Marius Re Goring (23 May 191230 September 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in '' A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian Craster in '' The Red Shoes''. He is also known for playing the titular role in the long-running TV drama series, '' The Expert''. He regularly performed French and German roles, and was frequently cast in the latter because of his name, coupled with his red-gold hair and blue eyes. However, in a 1965 interview, he explained that he was not of German descent, stating that " Goring is a completely English name."

Life and career

Goring was born in

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, the son of the eminent physician and researcher Dr Charles Buckman Goring (1870-1919), the author of ''The English Convict'', and Kate Winifred (née Macdonald, 1874–1964), a professional pianist of Scottish descent who was also a

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. He had an older brother, Donald, who died in

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, in 1936, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. After attending

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, where he became a friend of an older boy, the future documentary film maker Humphrey Jennings, Goring studied modern languages at the universities of

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and

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.Tom Vallenc
Obituary: Marius Goring
''The Independent'', 2 October 1998 Encouraged by both of his parents to pursue his acting ambitions, he made his professional debut in 1927 playing Harlequin. He studied under Harcourt Williams at the

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dramatic school from 1929 to 1932. In 1931, he toured Germany and France with the English Classical Players performing in Shakespearean and classic English plays. Having become fluent in French and German, he joined La Compagnie des Quinze, under the directorship of Michel Saint-Denis, in 1934. He would later encourage Saint-Denis to come to England and work as a director. His early stage career in England included appearances at the

, Sadler's Wells and in the West End from 1932 through to 1940. During that period, he played a variety of Shakespearean roles at the Old Vic, including the title role in ''

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'' and Romeo in ''

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'' (1933), Feste in ''

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'' (1937), in addition to Trip in Sheridan's '' The School for Scandal''. He first worked in the West End in a 1934 revival of Granville-Barker's '' The Voysey Inheritance'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre. In 1929, he became a founding member of British Equity, the actors' union, served on its council from 1949 and was three times its vice-president from 1963 to 1965, 1975 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1982. Goring's relationship with his union was fraught with conflict: he took it to litigation on three occasions. In 1978, regarding the issue of the supremacy of a referendum to decide Equity rules, he took it as far as the

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and won his case. In 1992, he unsuccessfully sought to end the restriction on the sale of radio and television programmes to

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. Stressing that he opposed apartheid and would not perform for segregated audiences, he argued that the ban was depriving actors of work, and stated that he wished to stage a production of the play '' She Stoops to Conquer'' with an all-black cast. This particular litigation nearly bankrupted him, due to heavy court costs. In November 1931, at the age of nineteen, he married twenty-nine year old Mary Westwood Steel (1902-1994) at Gretna Green, Scotland (they had a second marriage ceremony in a London register office in February 1932) and their only child, a daughter Phyllida Mariette Goring, was born in March 1932 and died in 2018. The marriage did not succeed and he became engaged in 1935 to ballet choreographer and designer, Susan 'Susy' Salaman, older sister of Merula Salaman, wife of

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. Susy contracted acute

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in late 1935 and was left brain-damaged. Goring wanted to go ahead with the wedding but Susy's father, Michel Salaman, would not allow it. In 1935, he co-founded the London Theatre Studio with Michel Saint-Denis, George Devine and Glen Byam Shaw. It trained actors, directors and designers and was a precursor of the Old Vic Theatre School; Goring taught Shakespeare there. It had to close in late 1939 due to the outbreak of war. Goring's film career began with an uncredited role in '' The Amateur Gentleman'' (1936) with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and a small speaking role in ''

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'' (also 1936). He shared his one scene in this film with the star Charles Laughton, with whom he had previously worked on stage at the Old Vic. He made two further films released in 1939: '' Flying Fifty-Five'' with Derrick de Marney where he showed off his comedic skills playing an amusing drunkard and co-starred with Conrad Veidt in his first

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film, '' The Spy in Black'', an intriguing spy thriller set during World War One, where he played a German officer for the first of many times in his film career. When war was declared in September 1939, he was back in the West End as Pip in a production of '' Great Expectations'', adapted for the stage by

. Along with all other plays, it was closed down temporarily by the war but was the first to resume when theatres were reopened in early 1940. He joined the

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in June 1940, and was seconded in 1941 to the

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as supervisor of radio productions broadcasting to Germany as part of the BBC German Service (Londoner Rundfunk). He made broadcasts under the name Charles Richardson (using his father's first name and maternal grandmother's maiden name), because of the association of his name with

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. In 1944 he became a member of the intelligence staff of

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(Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) where he attained the rank of colonel. Because of the broadcasts he had been making to Germany, set up by the Foreign Office as a counter to

