 2016) *

Yootha Joyce Yootha Joyce Needham (20 August 1927 – 24 August 1980), known as Yootha Joyce, was an English actress best known for playing Mildred Roper opposite Brian Murphy in the sitcom '' Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and its spin-off '' George ...

(Acting Diploma 1946) *

John Justin John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor. Early life John Justinian de Ledesma was born in Knightsbridge, London, England, the son of a well-off Argentine rancher. Though he grew up on his father ...

(Acting Diploma 1939)

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Bob Kaliban Robert Dean Kaliban also known as Bob Kaliban (November 6, 1933 – December 12, 2020) was an American actor, singer, and musician. He was most known for being the president of the New York branch of SAG-AFTRA, voicing the police chief in Top Cat ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Miriam Karlin Miriam Karlin (23 June 19253 June 2011) was an English actress whose career lasted for more than 60 years. She was known for her role as Paddy in ''The Rag Trade'', a 1960s BBC and 1970s LWT sitcom, and in particular for the character's catchp ...

(Acting Diploma 1946) * Kostas Karras (Acting) *

Xenia Kalogeropoulou Xenia Kalogeropoulou (; born September 12, 1936) is a Greek actress, who appeared in both Greek and English-speaking films in her career. With her career, spanning six decades, she has appeared in over forty films and television shows. Biograph ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Charles Kay Alfred Charles Piff (31 August 1930 – 8 January 2025), better known by his stage name Charles Kay, was an English actor. Early life and education Kay was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, the son of Frances (née Petty) and Charles Beckingham ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing British Defence Minister Sir Frederick Gray in the ''James Bond'' films. Biography Early li ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) * Katherine Kelly (Acting Diploma 2001) *

Rachel Kempson Rachel, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003), known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty. Early life Kempson was born ...

(Acting Diploma 1933) * James Kemsley (Acting) *

Gwyneth Keyworth Gwyneth Keyworth is a Welsh actress. Early life and education Gwyneth Keyworth was born in Aberystwyth. She began acting in a local Welsh language youth theatre group. In 2008 she appeared in ''Sick Room'', an ensemble production with the ...

(BA Acting 2014) *

Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Elizabeth Corday, Dr. Eliz ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) * Antonia Kinlay (BA Acting 2008) *

Roy Kinnear Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was an English character actor and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', Algernon in The Be ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Ian Kirkby Ian Kirkby is a British actor and writer. He is best known for his role as DI Harry Batt on the children's programme ''Dick & Dom in da Bungalow'' & '' Diddy TV'' and Sandy Toes on '' Swashbuckle.'' Additionally, he has appeared in Diddy Movies ...

(Acting Diploma 1992) *

Nigel Kneale Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter and author, whose career spanned more than 50 years, between 1946 and 1997. Predominantly a writer of thrillers that used science-fiction and horror elemen ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

Joseph Kloska Joseph Anthony Kloska (born 1983) is an English actor. He began his career in radio, moving on to work in television, theatre, and film. Life Named after a Polish grandfather, Teofil Joseph Kloska, who had settled in England, Kloska was brought ...

(BA Acting 2006) * Terence Knapp (Acting Diploma 1954) *

(Acting) * Patricia Kneale (Acting Diploma 1947) *

Matt William Knowles Matthew Knowles (born 1985), known professionally as Matt William Knowles or Ma Tai (), is an American actor known for his work in multiple Chinese films and television series such as ''Asura'', '' Love Me If You Dare'', '' Deng Xiao Ping at His ...

(MA Acting 2018) * Estelle Kohler (Acting Diploma 1965) *

Wendy Kweh Wendy Kweh is an actress of Chinese descent born in Singapore. She migrated to the United Kingdom in 1995. She lives in London. Education She is a RADA graduate in London. Career She made a guest appearance in 2000 before getting a regular part ...

(Acting Diploma 1999)

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Lynda La Plante Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE (née Titchmarsh; born 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress often known for writing the '' Prime Suspect'' television crime series. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Asso ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Alan Lake Alan Lake (24 November 1940 – 10 October 1984) was an English actor and the third and final husband of screen star Diana Dors. Biography Alan Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940.Donnelley, Paul (2003) ''Fad ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) * Ben Lamb (BA Acting 2010) *

Nigel Lambert Nigel Lambert (11 May 1944 – 11 September 2024) was an English voice actor. He is best known for his role as the narrator of the first series of the BBC comedy series '' Look Around You'', as well as Merle Ambrose in the MMORPG ''Wizard101''. ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Duncan Lamont Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (17 June 1918 – 19 December 1978) was a British actor.Brian McFarlane (Ed): ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'' (BFI/Methuen • London • 2000) p397''Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen'' (Amalgamated Pres ...

(Acting Diploma 1937) *

Pascal Langdale Pascal Langlois, better known as Pascal Langdale, is an English actor. He has played supporting roles in a number of television dramas since 1999. Langdale also lent his voice and likeness to the critically acclaimed video game '' Heavy Rain'', ...

(Acting Diploma 1996) *

Alex Lanipekun Alex Lanipekun (born 7 April 1981) is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but left early to join the cast of the BBC drama '' Spooks'' as journalist-cum-spy Ben Kaplan. After early stage appearances at Royal Court ...

(BA Acting 2007, left) *

James Larkin James Larkin (28 January 1874 – 30 January 1947), sometimes known as Jim Larkin or Big Jim, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. He was one of the founders of the Irish Labour Party (Ireland), Labou ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Jack Laskey Jack Laskey is an English actor best known for his theatre work and his role as DS Jakes in the ITV drama series '' Endeavour''. He is the third son of Michael Laskey, a poet. Laskey trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Telev ...

(BA Acting 2003) *

Michael Latimer Michael James Latimer (6 September 1941 – 25 June 2011) was a British people, British television stage and film actor who later in his career turned to writing, directing and producing. Early life Latimer was born in Calcutta, where his fath ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Charles Laughton Charles Laughton (; 1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British and American actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play wi ...

(Acting Diploma 1926) *

Tamara Lawrance Tamara Naomi Lawrance (born 1994)Bowie-Sell, Daisy ''WhatsOnStage''. 14 February 2017. is a British actress. She is known for her performances as Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in the 2017 BBC television film ''King Charles III'', and as ...

(BA Acting 2015) *

Delphi Lawrence Delphi Lawrence (23 March 1932 – 11 April 2002) was an English actress. She was educated at Halidon House School in Slough, Berkshire, whilst living in Colnbrook. Born to Barbara Yvonne ( Enever) and Louis Holzman, who married in 1930, sh ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Leigh Lawson Allan Leigh Lawson (born 21 July 1945) is an English actor, director and writer. Early life Lawson was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He initially studied at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts before training further at the Royal Academy of ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

George Layton George Layton (born George Michael William Löwy; 2 March 1942) is a British actor, director, screenwriter and author best known for three television roles – junior doctor Paul Collier in the comedy series ''Doctor in the House'' and its sequ ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Nicholas Le Prevost Nicholas Le Prevost (born 18 March 1947) is an English actor. Early life Le Prevost was born in Wiltshire. He was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset from 1957 to 1961 and at Kingswood School, Bath from 1961 to 1964 ...