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(Lord Haw-Haw), he was put on a Nazi hit-list. In 1941, he married his second wife, the German actress Lucie Mannheim (1899-1976). Mannheim, who was Jewish, had been a principal actress in the Berlin Theatre but had to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power. She worked with Goring in many stage productions from the 1930s onwards and in seven episodes of '' The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'', one of which he wrote especially for her, as well as in several films. Mannheim died in 1976, and the next year Goring married television director/producer Prudence Fitzgerald (1930-2018), who had directed him in many episodes of '' The Expert''. In the film '' A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946) Goring played Conductor 71, whose role is to 'conduct' Peter Carter ( David Niven) to the afterlife. In '' The Red Shoes'', he played Julian Craster, a young composer who wins the heart of ballerina Vicky Page ( Moira Shearer) and clashes with the imperious ballet impresario, Boris Lermontov ( Anton Walbrook). In the film '' Odette'' released in the UK in 1950, Goring played the role of Colonel Henri, a German

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(Military Intelligence) officer who deceived and captured Odette. The film is based on the true story of

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, the first living woman to be awarded the

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. The real Odette Sansom was later a witness at his marriage to Prudence Fitzgerald in 1977. He played Colonel Günther von Hohensee in '' So Little Time'' (1952), which also featured Maria Schell, one of his rare romantic leads and frequent roles playing a German officer. He considered the film one of his favourites, alongside the four films he made with

. His TV work included starring as Sir Percy Blakeney in '' The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'' ( ITV, 1955) (a role which he also performed in a 1952-53 radio show), a series which he also co-wrote and produced; Theodore Maxtible in the ''

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'' story '' The Evil of the Daleks'' (BBC, 1967); Professor John Hardy in '' The Expert'' (BBC, 1968–1976); Paul von Hindenburg in ''

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'' (BBC, 1974);

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in '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'' (

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, 1980) and Emile Englander in '' The Old Men at the Zoo'' (BBC, 1983). Goring's voice provides the narration of the sound and light show performed regularly in the evening at the Blue Mosque in

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. He was made a Fellow of the

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in 1979 and appointed Commander of the

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(CBE) in 1991. He died from

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in 1998 aged 86 at his home in Rushlake Green, East Sussex, survived by his third wife, Prudence and daughter, Phyllida. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Warbleton,

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near Rushlake Green with his wife, Prudence, who died in 2018.

Portrayal in fiction

Goring appears as a character in the 2023 BBC radio play, ''A Wireless War'', in which he is recruited by the Radio Drama Company to voice

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in a serial about the rise of Nazi Germany. He is played by Josh Bryant-Jones.

Complete filmography

* '' The Amateur Gentleman'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

'' (1936) - Baron Leivens (uncredited) * '' Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (1938) - Greening * ''Consider Your Verdict'' (1938 short) - The Novelist * '' Flying Fifty-Five'' (1939) - Charles Barrington * '' The Spy in Black'' * (1939) - Lt. Felix Schuster * '' Pastor Hall'' (1940) - Fritz Gerte * '' The Case of the Frightened Lady'' (1940) - Lord Lebanon * ''

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'' (1942) - German Propaganda Officer * '' The Night Invader'' (1943) - Oberleutnant * ''The True Story of Lili Marlene'' (1944) - Narrator * '' Night Boat to Dublin'' (1946) - Frederick Jannings * '' A Matter of Life and Death'' * (1946) - Conductor 71 * '' Take My Life'' (1947) - Sidney Fleming * '' The Red Shoes'' * (1948) - Julian Craster * '' Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill'' (1948) - Vincent Perrin * '' Odette'' (1950) - Colonel Henri * '' Highly Dangerous'' (1950) - Commandant Anton Razinski * '' Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' (1951) - Reggie Demarest * ''

Circle of Danger ''Circle of Danger'' (also known as ''White Heather'') is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Jacques Tourneur starring Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair and Naunton Wayne. The screenplay was by Philip MacDonald ...

'' (1951) - Sholto Lewis * ''

The Magic Box ''The Magic Box'' is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Olivie ...

'' (1951) - House Agent * ''

Nights on the Road ''Nights on the Road'' () is a 1952 West German crime drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim. It was produced by the veteran Erich Pommer who had returned to Germany af ...

'' (1952) - Kurt Willbrandt * '' So Little Time'' (1952) - Colonel Günther von Hohensee * ''

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By ''The Man Who Watched Trains Go By'' (1952) is a crime drama film, based on the The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel), 1938 novel by Georges Simenon and directed by Harold French. It has an all-European cast, including Claude Rains in t ...