(Acting Diploma 1973) *

Rosemary Leach Rosemary Anne Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress. She won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for '' 84, Charing Cross Road'' and was nominated for the BAFTA Award f ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) * David Learner (Acting Diploma 1975) * Martin Ledwith (Acting Diploma 1996) *

Belinda Lee Belinda Lee (15 June 193512 March 1961) was an English actress. A profile for the British Film Institute's Screenonline website asserts: "of all the Rank Organisation's starlets, Belinda Lee stands out as the most notorious, yet paradoxically ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Bernard Lee John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from ...

John Leeson John Francis Christopher Ducker (born 16 March 1943), known professionally as John Leeson, is an English actor. He is known for portraying Bungle in ''Rainbow'' and voicing K9 in ''Doctor Who'' and spin-offs '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' a ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Beatrix Lehmann Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third o ...

(Acting Diploma 1924) * Adele Leigh (Acting Diploma 1946) *

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning more than 60 years. His accolades include prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin In ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progress ...

(Acting Diploma 1934) *

Anton Lesser Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Harold Macmillan in ''The Crown'', Clement Attlee in '' A United Kingdom'', Chief Superintendent Bright in '' E ...

(Acting Diploma 1977) *

Adrian Lester Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey on 14 August 1968) is a British actor. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage, an ...

(Acting Diploma 1989) * Adam Levy (Acting Diploma 1994) * Lorna Lewis (Acting Diploma 1962) *

Andrew Lincoln Andrew James Clutterbuck (born 14 September 1973), known professionally as Andrew Lincoln, is an English actor. His first major role was as the character Egg in the BBC drama '' This Life'' (1996–1997). Lincoln later portrayed Simon Casey i ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

Henry Lincoln Henry Soskin (12 February 1930 – 23 February 2022), better known as Henry Lincoln, was a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter, and actor. He co-wrote three ''Doctor Who'' multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in th ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) * Robert Lindsay (Acting Diploma 1970) *

Marjorie Linklater Marjorie Linklater ( MacIntyre; 19 March 1909 – 29 June 1997) was a Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment on the island of Orkney. She gave up acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to get involved in conservation, education, an ...

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Richard Lintern Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor. Early life Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset. He studied English Literature at Durham University. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal Aca ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Larry Linville Lawrence Lavon Linville (September 29, 1939 – April 10, 2000) was an American actor known for his portrayal of the surgeon Major Frank Burns on the television series ''M*A*S*H''. Early life and education Linville was born in Ojai, California ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Joan Littlewood Joan Maud Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002) was an English theatre director who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop. She has been called "The Mother of M ...

(Acting Diploma 1933, left) *

Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (; 12 September 1914GRO Register of Births: DEC 1914 11a 490 NEWPORT M. – Desmond W. Llewelyn, mmn = Wilkinson – 19 December 1999GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 2000 A70E 247 EASTBOURNE – Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn, D ...

(Acting Diploma 1937) *

Roger Llewellyn Roger Charles Llewellyn (14 May 1945 - 17 April 2018) was a British actor born in Swansea.Email from Gareth Armstrong He played Sherlock Holmes in 1997, 2007 and 2008 in stage versions of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Sherlock Holmes The L ...

(Acting Diploma 1972) *

Bernard Lloyd Bernard Lloyd (30 January 1934 – 12 December 2018) was a Welsh actor. Early life Lloyd attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Career Lloyd began his television career in ''Redcap'' in 1965 ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Charles Lloyd-Pack Charles Lloyd-Pack (10 October 1902 – 22 December 1983) was a British film, television and stage actor. Life and career Lloyd Pack was born in Wapping, East London, to working-class parents. He appeared in several horror films produced by ...

(Acting Diploma 1925) *

Roger Lloyd-Pack Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was a British actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in ''Only Fools and Horses'' from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' from 1994 to 2007. He later star ...

(Acting Diploma 1965) *

Philip Locke Roy James "Philip" Locke (29 March 192819 April 2004) was an English actor who had roles in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his part in the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' as Largo's personal assistant and chief henchman, Var ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

Margaret Lockwood Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938), '' Night Train to Munich ...

(Acting Diploma 1934) *

Dyson Lovell Dyson Lovell (28 August 1936 – 11 January 2024) was a British film producer and actor. He produced amongst others, Franco Zeffirelli's ''Hamlet'', starring Mel Gibson (1990), and Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 box-office flop '' The Cotton Club'', ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) * Emma Lowndes (Acting Diploma 2000) *

Philip Lowrie Colin Philip Lowrie (20 June 1936 – 25 April 2025) was an English stage and television actor. He played Dennis Tanner in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from its inception in 1960 until 1968 and again from 2011 until 20 ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) *

Charlotte Lucas Charlotte Lucas (born 29 May 1976) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Dr Kingsley in ''Not Going Out'', ''EastEnders'' as Yvonne and '' Bad Girls'' as Selena Geeson. Early life and education Born into an acting family, ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-y ...

(Acting Diploma 1934) * Richard Lupino (Acting Diploma 1945)

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Polly Maberly Polly Maberly (born 1976) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Kitty Bennet in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice''. She is the older sister of actress Kate Maberly. Television * ''The Children of Green Knowe ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Matthew Macfadyen David Matthew Macfadyen (; born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he Breakthrough role, gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prej ...

(Acting Diploma 1995) *

Fulton Mackay William Fulton Beith Mackay (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom ''Porridge''. Early life Mackay was born in Paisley, Renfrew ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Edward MacLiam Edward MacLiam (born Edward Wilson in 1976) is an Irish actor, known for his roles as Greg Douglas in the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'' and identical twins Adam and Gareth Regan in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Meredith MacNeill Meredith MacNeill (born 1975) is a Canadian actress and comedian.Ciaran Madden Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired English stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RA ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Victor Maddern Victor Jack Maddern (16 March 1928 – 22 June 1993) was an English actor. He was described by ''The Telegraph'' as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema." Life and career Born in Seven Kings, ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Ashley Madekwe Ashley Madekwe (; born 6 December 1983) is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Bambi in the ITV2 series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (2008–2010), Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama ''Revenge'' (2011–2013), and Tituba in the ...

(BA Acting 2005) *

Philip Madoc Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and office ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Ruth Madoc Ruth Madoc (born Margaret Ruth Llewellyn Baker; 16 April 1943 – 9 December 2022) was a British actress who had a career on stage and screen spanning over 60 years. She was best known for her role as Gladys Pugh in the BBC television comedy '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Melissanthi Mahut Melissanthi Mahut (; born September 20, 1988) is a Canadian-born Greek actress. She is known for her role as Kassandra in ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'', and for playing Mita Xenakis in the Netflix film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fir ...

(BA Acting 2012) * Constance Malleson (Acting) *

Miles Malleson William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career, he also appeared in cameo roles ...

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Stephen Mangan Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in '' Green Wing'', Dan Moody in '' I'm Alan Partridge'', Seán Lincoln in ''Episodes'', Bigwig in ''Watership Down'', Postma ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

Clive Mantle Clive Andrew Mantle (born 3 June 1957) is an English actor. He played general surgeon Mike Barratt in the BBC hospital drama series ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'' in the 1990s, and Little John in the 1980s fantasy series ''Robin of Sherwood'' ...

(Acting Diploma 1980) * Kate Maravan (Acting Diploma 1993) * David March (Acting Diploma 1944) *

Howard Marion-Crawford Howard Marion-Crawford (17 January 1914 – 24 November 1969), was an English People, English character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV series), 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes ...

(Acting Diploma 1934) *

William Marlowe William Marlowe (25 July 1930 – 31 January 2003) was a British theatre, television and film actor. He served in the Fleet Air Arm and hoped for a career as a writer before training as an actor at RADA. He was cast in ''A Family at War'' (19 ...

(Acting Diploma 1959) *

Anthony Marreco Anthony (Tony) Freire Marreco (9 August 1915 – 4 June 2006) was a British barrister. He was Junior Counsel at the Nuremberg trials, and later a founding director of Amnesty International. He was also known for his romantic liaisons, marrying ...

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Roy Marsden Roy Marsden (born ''Roy Anthony Mould''; 25 June 1941) is an English actor who portrayed Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations (1983–1998) of P. D. James's detective novels, and Neil Burnside in the spy drama '' The S ...

(Acting Diploma 1940) *

Bryan Marshall Bryan Marshall (19 May 1938 – 25 June 2019) was a British actor, with a number of major credits in film and television to his name, in both Britain and Australia. Early life Marshall was born in Battersea, south London. He was educated at th ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Nathaniel Martello-White Nathaniel Martello-White (born January 1983) is a British actor and writer. Having appeared in several productions of the National Youth Theatre, he graduated from RADA in 2006 and since has performed in films, television shows and theatre. Hi ...

(BA Acting 2006) * Gregory Paul Martin (Acting Diploma 1977) *

Shereen Martineau Shereen Martin is an Irish actress, known for her role as Kirsty Petrie on the BBC drama series '' The Loch'' (2017), as Sarah on the Channel 5 and Virgin Media drama series ''Blood'' (2018) and as Sophie Miller on the BBC drama series '' Dubl ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Patrice Martinez Patrice Martinez (June 12, 1963 – December 24, 2018) was an American actress. She received her theatrical education in London, played the role of Carmen in the film '' Three Amigos'', and starred in the early 1990s television series ''Zorro''. ...

(Acting Diploma 1984) *

Stefanie Martini Stefanie Martini (born 6 October 1990) is an English actress, known for her leading role in ITV's 2017 production ''Prime Suspect 1973''. She also starred in ''Doctor Thorne'' (2016), ''Emerald City'' (2017), the 2017 film ''Crooked House'' and ...

(BA Acting 2015) *

Clelia Matania Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was an Italian film and voice actress. Life and career Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended ...

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Carmen Mathews Carmen Sylvia Mathews (May 8, 1911 – August 31, 1995) was an American actress and environmentalist. Biography Mathews was born in Philadelphia. She studied first at Bennett Junior College and then in London at the Royal Academy of Dram ...

(Acting Diploma 1935) *

Brian Matthew Brian Matthew (17 September 1928 – 8 April 2017) was an English broadcaster who worked for the BBC for 63 years from 1954 until 2017. He was the host of '' Saturday Club'', among other programmes, and began presenting '' Sounds of the 60s'' ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

Sinead Matthews Sinead Matthews (born ) is an English actress whose credits include film, television, radio and stage. As well as having extensive theatre experience, her screen credits include '' He Knew He Was Right'' (2004), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Pride ...

(BA Acting 2003) * Michael Matus (Acting Diploma 1989) *

Sharon Maughan Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress. She became internationally recognised in the 1980s from the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé instant coffee, (Taster's Choice in the United States) along ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) *

Toralv Maurstad Toralv Maurstad (24 November 1926 – 4 November 2022) was a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He was the son of actor Alfred Maurstad and actress Tordis Maurstad (née Witzøe), and half-brother of actress Mari Maurstad. His screen ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Dora Mavor Moore Dora Mavor Moore, ( Mavor; 8 April 1888 – 15 May 1979) was a Canadian actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre. Life and work Born Dora Mavor in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved with her family to Toronto, Ontari ...

(Acting Diploma 1912) *

Lois Maxwell Lois Ruth Maxwell (née Hooker; February 14, 1927 – September 29, 2007) was a Canadian actress. She was best known for portraying Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 Eon Productions, Eon-produced James Bond in film, ''James Bond'' films (1962–1 ...

(Acting Diploma 1945) *

Anthony May Anthony May (23 May 1946 – 24 December 2021) was an English stage, television and film actor. He trained at R.A.D.A. from 1965 to 1967. Early life May was born in Reigate, Surrey. He played Wick in David Halliwell's ''Little Malcolm'' at ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Daniel Mays Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor having had television roles in ''EastEnders'' (2000), ''Rehab'' (2005), '' Red Riding'' (2008), '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2010), '' Outcasts'' (2011), '' Mrs Biggs'', ''Line of Duty'', '' Des'' ...

(Acting Diploma 2000) *

Gugu Mbatha-Raw Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha-Raw, MBE (; born 21 April 1983) is an English actress. She began acting at the National Youth Music Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and gained acclaim for her roles as Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'' and O ...

(BA Acting 2004) *

Aidan McArdle Aidan McArdle is an Irish character actor. He is known for being a series regular in shows such as '' Beautiful People'' (2008-2009), '' Garrow's Law'' (2009-2011), and '' Mr Selfridge'' (2014-2015). Early life and education Aidan McArdle wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1996) *

James McArdle James John McArdle (born 3 April 1989) is a Scottish actor. He won the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Mikhail Platonov in '' Platonov'' and was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Lo ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Richard McCabe Richard McCabe (born William McCabe; 18 August 1960) is a Scottish actor who has specialised in classical theatre. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Career McCabe is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare ...

(Acting Diploma 1980) *

David McCallum David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician, based in the United States. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series '' The Man fr ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

John McCallum John McCallum (born 9 April 1950) is a Canadian politician, economist, diplomat and former university professor. A former Liberal Member of Parliament ( MP), McCallum was the Canadian Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2019. He was asked for ...

(Acting Diploma 1938) *

Alec McCowen Alexander Duncan McCowen, (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor. He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions. Early life McCowen was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Mary (née Walkden), a dancer ...

(Acting Diploma 1943) *

Michael McElhatton Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' from the second to the sixth season (2012–2016). Other credits include '' I ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Steve McFadden Steve Robert McFadden (né Reid; born 20 March 1959) is an English actor whose career has spanned three decades. He rose to prominence for his role as longstanding character Phil Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'', which he has ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Paul McGann Paul John McGann ( ; born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial '' The Monocled Mutineer'' (1986), then starred in the dark comedy '' Withnail and I'' (1987), which wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Kitty McGeever Catherine Jane Mitchell (15 October 1966 – 16 August 2015), known professionally as Kitty McGeever, was an English actress and comedian. She was the first blind actress to be cast in a British soap opera, playing the fictional character Lizz ...

(Acting Diploma 1996) *

Melinda McGraw Melinda McGraw (born October 25, 1968) is an American actress. She has appeared in movies such as ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), ''Wrongfully Accused'' (1998), and '' Skateland'' (2010), and is also known for her television performances on ''Mad Men ...

(Acting Diploma 1986) *

Joshua McGuire Joshua McGuire (born 1987) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, his breakthrough was in the role of Angus in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series '' Lovesick'' (formerly ''Scrotal Recall''). He starred opposite Daniel Ra ...

(BA Acting 2010) *

Christian McKay Christian Stuart McKay (born 30 December 1973) is an English stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film '' Me and Orson Welles'', for which he was nominated for over two dozen awards includ ...