'' (1952) - Inspector Lucas * '' Rough Shoot'' (1953) - Hiart * ''The Mirror and Markheim'' (1954, short) - Narrator * '' The Barefoot Contessa'' (1954) - Alberto Bravano * '' Break in the Circle'' (1955) - Baron Keller * '' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (1955) - Count Philip de Creville * ''Gaslicht'' (1956, TV movie) - Jack Manningham * ''The Magic Carpet'' (1956, Short) * '' Ill Met by Moonlight'' * (1957) - Major General Kreipe * '' The Truth About Women'' (1957) - Otto Kerstein * '' Rx Murder'' (1958) - Doctor Henry Dysert * ''

The Moonraker ''The Moonraker'' is a 1957 British swashbuckler film directed by David MacDonald (director), David MacDonald and starring George Baker (British actor), George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le Mesurier and Pa ...

'' (1958) - Colonel Beaumont * ''An Ideal Husband'' (1958, TV Movie) - Lord Goring * '' I Was Monty's Double'' (1958) - Karl Nielson * '' The Son of Robin Hood'' (1958) - Chester * '' The Angry Hills'' (1959) - Col. Elrick Oberg * ''

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'' (1959) - Georg * ''Asmodée'' (1959, TV Movie) - Blaise Lebel * '' The Treasure of San Teresa'' (1959) - Rudi Siebert * '' Desert Mice'' (1959) - German Major * '' Beyond the Curtain'' (1960) - Hans Körtner * '' Exodus'' (1960) - Von Storch * '' The Unstoppable Man'' (1961) - Inspector Hazelrigg * '' The Devil's Daffodil'' (1961) - Oliver Milburgh * ''The Secret Thread'' (1962, TV Movie) - Arnold Reed * '' The Inspector'' (1962) - Thorens * '' The Devil's Agent'' (1962) - Gen. Greenhahn * '' The Crooked Road'' (1965) - Harlequin * '' Up from the Beach'' (1965) - German Commandant * '' The 25th Hour'' (1967) - Col. Muller * ''Der Monat der fallenden Blätter'' (1968, TV Movie) - Erster Geheimagent * '' The Girl on a Motorcycle'' (1968) - Rebecca's Father * '' Subterfuge'' (1968) - Shevik * '' First Love'' (1970) - Dr. Lushin * ''

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'' (1971) - Prof. Altschul * '' La petite fille en velours bleu'' (1978) - Raimondo Casarès * ''

Meetings with Remarkable Men ''Meetings with Remarkable Men'', autobiographical in nature, is the second volume of the ''All and Everything'' trilogy written by the Greeks, Greek-Armenians, Armenian spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff started working on the Russia ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1982, TV Movie) - Sicilius Leonatus * '' Strike It Rich'' (1990) - Blixon (final film role) *

productions

Television appearances

* '' The Bear'' (1938 short film): Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov, a landowner with Lucie Mannheim * '' Box for One'' (1949 short film): The Caller * '' On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco'' (1952 BBC TV): Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin * '' You Are There'' (1953–1972 CBS TV series): Oliver Cromwell in ‘The Trial of Charles the First’ (1954) * '' Douglas Fairbanks Presents'' (1953–57 NBC TV series): Nicol Pascal in ‘The Rehearsal’ (1954) * '' Lilli Palmer Theatre'' (1955–56 ITC/NBC TV series): Reinhardt in ‘Mossbach Collection’ (1955) and Major Edward Carter in ‘Episode in Paris’ (1956) * '' The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1955–56 ITC TV series): Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel in eighteen episodes with Lucie Mannheim in seven episodes * ''Many Mansions'' (1957 BBC TV short): Lester Hockley * '' BBC Sunday Night Theatre'' (1950–59 BBC TV series): Tommy Savidge in ‘Promise of Tomorrow’ (1950); Chorus in ‘The Life of Henry V’ (1951); Hjalmar Ekdal in ‘The Wild Duck’ (1952); General Harras in ‘The Devil’s General’ (1955); Dr Cranmer in ‘The White Falcon’ (1956); Crystof Walters in ‘The Cold Light’ (1956); Robert Clive in ‘Clive of India’ (1956) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan in ‘The Lass of Richmond Hill’ (1957) * '' International Detective'' (1959–61 ABPC TV series): Ferdie Steibel in ‘The Steibel Case’ (1960) * '' BBC Sunday-Night Play'' (1960–63 BBC TV series): Alexis Turbin in ‘The White Guard’ (1960); General Harras in ‘The Devil’s General’ (1960); Laye-Parker in ‘A Call on Kuprin (1961) and John Lock in ‘The Money Machine’ (1962) * '' Drama 61-67'' (1961–67 ATV TV series): Captain in ‘The Cruel Day’ (1961) and Mervyn in ‘Room for Justice’ (1962) * '' 24-Hour Call'' (1963 ATV TV series): Sam Bullivant in ‘Love for Caroline’ * '' First Night'' (1963–64 BBC TV series): Grieve Wishart in ‘The Youngest Profession’ (1963) * '' Maigret'' (1960–63 BBC TV series): Peter the Lett in ‘Peter the Lett’ (1963) * '' The Third Man'' (1959–65 BBC TV series): Colonel Dimonella in ‘A Question in Ice’ (1964) * '' Love Story'' (1963–74 ATV TV series): Robert Langley in ‘In Loving Memory’ (1964) * '' The Great War'' (1964 BBC/ABC/CBC TV documentary series): Various voices in twenty-six episodes * '' The Mask of Janus'' (1965 BBC TV series): Dr Kapaka in ‘Why Not Call Me Kruschev?’ * '' Thirteen Against Fate'' (1966 BBC TV series): Monsieur Hire in ‘The Suspect’ * '' Out of the Unknown'' (1966–71 BBC TV series): Wattari in ‘Too Many Cooks’ (1966) * '' ITV Play of the Week'' (1955–74 ITV TV series): John Hagerman in ‘The Breath of Fools’ (1957); Purcell in ‘The Darkness Outside’ (1960); Charles Norbury in ‘The Sound of Murder’ (1964), Lewis Eliot in ‘The New Men’ (1966) and Robert Cosgrove in ‘On the Island’ (1967) * '' The Revenue Men'' (1967–68 BBC TV series): Kersten in ‘The Traders’ (1967) * ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'' (1967 BBC TV series): Lord Linchmere in ‘The Beetle Hunter’ * ''