(Acting Diploma 2001) *

Don McKillop Donald Harley "Don" McKillop (15 February 1928 – 19 December 2005) was an English actor who trained at RADA. Notable roles include Bert the Landlord in the ''Doctor Who'' fifth and final serial of the eighth season, '' The Dæmons'' in 1971, ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Mairead McKinley Mairead McKinley is a Northern Irish actress. Career Before starting her professional career, McKinley trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where she won the Pauline Siddle Award. Theatre McKinley's work in theatre includes: ''T ...

(Acting Diploma 1993) *

Tim McMullan Timothy W. V. McMullan (born 1963) is a British actor, notable for his stage, television and film work. He is best known for playing Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery dramas ''Magpie Murders'' and ''Moonflower Murders (TV series), Moonflower Murd ...

(Acting Diploma 1989) *

Kevin McNally Kevin Robert McNally (born 27 April 1956) is an English actor and writer. He began his acting career in the BBC TV adaptation of ''I, Claudius'' (1976), but is best known for portraying Joshamee Gibbs in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' fran ...

(Acting Diploma 1975) *

Ian McShane Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, and M ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has r ...

(Acting Diploma 1983) *

Harry Meacher Harry Meacher is a British actor, director and playwright. Biography Harry Meacher grew up in Hainault, near Chigwell, Essex. In his teens he worked with Joan Littlewood in Stratford and with James Cooper in Ilford. He won a scholarship to ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Jonathan Meades Jonathan Turner Meades (born 21 January 1947) is an English writer and film-maker. His work spans journalism, fiction, essays, memoir and over fifty television films, many for the BBC. He has described himself as a "cardinal of atheism" and i ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

Beryl Measor Beryl Measor (22 April 1908 – 8 February 1965) was a British actress. She created roles in plays by Noël Coward and Terence Rattigan. In addition to her stage career she broadcast frequently on BBC radio and television, and appeared in severa ...

(Acting Diploma 1931) *

Tobias Menzies Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the third and fourth seasons of the series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding S ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Jane Merrow Jane Meirowsky (born 1941), known professionally as Jane Merrow, is an English actress who has been active from the 1960s in both Britain and the United States. Early years Merrow was born in 1941 in Hertfordshire to an English mother and Germ ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Dido Miles Eleanor Amy Dido Deloince, known professionally as Dido Miles, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Emma Reid on the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', for which she won two awards for at the RTS Midlands Awards. From 2001 to 2002, she ...

(Acting Diploma 1993) *

Sarah Miles Sarah Miles (born 31 December 1941) is a retired English actress. She is known for her roles in films '' The Servant'' (1963), '' Blowup'' (1966), '' Ryan's Daughter'' (1970), '' The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing'' (1973), '' White Mischief'' (19 ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Maggie Millar Maggie Millar (born 6 January 1941) is an Australian actress, artist and writer. She has a distinguished acting career in theatre – appearing onstage with the Old Vic Company, the Melbourne Theatre Company and others – and in television, wi ...

(Acting) *

Roger Milner Roger Lloyd Milner (2 April 1925–22 February 2014) was a British actor, author and dramatist who is probably best remembered today for appearing in two of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas dramas in the 1970s. His "outrageous comedy" '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1948) *

Warren Mitchell Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was an English actor best known for playing bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a BAFTA TV A ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Donald Moffat Donald Moffat (December 26, 1930 – December 20, 2018) was a British-American actor with a decades-long career in film and stage in the United States. Moffat began his acting career on- and off- Broadway, which included appearances in ''The ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Zia Mohyeddin Zia Mohyeddin (; 20 June 1931 – 13 February 2023) was a British-Pakistani film actor, producer, director, and television broadcaster who appeared in both Pakistani cinema and television, as well as in British cinema and television throughout ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Zakes Mokae Zakes Makgona Mokae (5 August 1934 – 11 September 2009) was a South African stage and screen actor. He was well known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard, notably in ''The Blood Knot'' and '' "Master Harold"...and the Boys'', the latter ...

(Acting) *

Gerard Monaco Gerard Monaco is a British actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Monaco's first film was Mike Leigh's ''Vera Drake''. He has since had roles in movies including Dame Jane Campion's ''Bright Star'' Jerry Bruckheimer's '' Pirate ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Bruce Montague Bruce Alexander Montague (24 March 1939 – 16 August 2022) was a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom ''Butterflies''. He also acted in over 300 television productions – one of his earliest being in ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Tanya Moodie Tanya Moodie (born 16 April 1972) is a British-Canadian actor and producer, best known for her work on ''Motherland'', ''Silo'', and her many stage credits, which include productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatr ...

(Acting Diploma 1993) *

Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond (literary character), James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the ...

(Acting Diploma 1945) *

Tedde Moore Tedde Moore (born April 11, 1947) is a retired Canadian actress, script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor. Early life Tedde Moore is the daughter of Darwina (née Faessler) and actor and cultural icon Mavor Moore, the granddaugh ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) *

Pauline Moran Pauline Moran (born 26 August 1947) is an English actress, best known for her role as Miss Felicity Lemon in the British television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''. She trained at several schools, including the National Youth Theatre and t ...

(Acting Diploma 1972) *

Terence Morgan Terence Ivor Grant Morgan (8 December 1921 – 25 August 2005) was an English actor in theatre, cinema and television. He played many "villain" roles in British film but is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical ...

(Acting Diploma 1942) *

Robert Morley Robert Adolph Wilton Morley (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) *

Aubrey Morris Aubrey Morris (born Aubrey Steinberg; 1 June 1926 – 15 July 2015) was a British actor known for his appearances in the films '' A Clockwork Orange'' and '' The Wicker Man''. Early life and career Morris was one of nine children born to Becky ...

(Acting Diploma 1944) *

Mary Morris Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 – 14 October 1988) was a Fijian-born British actress. Life and career Morris was the daughter of Australian-born Herbert Stanley Morris, a botanist, and his wife, Sylvia Ena de Creft-Harford. She ...

(Acting Diploma 1935) *

Wolfe Morris Wolfe Morris (born Woolf Steinberg, 5 January 1925 – 21 July 1996) was an English actor, who played character roles on stage, television and in feature films from the 1950s until the 1990s. He made his film debut in '' Ill Met by Moonlight''. ...

(Acting Diploma 1943) *

David Morrissey David Mark Joseph Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He had numerous small roles in films and television series throughout the 1990s before achieving wider recognition for playing Gordon Brown in '' The Deal'' (2003 ...

(Acting Diploma 1985) *

Barry Morse Herbert "Barry" Morse (10 June 19182 February 2008) was a British-Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was known for playing Lt. Philip Gerard, the principal antagonist of the American television series '' The Fugitive'' (1963–67), as ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Hayward Morse Hayward Morse is a British stage and voice actor born in 1947. His career began on CBC television and with numerous stage performances in Canada and the United States. He made his US television debut in 1959 with Ingrid Bergman in the film '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1967) * Melanie Morse (Acting Diploma 1967) *

Caroline Mortimer Caroline Mortimer (born Caroline Dimont; 12 March 1942 – 20 September 2020) was a British actress. Caroline Mortimer was the daughter of the novelist Penelope Mortimer from her first marriage to the journalist Charles Dimont and the stepdaughte ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Clive Morton Clive Morton (16 March 1904 – 24 September 1975) was an English actor. Best known for playing upper class Englishmen, he made many screen appearances, especially on television. Career In 1955, Morton appeared in Laurence Olivier's film vers ...