'' (1963–? BBC TV Series): Theodore Maxtible in '' The Evil of the Daleks'' (six episodes in 1967) * ''

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'' (1964–1970 BBC TV series): Reverend Harrup in ‘A Walk in the Sea’ (1966) and Sir Hubert in ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (1967) * ''

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'' (1967–68 ITC TV series): Henri Thibaud in ‘Blind Spot’ (1968) * ''Le dossiers de l’agence O'' (1968 COFERC/ORTF TV Series): Madame Sacramento in ‘Le club des vieilles dames’ (French TV series) * '' Thirty-Minute Theatre'' (1965–73 BBC TV series): Mr Ponge in ‘Mr Ponge’ (1965) and The Interrogator in ‘The Year of the Crow’ (1970) * '' The Expert'' (1968–76 BBC TV series): Professor John Hardy in sixty-two episodes * ''

'' (1974 BBC TV mini-series): Von Hindenburg in ‘The Secret War’ and ‘End Game’ * ''2nd House'' (1973–76 BBC TV series): Humboldt in ‘Saul Bellow’ (1975) * '' Wilde Alliance'' (1978 ITV TV Series): Rex in ‘Things That Go Bump’ * ''

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'' (1978 CBS TV mini-series): Heinrich Palitz in Part One * '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'' (1979 ITV TV mini-series): King George V in ‘Venus at the Prow’ and ‘The Little Prince’ * ''House of Caradus'' (1979 Granada TV series): Bronksy in ‘The Girl in the Blue Dress’ * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (1979–88 Anglia TV series): Dr John Landy in ‘William and Mary’ (1979) * '' Hammer House of Horror'' (1980 ITC TV series): Heinz in ‘Charlie Boy’ * '' Levkas Man'' (1981 ABC Australia TV series): Dr Pieter Gerrard in six episodes * '' The Year of the French'' (1982 RTE/Channel 4/FR3 France 6 part series): Lord Glenthorne in Episode One * '' The Old Men at the Zoo'' (1983 BBC TV series): Emile Englander in five episodes * '' Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense'' (1984–85 ITV TV series): Angus Aragon in ‘The Late Nancy Irving’ (1984) * '' Highway'' (1983 - 1993 ITV Religious Documentary TV series): Guest interviewed by host Sir Harry Secombe in episode 'Festivals' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987 Channel 4 TV series): Episode 3: Divinity of Man: Hermes Trismegistus & Prospero (1987) * ''Woburn at War'' (1987 Anglia TV Documentary): Presenter

Stage appearances

* ''Crossings: A Fairy Play'' (1925) as a Fairy with Angela Baddeley at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge. This was his amateur theatrical debut * ''Jean Stirling Mackinlay Children's Matinee: Dr Doolittle's Play'' (1927) as Harlequin at The Rudolf Steiner Hall, London. This was his professional theatrical debut * ''Jean Stirling Mackinlay Children's Matinee: Dr Doolittle's Play & King John's Christmas'' (1928) as Harlequin at The Rudolf Steiner Hall, London * '' Les Femmes Savantes'' (1930) as Trissotin at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge * ''