(Acting Diploma 1928) *

Wunmi Mosaku Oluwunmi Mosaku (; born July 31, 1986) is a Nigerian-born British actress. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries '' Moses Jones'' (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series ''Vera'' (2011–2012). She won the BAFTA TV Award ...

(BA Acting 2007) *

Patrick Mower Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw; 12 September 1938) is an English actor. He is often known for his portrayal of Rodney Blackstock in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', a role he first played in 2000. Mower has extensively appeared ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) * Pete Murray (Acting Diploma 1944) * Stephen Murray (Acting Diploma 1933) * Corey Mylchreest (BA Acting 2020)

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Adam Nagaitis Adam Matthew Nagaitis (; born 7 June 1985) is a British actor best known for his roles as Caulker's Mate Cornelius Hickey in the AMC television series ''The Terror'' and firefighter Vasily Ignatenko in the HBO miniseries ''Chernobyl''. Nagaiti ...

(BA Acting 2012) *

Alan Napier Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre, he had a long film career in Britain and later on in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered f ...

(Acting Diploma 1925) *

Hildegarde Neil Hildegard Hope Zimmermann (20 May 1939 – 19 September 2023), also credited as Hildegard Neil, was an English actress. Career Born in South Africa, she came to England in 1961 and went to RADA for two years. Neil first appeared on television ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Derren Nesbitt Derren Nesbitt (born Derren Michael Horwitz; 19 June 1935) is a British actor. Nesbitt's film career began in the late 1950s, and he appeared in many British television series throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his ro ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) * John Neville (Acting Diploma 1948) *

Chris New Chris New (born 17 August 1981) is an English film and stage actor best known for his starring role in the 2011 film ''Weekend''. New made his screen writing and directorial debut in 2013 with the short film ''Ticking''. He co-wrote the 2014 ...

(BA Acting 2006) *

Derek Newark Derek John Newark (8 June 1933 – 11 August 1998) was an English actor in television, film and theatre. Career Newark began his working life as a soldier in the Coldstream Guards before joining the Royal Artillery. However, he wanted to beco ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Patrick Newell Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor perhaps best known for playing Mother in '' The Avengers''. Early life and education The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk, an Oxf ...

(Acting Diploma 1954) *

Nanette Newman Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), ''The Whisperers'' (1967), '' Deadfall'' (1968), ''The Stepfor ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) * Robert Nichols (Acting Diploma 1948) *

Sue Nicholls Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943) is an English actress. She is best known for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the soap opera '' Coronation Street'' (1979–1982, 1984–present). Her other roles on British tele ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Carli Norris Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as Anoushka Flynn in '' Doctors'', Martha Kane in ''Hollyoaks'' and taking over the role of Belinda Peacock in ''EastEnders''. Career In June 1997, just before o ...

(Acting Diploma 1997) *

Dean Norris Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Hank Schrader on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series '' Under the Dome'' (2013–2015), Clay "Uncle D ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Rufus Norris Sir Rufus John Norris (born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who was the artistic director and chief executive of the National Theatre from 2015 to 2025. He received the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2025 f ...

(Acting Diploma 1989) * James Norton (BA Acting 2010, left after 2007–2010) *

Pat Nye Patricia Dorothy Nye, OBE (11 February 1908 – 11 April 1994) was an English actress-manager.Kathy Rose O'Brien (BA Acting 2006) * Patrick O'Connell (Acting Diploma 1957) *

Joseph O'Conor Joseph O'Conor (14 February 1916 – 21 January 2001) was an Irish actor and playwright. Early years O'Conor was born in DublinAlan Strachan ''The Independent'', 2 February 2001Stephen GilbertObituary ''The Guardian'', 25 January 2001 on ...

(Acting Diploma 1940) *

Kate O'Flynn Kate O'Flynn (born 1986) is a British actress. She is known for her performance in National Theatre's production of ''Port'' for which she received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 2013, as well as starring roles in plays '' A Taste of Honey ...

(BA Acting 2006) *

Ian Ogilvy Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English actor, playwright and novelist. Early life Ogilvy was born in Woking, Surrey, England, to Francis Fairfield Ogilvy, brother of advertising executive David Ogilvy, and actress Aileen R ...

(Acting Diploma 1968) *

Fredrik Ohlsson Carl Fredrik Walter Ola Ohlsson (12 June 1931 – 18 November 2023) was a Swedish actor. In 1956, Ohlsson won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he made his stage debut as Tesman with Siân Phillips as the title character ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo (born 11 August 1968) is a British actress and narrator. The recipient of a Tony Award, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTA TV Awards, an Emmy Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. She ...

(Acting Diploma 1990) *

Ursula O'Leary Ursula O'Leary (Birmingham, 10 March 1926 – 17 May 1993) was an English stage, radio and television actor.Deaths, The Times, 19 May 1993 O'Leary graduated in stage management from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in 1948. Her stage ...

(Stage Management Diploma 1948) * Hannah Onslow (BA Acting 2019) *

Joe Orton John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967 committed by his partner, was short but highly i ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Rob Ostlere Robert Ostlere is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Arthur Digby in the medical drama ''Holby City''. He made his first appearance on 2 January 2013 and departed on 7 June 2016. Early life Ostlere graduated from the Royal Academy ...

(BA Acting 2008) *

Peter O'Toole Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor known for his leading roles on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include the Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golde ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Clive Owen Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series '' Chancer'' from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film '' Close ...

(Acting Diploma 1986) *

Lloyd Owen Marcus Richard Lloyd Owen (born 14 April 1966) is a British actor. Despite being born in London, he considers himself Welsh due to both his parents being from Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part o ...

(Acting Diploma 1987) *

Reginald Owen John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programmes. Career Owen was born to Joseph and Frances Owen in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, En ...

(Acting Diploma 1908) * Sofia Oxenham (BA Acting 2017)

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Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page is a Welsh actress and presenter, known for portraying List of Gavin & Stacey characters, Stacey Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series ''Gavin & Stacey''. She played Dora Spenlow in the David Copperfield (1999 film), ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Nicola Pagett Nicola Mary Pagett Scott (15 June 1945 – 3 March 2021), known professionally as Nicola Pagett, was a British actress, known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973), as well as being ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Anna Palk Anna Palk (23 October 1941 – 1 July 1990) was an English actress. Born in Looe, Cornwall, Palk was educated at Rise Hall Convent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She m ...

(Acting Diploma 1961) *

Adrian Pang Adrian Pang Yeow Soon (born 8 January 1966) is a Singaporean actor, host, and contracted artiste under FLY Entertainment. A full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1990 to 2010, Pang first came to prominence in the Singapore television scene with his pe ...

(Acting) * Robin Pappas (Acting Diploma 1974) *

Judy Parfitt Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film, and television actress. She made her film debut in the 1950s, followed by a supporting role in the BBC television serial ''David Copperfield'' (1966). She also ap ...

(Acting Diploma 1953) *

Diane Parish Diane Carol Richards (born 6 November 1969), known professionally as Diane Parish, is an English actress, who has been portraying the character Denise Fox on the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' since 2006. A graduate of the Royal Academy of D ...

(Acting Diploma 1991) *

Jamie Parker Jamie Parker (born 14 August 1979) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the original cast for the West End play '' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Shaun Parkes Shaun Parkes (born 9 February 1973) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Koop in Human Traffic and Izzy Buttons in The Mummy Returns. Biography At 16, Parkes enrolled at Seltec College to study drama. Two years later, he wa ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

George Pastell George Pastell (13 March 1923 – 4 April 1976) was a Cypriot character actor in British films and television programmes. Sources vary as to whether his real name was Nino (IMDb) or George Pastellides (BFI). His marriage record gives his name ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Bruce Payne Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in ''Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: End ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Maxine Peake Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in ''Dinnerladies (TV series), dinnerladies'', a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000), as List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Vero ...

(Acting Diploma 1998) *

Jacqueline Pearce Jacqueline Pearce (20 December 1943 – 3 September 2018) was a British film and television actress. She was best known for her portrayal of the principal villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series ''Blake's 7'' (1978–1981), ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Eve Pearce Eve Pearce (17 April 1929 – 13 January 2023) was a Scottish actress. She performed in many Royal Shakespeare Company productions. Early life Eve Pearce was born in Aberdeen to a very poor family and was brought up in a one-roomed tenement, h ...

(Acting Diploma 1950) *

Lennard Pearce Leonard "Lennard" Pearce (31 October 1915 – 15 December 1984) was an English actor who worked in theatre and television. He played Grandad in the BBC television sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' from its first episode in 1981 until his death ...

(Acting) * David Peel (Acting) *

Nicholas Pennell Nicholas Pennell (19 November 1938 – 22 February 1995) was an English actor who appeared frequently on film and television in the 1960s. He emigrated to Stratford, Ontario, Canada, where he became a stalwart of the Stratford Festival. Pennel ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Daniel Percival Daniel Percival was an English actor and businessman. Early life and education Percival was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He attended the University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Y ...

(BA Acting 2005) * Barbara Perry (Acting Diploma 1948) *

Jimmy Perry James Perry (20 September 1923 – 23 October 2016) was an English scriptwriter and actor. He devised and co-wrote the BBC sitcoms ''Dad's Army'' (1968–1977), '' It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' (1974–1981), '' Hi-de-Hi!'' (1980–1988) and '' You R ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Shauneille Perry Shauneille Gantt Perry Ryder (July 26, 1929 – June 9, 2022) was an American stage director and playwright. She was one of the first African-American women to direct off-Broadway. Biography Shauneille Perry was born on July 26, 1929, in Chicag ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in ...

(Acting Diploma 1939, left 1939) *

Conrad Phillips Conrad Philip Havord (13 April 1925 – 13 January 2016), known professionally as Conrad Phillips, was an English television and film actor. He is best known for playing William Tell in the adventure series ''The Adventures of William Tell'' (1 ...

(Acting Diploma 1947) * Jonny Phillips (Acting Diploma 1983) *

Siân Phillips Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's '' ...

(Acting Diploma 1956) *

Jennifer Phipps Jennifer Phipps (born Jennifer Maude, April 16, 1932 – April 18, 2019) was a Canadian actress best known for her work on stage. Early years Phipps was born out of wedlock to Elizabeth Maude in Marylebone, London, England, and "kind of tucked awa ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) * Rachel Pickup (Acting Diploma 1995) *

Ronald Pickup Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 – 24 February 2021) was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in ''Doctor Who''. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific st ...

(Acting Diploma 1964) *

Rebecca Pidgeon Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1965) is an American-British actress who has appeared on stage and in feature films. She is also a singer, songwriter and recording artist. Early life Pidgeon was born to English parents in Cambridge, Massachus ...

(Acting Diploma 1986) *

David Pinner David John Pinner (born 6 October 1940) is a British actor and novelist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared on stage and television in many roles. As an actor, he is known for ''Emergency Ward 10'' (1962), '' Z Ca ...

(Acting Diploma 1960) *

Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramat ...

(Acting Diploma 1949) *

Nigel Pivaro Nigel Pivaro (born 11 December 1959) is a British actor and journalist. He is best known for playing Terry Duckworth, the son of Jack and Vera Duckworth in ''Coronation Street''. Career Pivaro was born in Manchester, England and has Itali ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Tony Plana José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban-American actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show ''Ugly Betty'' and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video ga ...

(Acting) *

Angela Pleasence Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence (born 30 September 1941) is an English actress. Trained in theatre, Pleasence's first major film role came in '' Hitler: The Last Ten Days'' (1973), followed by roles in horror films such as '' From Beyond the Grave' ...

(Acting Diploma 1963) *

Patricia Plunkett Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974) was an English actress, born to an Australian WWI soldier, Captain Gunning Francis Plunkett, and Alice Park. Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit ...

(Acting Diploma 1945) *

Nina Polan Nina Polan (born Janina Katelbach; November 30, 1927 – February 16, 2014) was a Polish actress and theatre director active in the United States.

(Acting Diploma 1948) * Bo Poraj (Acting Diploma 1995) * Lindsay Posner (Acting Diploma 1984) *

Elizabeth Power Elizabeth Power is an English actress. Power began her career in repertory theatre and went on to appear in several West End musicals. However, she is best known for her work on British television, in particular her role as Christine Hewitt in ...

(Acting Diploma 1966) *

Duncan Preston Duncan Preston (born 11 August 1946) is a retired English actor. He is known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood, including his role in the soap opera parody sketches '' Acorn Antiques'' and as Stan in the s ...

(Acting Diploma 1969) *

Sarah Preston Sarah Preston (born in Middlesbrough) is an English actress and writer, who is best known for playing Karen Newburn in ''Holby City'', Amanda Parry in ''EastEnders'' and the "Make-up Woman" whose name no-one can remember in ''Extras (TV series) ...

(Acting Diploma 1994) *

Bryan Pringle Bryan Pringle (19 January 1935 – 15 May 2003) was an English character actor who appeared for several decades in television, film and theatre productions. Life and career Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, he was brought up in the Lancashire town ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) * Tom Prior (BA Acting 2012) *

Jonathan Pryce Sir Jonathan Pryce (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nom ...

(Acting Diploma 1971) *

Bruce Purchase Bruce Purchase (2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) was a New Zealand actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a foundin ...

(Acting Diploma 1962) *

Koel Purie Koel Purie Rinchet is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter. Biography Purie made her debut with Rahul Bose's directorial venture '' Everybody Says I'm Fine!'' in 2001 and later featured in ''Road to Ladakh,'' starr ...

(BA Acting 2002) *

Paul Pyant Paul Pyant (born 22 July 1953) is a British lighting designer, whose designs have been featured in the West End, on Broadway and in opera houses around the world. He has been nominated for several Olivier Awards and Tony Awards, winning the Oli ...

(Stage Electrics and Lighting Design Diploma 1973) *

Frederick Pyne Frederick Pyne (born 30 December 1936) is an English actor best known for his role as original character Matt Skilbeck on the ITV soap ''Emmerdale Farm'' from 1972 to 1989. Pyne attended Holloway County Grammar School (now Holloway School). ...

(Acting Diploma 1962)

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John Quarmby John Quarmby (18 June 1929 – 5 April 2019) was an English actor. Biography Quarmby was born in Liverpool and after two years' national service in the RAF joined RADA in 1949. Repertory work dominated the first twenty years of his career, ...