, The Merchant of Venice, She Stoops to Conquer & The School for Scandal'' with the English Classical Players (1931) touring Germany and France * ''

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'' (1932) as a Spear Carrier at The Old Vic, London * '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1932) as Persian at The Old Vic, London and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * ''

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'' (1932) as Le Beau at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1932) as Macbeth at The Old Vic, London and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. He undertook 3 performances as Macbeth when Malcolm Keen (Macbeth) and understudy Alastair Sim (Malcolm) were too incapacitated to perform * '' The Merchant of Venice '' (1932) as Salanio at The Old Vic, London. Directed by

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 ...

* '' She Stoops to Conquer'' (1933) as Aminadab at The Old Vic, London * ''

The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...

'' (1933) as Cleomenes at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1932) as Second Lord at The Old Vic, London * ''The Admirable Bashville'' (1933) as First Policeman with Anthony Quayle, Alastair Sim and

Roger Livesey Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell and Pressburger, Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'', '' ...

at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1933) as Romeo with Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet at The Old Vic, London and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * '' The School for Scandal'' (1933) as Trip with Alastair Sim, Peggy Ashcroft,

and Anthony Quayle at The Old Vic, London * ''Shakespeare Birthday Festival'' (1933) at The Old Vic, London * ''

The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

'' (1933) as Adrian at The Old Vic, London and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

'' (1933) as a Faerie with the

Oxford University Dramatic Society The Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) is the principal funding body and provider of theatrical services to the many independent student productions put on by students in Oxford, England. Not all student productions at Oxford University a ...

at Headington Hill Park, Oxford (outdoor performance). Produced & directed by

Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born Theatre director, theatre and film director, theater manager, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his radically innovative and avant-gard ...

* ''

'' (1933) as Sebastian at The Old Vic, London * ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

'' (1933) as Yepikhodov with Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Flora Robson and James Mason at The Old Vic, London. Directed by Michel Saint-Denis * ''

Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...

'' (1933) as Cardinal Campeius/Garter King of Arms with Charles Laughton,

and Flora Robson at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo (Measure for ...

'' (1933) as Friar Peter/Abhorson with Charles Laughton, Roger Livesey and Flora Robson at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1934) as Alonso at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * '' Love for Love'' (1934) as Buckram with Charles Laughton, Flora Robson,

and James Mason at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * ''Shakespeare Birthday Festival'' (1934) at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1934) as Malcolm with Charles Laughton as Macbeth at The Old Vic, London * '' The Voysey Inheritance'' (1934) as Hugh Voysey at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London and Shaftesbury Theatre, London. The Shaftesbury Theatre was his first appearance in the West End * ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'', ''The Rape of Lucrèce'' as Tarquin & '' Riders to the Sea'' as Bartley with La Compagnie des Quinze (1934) in France, Belgium & The Netherlands * ''Shakespeare Birthday Festival'' (1935) at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1935) as Hamlet (short version) and Fortinbras (long version) at The Old Vic, London. Malcolm Keen played Hamlet in the full version performances * ''Noah'' (1935) as Japheth with

as Noah at the New Theatre, London. Directed by Michel Saint-Denis * ''The Hangman'' (1935) as Gallows Lasse at the

Duke of York's Theatre The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster, London. It was built for Frank Wyatt and his wife, Violet Melnotte, who retained ownership of the theatre until her death in 1935. Designed by ...

, London * ''Sowers of the Hills'' (1935) as Aubert at the Westminster Theatre, London. Directed by Michel Saint-Denis * '' Mary Tudor'' (1935–1936) as Philip of Spain with Flora Robson as Mary Tudor at Streatham Hill Theatre, Golders Green Hippodrome, Playhouse Theatre, London and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London * ''Repayment'' (1936) as Paul Novak with Margaret Lockwood at the Arts Theatre, London * ''The Happy Hypocrite'' (1936) as Amor with

Ivor Novello Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical ...

and Vivien Leigh at His Majesty's Theatre, London * ''The Ante-Room'' (1936) as Vincent de Courcy O'Regan with

Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard (born Dorothy Isobel Cox; 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lewisham, South London, Wynyard began her career on the stage. After performing in Liverpool and London wi ...

and Jessica Tandy at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh and the

Manchester Opera House The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring Theatre (structure), theatre that plays host to touring Musical theatre, musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed buil ...