(Acting Diploma 1951) *

Anna Quayle Anne Veronica Maria Quayle (6 October 1932 – 16 August 2019), known professionally as Anna Quayle, was an English actress. In 1963, she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in the original productio ...

(Acting Diploma 1957) *

Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film '' Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969). He also played impor ...

(Acting Diploma 1933)

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Basil Radford Arthur Basil RadfordAdam Greaves, "Radford, (Arthur) Basil (1897–1952)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 201available online Retrieved 3 August 2020. (25 June 189720 October 1952) was an English chara ...

(Acting Diploma 1923) *

Jessica Raine Jessica Raine (née Lloyd; born 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series ''Call the Midwife'' (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film ''An Adventure in Space and T ...

(BA Acting 2008) *

Jenny Rainsford Jenny Rainsford is an English actress. Early life Jenny Rainsford was born to Katharine McMahon and Martin Rainsford. A native of Watford, Rainsford was educated at Watford Grammar School for Girls. At age 17, Rainsford first acted, in ''Macbe ...

(BA Acting 2011) *

Priya Rajvansh Priya Rajvansh (30 December 1936 – 27 March 2000), born Vera Sunder Singh, was an Indian actress, who is known for her performance in Hindi films like ''Heer Raanjha'' (1970) and '' Hanste Zakhm'' (1973), amongst a handful of films she did du ...

(Acting Diploma 1958) * Giles Ramsay * Louie Ramsay (Acting Diploma 1950) * Robin Ramsay (Acting Diploma 1957) *

Mary Jo Randle Mary Jo Randle (born 26 April 1954) is an English actress from Rochdale, Lancashire working in theatre and television. After a childhood in Littleborough, Randle left home to study for a degree in drama at the University of Birmingham but sw ...

(Acting Diploma 1981) *

Devika Rani Devika Rani Chaudhuri (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994), usually known as Devika Rani, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Widely acknowledged as the First Lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani is regarded as one of the greatest ...

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Robin Ray Robin Ray (17 September 1934 – 29 November 1998) was an English broadcaster on radio and television, actor of stage and screen, and musician. The eldest son of the comedian Ted Ray, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was ...

(Acting Diploma 1952) *

Gary Raymond Gary Barrymore Raymond (born 20 April 1935) is an English film, television and theatre actor. Biography Gary Raymond was born in Brixton, London, the younger of twins and the youngest of three brothers, to theatrical parents, both of whom wer ...

(Acting Diploma 1955) *

Ian Reddington Ian Reddington (born 25 September 1957) is an English actor with many stage and television credits since the early 1980s. He became widely known for television roles such as the Chief Clown in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Greatest Show in t ...

(Acting Diploma 1978) *

Joyce Redman Joyce Olivia Redman (7 December 1915Jonathan Croall, "Redman, Joyce Olivia (1915–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 1 April 2020. – 9 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish a ...

(Acting Diploma 1936) *

Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as pa ...

(Acting) *Anne Reid (Acting Diploma 1955) *Jessica Revell (BA Acting 2023) *Jean Rhys (Acting) *Matthew Rhys (Acting Diploma 1996) *Paul Rhys (Acting Diploma 1985) *John Rhys-Davies (Acting Diploma 1962) *Georgina Rich (BA Acting 2004) *Angela Richards (Acting Diploma 1964) *Joely Richardson (Acting Diploma 1985) *Alan Rickman (Acting Diploma 1974) *Daniel Rigby (BA Acting 2004) *Terence Rigby (Acting Diploma 1960) *Diana Rigg (Acting Diploma 1957) *David Rintoul (Acting Diploma 1971) *Andrea Riseborough (BA Acting 2005) *June Ritchie (Acting Diploma 1961) *Simon Rivers (BA Acting 2007) *Alexandra Roach (BA Acting 2010) *Christopher Robbie (Acting Diploma 1960) *Amy Robbins (Acting Diploma 1996) *Rachel Roberts (actress), Rachel Roberts (Acting Diploma 1950) *Joe Robinson (actor), Joe Robinson (Acting Diploma 1948) *Flora Robson (Acting Diploma 1922) *Simon Robson (Acting Diploma 1992) *Patricia Roc (Acting Diploma 1936) *Laura Rogers (Acting Diploma 2000) *Edina Ronay (Acting Diploma 1963) *Hugh Ross (actor), Hugh Ross (Acting Diploma 1968) *Joanna Roth (Acting Diploma 1987) *Derek Royle (Acting Diploma 1950) *Myles Rudge (Acting Diploma 1949) *Sophie Rundle (BA Acting 2011) *David Ryall (Acting Diploma 1964) *Amanda Ryan (Acting Diploma 1995) *Danielle Ryan (BA Acting 2006) *Juliet Rylance (BA Acting 2002) *Mark Rylance (Acting Diploma 1980)

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*Robin Sachs (Acting Diploma 1971) *Peter Sallis (Acting Diploma 1948) *Antonia de Sancha (Acting Diploma 1989) *Rochenda Sandall (BA Acting 2012) *Joan Sanderson (Acting Diploma 1939) *James Saxon (actor), James Saxon (Acting Diploma 1975) *Margaretta Scott (Acting Diploma 1929) *Shaun Scott (actor), Shaun Scott (Acting Diploma 1979) *Angela Scoular (Acting Diploma 1966) *Graham Seed (Acting Diploma 1971) *Johnny Sekka (Acting) *Elizabeth Sellars (Acting Diploma 1940) *John Sessions (Acting Diploma 1981) *Athene Seyler (Acting Diploma 1908) *Eve Shapiro (Stage Management Diploma 1961) *Cyril Shaps (Acting Diploma 1949) *Madhav Sharma (Acting Diploma 1963) *Fiona Shaw (Acting Diploma 1982) *Robert Shaw (British actor), Robert Shaw (Acting Diploma 1948) *Sebastian Shaw (actor), Sebastian Shaw (Acting Diploma 1926) *Michael Sheard (Acting Diploma 1960) *Michael Sheen (Acting Diploma 1991) *Paul Shelley (Acting Diploma 1966) *Joy Shelton (Acting Diploma 1940) *W. Morgan Sheppard (Acting Diploma 1958) *Jane Sherwin (Acting Diploma 1954) *Morag Siller *Gerald Sim (Acting Diploma 1945) *Sheila Sim (Acting Diploma 1942) *Joan Sims (Acting Diploma 1950) *Hugh Sinclair (actor), Hugh Sinclair (Acting Diploma 1922) *Valerie Singleton (Acting Diploma 1956) *Colin Skipp (Acting Diploma 1965) *Jeffrey Skitch (Acting) *Daphne Slater (Acting Diploma 1946) *Erika Slezak (Acting Diploma 1966) *Jonathan Slinger (Acting Diploma 1994) *Dodie Smith (Acting) *Nicholas Smith (actor), Nicholas Smith (Acting Diploma 1957) *Kyle Soller (BA Acting 2008) *Timothy Spall (Acting Diploma 1978) *Jeany Spark (BA Acting 2007) *Roy Spencer (actor), Roy Spencer (Acting Diploma 1956) *Sophie Stanton (Acting Diploma 1991) *Graham Stark (Acting Diploma 1953) *Rebekah Staton (BA Acting 2002) *Imelda Staunton (Acting Diploma 1976) *John Steiner (Acting Diploma 1962) *Shirley Stelfox (Acting Diploma 1959) *Jeanette Sterke (Acting Diploma 1953) *Joan Sterndale-Bennett (Acting Diploma 1934) *Freddie Stevenson (BA Acting 2002) *Gerda Stevenson (Acting) *Juliet Stevenson (Acting Diploma 1977) *Richard Stirling (Acting Diploma 1984) *Nigel Stock (actor), Nigel Stock (Acting Diploma 1937) *Leonard Stone (Acting Diploma 1948) *Sophie Leigh Stone (BA Acting 2008) *Christopher Strauli (Acting Diploma 1969) *Geoffrey Streatfeild (Acting Diploma 2000) *Mark Strickson (Acting Diploma 1979) *John Stride (Acting Diploma 1955) *Imogen Stubbs (Acting Diploma 1985) *Matilda Sturridge (Acting) *Sara Sugarman (Acting Diploma 1989) *Eleanor Summerfield (Acting Diploma 1940) *Dudley Sutton (Acting Diploma 1957) *Nora Swinburne (Acting) *William Sylvester (Acting Diploma 1948) *Elaine Symons (Acting Diploma 2000) *Sylvia Syms (Acting Diploma 1953)