* ''Girl Unknown'' (1936) as Max with Lucie Mannheim at the New Theatre, London and the Golders Green Hippodrome. Produced by Lucie Mannheim * ''

The Wild Duck ''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It explores the complexities of truth and illusion through the story of a family torn apart by secrets and the intrusion of a ...

'' (1936) as Gregors Werle at the Westminster Theatre, London * '' The Witch of Edmonton'' (1936) as Frank Thorney with Edith Evans,

and Michael Redgrave at The Old Vic, London. Directed by Michel Saint-Denis * ''

'' (1936-1937) as First Player and Fortinbras with

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the m ...

as Hamlet, Michael Redgrave and

at The Old Vic, London * ''

'' (1937) as Feste with

and

at The Old Vic, London * ''Shakespeare Birthday Festival'' (1937) at The Old Vic, London * '' Henry V'' (1937) as Chorus with

as Henry V at The Old Vic, London * ''Satyr'' (1937) as Peter de Meyer with A. E. Matthews and Flora Robson at King's Theatre, Edinburgh and Shaftesbury Theatre, London * ''

A Woman Killed with Kindness ''A Woman Killed with Kindness'' is an early seventeenth-century stage play, a tragedy written by Thomas Heywood. Acted in 1603 and first published in 1607, the play has generally been considered Heywood's masterpiece, and has received the mo ...

'' (1937) 5 scenes at the London Theatre Studio. He produced and directed this performance but did not appear in it * '' The Last Straw'' (1937) as Wolfe Guldeford with Lucie Mannheim at the Comedy Theatre, London. Produced & directed by Lucie Mannheim * ''Surprise Item'' (1938) as Arthur Primmer at the Ambassadors Theatre, London * ''Henry Irving Centenary Matinee - Scene from Louis XI'' (1938) at the Lyceum Theatre, London * ''The White Guard'' (1938) as Leonid Shervinsky at the

Phoenix Theatre, London The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located in Charing Cross Road (on the corner of Flitcroft Street). The entrances are on Phoenix Street and Charing Cross Road. The Phoenix Theatre was built on the sit ...

. Directed by Michel Saint-Denis * '' Nora'' (1939) with Lucie Mannheim at the

, London. Goring produced this play but did not appear in it * ''Lady Fanny'' (1939) as Lord Bantock with Lucie Mannheim at the

, London. He also directed this production * ''Nina'' (1939) as Schimmelmann with Lucie Mannheim as Nina at

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin The Gaiety Theatre is a theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen's Green. It specialises in operatic and musical productions, with occasional dramatic shows. History In April 1871, the broth ...

and

, London. He also directed this production * ''

'' (1939) as First Player and Osric with

as Hamlet performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London and at Kronborg, Helsingør, Denmark. He co-directed this production with

* ''Great Expectations'' (1939–1940) as Pip with

as Herbert Pocket and Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham at The Rudolf Steiner Hall, London. Play adapted by

from the novel by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

* ''

'' (1940) as Ariel with

as Prospero and

as Ferdinand at The Old Vic, London. He co-directed this production with George Devine * ''Monsieur Lamberthier'' (1947) as Maurice with Lucie Mannheim in English and German on tour in Germany (British Zone) * '' Rosmersholm'' (1948) as Johannes Rosmer with his wife Lucie Mannheim as Rebecca West at the Arts Theatre, London. Directed by Alec Clunes * '' Too True To Be Good'' (1948) as Aubrey Bagot with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London. Directed by Alec Clunes * ''

'' (1948) as Peter Trofimov at the Arts Theatre, London. Directed by Alec Clunes * ''

Marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

'' (1948) as Ivan Kuzmich Podkolyosin with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London. Directed by Alec Clunes * '' The Bear'' (1948) as Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London. Directed by Alec Clunes * ''The Third Man/Jealousy/Monsieur Lamberthier'' (1948-1949) as Maurice with Lucie Mannheim at the Arts Theatre, London, Oldham Repertory Theatre Club, Manchester and on tour in Germany. Directed by Alec Clunes * '' Daphne Laureola'' (1949) as Ernest Piaste with Lucie Mannheim as Lady Pitts on tour in Germany * ''100 Thousand Talers'' (1950) as Mr von Kammersdorf with Lucie Mannheim at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany * '' The Madwoman of Chaillot'' (1951) as The Rag Picker with Martita Hunt at the St James's Theatre, London * ''

Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...

'' (1953) as Richard III at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw * ''

Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed around 1607, by the King's Men at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre. Its first appearance in print was in the First Folio published ...

'' (1953) as Octavius Caesar with Michael Redgrave as Antony and Peggy Ashcroft as Cleopatra at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford and the Princes Theatre, London. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw * ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunke ...