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*Sydney Tafler (Acting Diploma 1936) *Mary Tamm (Acting Diploma 1971) *Stella Tanner (Acting) *Habib Tanvir (Acting Diploma 1955) *Liza Tarbuck (Acting Diploma 1986) *David Tate (actor), David Tate (Acting Diploma 1958) *Jim Tavare (Acting Diploma 1985) *Shaw Taylor (Acting Diploma 1951) *Joan Temple (Acting Diploma 1916) *Michelle Terry (BA Acting 2004) *Josephine Tewson (Acting Diploma 1952) *Torin Thatcher (Acting Diploma 1927) *Abigail Thaw (Acting Diploma 1989) *John Thaw (Acting Diploma 1960) *Gareth Thomas (actor), Gareth Thomas (Acting Diploma 1966) *Luke Thompson (actor), Luke Thompson (BA Acting 2013) *Shelley Thompson (Acting Diploma 1980) *Stephen Thompson (writer), Stephen Thompson (Playwriting) *Stephen Thorne (Acting Diploma 1957) *Peggy Thorpe-Bates (Acting Diploma 1933) *Linda Thorson (Acting Diploma 1967) *Hilary Tindall (Acting Diploma 1958) *Ellora Torchia (BA Acting 2014) *John Tordoff (Acting Diploma 1957) *Margaret Towner (actress), Margaret Towner (Acting Diploma 1930s) *Kevin Trainor (BA Acting 2004) *Stephen Tredre (Acting Diploma 1987) *Frederick Treves (actor), Frederick Treves (Acting Diploma 1948) *Edward Tudor-Pole (Acting Diploma 1977) *Bridget Turner (Acting Diploma 1959) *Kett Turton (BA Acting 2009) *Dorothy Tutin (Acting Diploma 1949) *Máiréad Tyers (BA Acting 2020) *Margaret Tyzack (Acting Diploma 1951)

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*Robert Urquhart (actor), Robert Urquhart (Acting Diploma 1947)

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*Tony Van Bridge (Acting) *André van Gyseghem (Acting) *Tom Varey (BA Acting 2014) *Indira Varma (Acting Diploma 1995) *Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (BA Acting 2003) *John Vernon (Acting Diploma 1955) *Ronan Vibert (Acting Diploma 1985) *Sara Vickers (BA Acting 2010) *James Villiers (Acting Diploma 1953) *Margaret Vines (Acting Diploma 1927) *Tony Vogel (Acting Diploma 1963) *Dick Vosburgh (Acting Diploma 1952) *Craig Vye (BA Acting 2005) *Rukmini Vasanth (Acting)

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*Zena Walker (Acting Diploma 1951) *Phoebe Waller-Bridge (BA Acting 2006) *Chris Walley (actor), Chris Walley (BA Acting 2018) *Shani Wallis (Acting Diploma 1951) *Katherine Walsh (actress), Katherine Walsh (Acting) *David Warbeck (Acting Diploma 1967, left) *Simon Ward (Acting Diploma 1963) *Derek Ware (actor), Derek Ware (Acting Diploma 1957) *Derek Waring (Acting Diploma 1950) *David Warner (actor), David Warner (Acting Diploma 1961) *Barry Warren (Acting Diploma 1955) *Jason Watkins (Acting Diploma 1985) *Peter Watkins (Acting Diploma 1953) *Eileen Way (Acting Diploma 1930) *Feryna Wazheir (Acting) *Catherine Webb (Stage Electrics and Lighting Design Diploma 2010) *David Westhead (Acting Diploma 1987) *Jamael Westman (BA Acting 2016) *David Weston (actor), David Weston (Acting Diploma 1961) *Gary Whelan (Acting Diploma 1976) *Ben Whishaw (BA Acting 2003) *Billie Whitelaw (Acting) *Hugh Whitemore (Acting Diploma 1957) *John Whiting (Acting Diploma 1937) *June Whitfield (Acting Diploma 1944) *Nigel Whitmey (Acting Diploma 1989) *Benjamin Whitrow (Acting Diploma 1959) *Sharlene Whyte (Acting Diploma 1999) *Sverre Wilberg (Acting Diploma 1955) *James Wilby (Acting Diploma 1983) *Brian Wilde (Acting Diploma 1947) *Robert Wilfort (Acting Diploma 1998) *Jeremy Wilkin (Acting Diploma 1950) *Matt Wilkinson (actor), Matt Wilkinson (Acting Diploma 1995) *Tom Wilkinson (Acting Diploma 1973) *Clare Wille (Acting Diploma 1997) *Hugh Williams (Acting Diploma 1922) *Michael Williams (actor), Michael Williams (Acting Diploma 1959) *Anneke Wills (Acting Diploma 1959) *Douglas Wilmer (Acting Diploma 1942) *Julie Wilson (Acting Diploma 1954) *Lydia Wilson (BA Acting 2009) *Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson (Acting Diploma 1965) *Stuart Wilson (actor), Stuart Wilson (Acting Diploma 1969) *Nan Winton (Acting Diploma 1949) *Michael Wisher (Acting Diploma 1959) *Susan Wokoma (BA Acting 2010) *Mark Womack (British actor), Mark Womack (Acting Diploma 1986) *Aimee Lou Wood (BA Acting 2017) *Nicholas Woodeson (Acting Diploma 1974) *Aubrey Woods (Acting Diploma 1946) *John Woodvine (Acting Diploma 1953) *Edward Woodward (Acting) *Sarah Woodward (Acting Diploma 1983) *Peter Woodward (Acting Diploma 1975) *Fenella Woolgar (Acting Diploma 1999) *Jonathan Wrather (Acting Diploma 1992) *Ben Wright (English actor), Ben Wright (Acting Diploma 1933) *Tim Wylton (Acting Diploma 1960) *Alex Wyndham (BA Acting 2005)

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*Stephen Yardley (Acting Diploma 1963) *Peter Yates (Acting Diploma 1952) *Victoria Yeates (BA Acting 2006) *Owain Yeoman (BA Acting 2003) *Susannah York (Acting Diploma 1958) *Kit Young (Acting Diploma 2017) *Ric Young (Acting Diploma 1961)

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