'' (1953) as Petruchio with Yvonne Mitchell as Katherina at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford. Directed by George Devine * ''

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

'' (1953) as The Fool with Michael Redgrave as Lear at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford. Directed by George Devine * ''

'' (1954) as Octavius Caesar with Michael Redgrave as Antony and Peggy Ashcroft as Cleopatra at the Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague & Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg, Antwerp & Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw * ''Scenes from Shakespeare'' (1957) leading a company to France at the Théâtre National Populaire, Paris and Annecy, Lyons, Lille, Amiens and Douai * ''Scenes from Shakespeare'' (1957) leading a company to Helsinki, Finland including

Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television a ...

, Yvonne Furneaux, Roger Gage, Jennifer Wilson and John Laurie * ''Scenes from Shakespeare and Classical English Theatre'' (1958) leading a company to India and Ceylon including

, Yvonne Furneaux, Roger Gage, Jennifer Wilson and John Laurie * '' Savonarola Brown'' (1960) as Savonarola Brown at the

Royal Festival Hall The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a G ...

, South Bank, London * ''

'' (1962) as Angelo with

Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actors, she is noted for her versatility, having appeared in films and television, as well as for her numerous roles on the stage ...

as Isabella (

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...

production) at the

Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) (originally called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespea ...

, Stratford * '' A Penny for a Song'' (1962) as Sir Timothy Bellboys with

as Dorcas Bellboys (

production) at the Aldwych Theatre, London * ''Menage à Trois'' (1963) as Charles with Phyllis Calvert at the Lyric Theatre, London * ''

King Arthur According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...

'' (1963) as the Narrator at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

, London * ''The Poker Session'' (1963–1964) as Teddy at the

Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...

, Dublin in the Dublin Theatre Festival (1963) and the

Globe Theatre The Globe Theatre was a Theater (structure), theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It was ...

, London (1964). Goring played Teddy in the premiere production in Dublin * ''

Oedipus rex ''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' (, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. While some scholars have argued that the play was first performed , this is highly uncertain. Originally, to ...

'' (1963) as the Narrator at the

, South Bank, London * ''

'' (1964) as the Narrator at the

Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres ...

, London * '' The Apple Cart'' (1965) as King Magnus with Barbara Murray at the Cambridge Arts Theatre,

, New Wimbledon Theatre, Theatre Royal, Brighton and Golders Green Hippodrome, London * '' The Devil's Disciple'' (1965) as General Burgoyne with

Ian Bannen Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish actor with a long film, stage and TV career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for his performance in ''The Flight of the Phoenix ( ...

at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford * '' The Bells'' (1967–1968) as Mathias at the Derby Playhouse,

The Alexandra, Birmingham The Alexandra, commonly known as the Alex, is a theatre on Suffolk Queensway in Birmingham, England. History Construction of the theatre commenced in 1900 and was completed in 1901. The architects were Owen & Ward and the theatre was opened on ...

, the

Grand Theatre, Leeds The Grand Theatre, also known as Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House, is a theater (building), theatre and opera house in Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It seats approximately 1,500 people. Building It was ...

and the Vaudeville Theatre, London. He also directed it in its Birmingham, Leeds and London productions * ''Married Bliss'' (1968) at

and

. He directed this play only and did not act in it. It was curtain raiser to '' The Bells'' * ''Lend Me Five Shillings'' (1968) as Mr Golighty. He also directed it in its production at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. It was curtain raiser to '' The Bells'' * ''The Demonstration'' (1969) as Professor Bright at the Nottingham Playhouse * '' Sleuth'' (1971–1973) as Andrew Wyke at the St Martin's Theatre, London * ''If Music and Sweet Poetry Agree'' (1972) with the

at the

, Stratford * ''Tribute to the Lady'' (1974) at The Old Vic, London * ''The Wisest Fool'' (1974) as James I at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford,

, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Civic Theatre, Darlington, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Richmond Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Bath,

and

Hull New Theatre The Hull New Theatre is a theatre in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1939 as a successor to the Hull Repertory Theatre Company. The Hull New Theatre features Musical theatre, musicals, opera, ballet, drama, ch ...

* '' The Concert'' (1975) as Gustav Hein with Barbara Murray at the York Theatre Royal and the Forum Theatre, Billingham * ''This Wooden O'' (1975) at the Bankside Globe Playhouse, London * ''

Habeas Corpus ''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a legal procedure invoking the jurisdiction of a court to review the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and request the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to ...

'' (1975) as Arthur Wicksteed at the

Liverpool Playhouse The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actre ...

* ''The Sun King'' (1976) at the

Tatton Park Tatton Park is a historic Estate (house), estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall; a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall; Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a Deer park (England), deer park o ...

, Cheshire and

, London * '' Sleuth'' (1976) as Andrew Wyke at the

* ''Jubilee Gaieties'' (1977) at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, New Wimbledon Theatre, London, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, Theatre Royal, Windsor and Wyvern Theatre, Swindon * ''Royal Thames'' (1977) at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Judi Dench * ''Exit: Pursued by a Bear'' (1977) at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre * ''The Sun King'' (1978) at the Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead * ''Woe to the Sparrows'' (1980) as Emperor Franz Josef at Northcott Theatre, Exeter * '' Lloyd George Knew My Father'' (1980) as General Sir William Boothroyd with

Dulcie Gray Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (''née'' Bailey; 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011), known professionally as Dulcie Gray, was a British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist. While at drama school in the late 1930s she met a ...

at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, Theatre Royal, Bath, King's Theatre, Glasgow, Richmond Theatre, London, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Key Theatre, Peterborough, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Nell Gwynne Theatre, Hereford,

, Sunderland Empire Theatre, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, Beck Theatre, Hayes and Theatr y Werin, Aberystwyth Arts Centre * ''

'' (1981) as Arthur Wicksteed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh * ''The Sun King'' (1981) at the Theatre Royal, Windsor * '' Zaide'' (1982) as the Narrator at The Old Vic, London * ''The Sun King'' (1982) at the Fermoy Centre, King's Lynn (King's Lynn Festival) * ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

'' (1982) as the Button Moulder at the Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham * ''The Sun King'' (1983) at the

Queen Elizabeth Hall The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts European classical music, classical, jazz, and avant-garde music, talks and dance performances. It was opened in 1967, with a concert conducted by ...

, South Bank, London * ''Metamorphoses (Opera)'' (1983) as Ovid at the Parry Theatre,

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

, London * ''The Dame of Sark'' (1984) as Colonel Count von Schmettau at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, Playhouse Theatre, Harlow and Key Theatre, Peterborough * ''

The Winslow Boy ''The Winslow Boy'' is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Background Set against the strict cod ...

'' (1984) as Arthur Winslow at the Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe, Grand Opera House, Belfast, Theatre Royal, Norwich, Beck Theatre, Hayes, Towngate Theatre, Poole, Kings Theatre, Southsea, Richmond Theatre, London, Civic Theatre, Darlington, Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay, Theatre Royal, Plymouth, New Theatre Royal Lincoln,

Liverpool Empire Theatre The Liverpool Empire Theatre is a theatre on the corner of Lime Street in Liverpool, England. The playhouse, which opened in 1925, is the second one to be built on the site. It has the largest two-tier auditorium in the United Kingdom and can ...

, Swan Theatre, Worcester, His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Orchard Theatre, Dartford and Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon * '' I Have Been Here Before'' (1985) as Dr Görtler at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, King's Theatre, Glasgow, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Kings Theatre, Southsea, Towngate Theatre, Poole, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Forum Theatre, Billingham, Oxford Playhouse, His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Key Theatre, Peterborough and New Theatre, Cardiff * '' The Apple Cart'' (1985–86) as Nicobar with Peter O'Toole and Michael Denison at the Theatre Royal, Bath and the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London * ''Mystery Plays'' (1986) as God at

Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Located in Canterbury, Kent, it is one of the oldest Christianity, Ch ...

* ''Beyond Reasonable Doubt'' (1988-89) as Lionel Hamilton at the Queens Theatre, London * '' Towards Zero'' (1989) as Matthew Treves at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Cambridge Arts Theatre, The Hexagon, Reading,

, Theatre Royal, Nottingham,

, Derngate Theatre, Northampton, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Theatre Royal, Margate,

, New Theatre Royal Lincoln, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Theatre Royal, Newcastle,

, Forum Theatre, Billingham, His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness * '' Sunsets and Glories'' (1990) as Cardinal

Latino Malabranca Orsini Latino Malabranca Orsini (died 10 August 1294, Perugia) was a Roman noble, an Italian cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, and nephew of Pope Nicholas III. Though revered as 'blessed' by the Order of Preachers, his cause for beatification is still ...

at the West Yorkshire Leeds Playhouse, Leeds with

Freddie Jones Frederick Charles Jones''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (12 September 1927 – 9 July 2019) was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for ...

as Pope

Celestine V Celestine is a given name and a surname. People Given name * Pope Celestine I (died 432) * Pope Celestine II (died 1144) * Pope Celestine III (c. 1106–1198) * Pope Celestine IV (died 1241) * Pope Celestine V (1215–1296) * Antipop ...

. Directed by Stuart Burge * ''Cerceau'' (1992) as Nikolai Lvovitch (Koka) at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond

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