Patrick Tull (28 July 1941 – 23 September 2006) was a
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stage,
film and television
actor
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.
Early life and education
Tull was born in
Bexhill-on-Sea
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,
Sussex,
England
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, the son of Phillida and Richard Tull. His father was an
army
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officer and his mother an actress.
Career
Film and television work
Although never a regular cast member, Tull performed in a number of episodes of well-known
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television series in the 1960s, including ''
Z-Cars
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'', and its spin-off ''
Softly, Softly'', the
soap opera
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''
Crossroads'' and the comedy ''
Dad's Army
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''. He also was heard but not seen in an episode of ''
Doctor Who'' in ''
The Krotons''.
Tull acted in a few films including ''
Mosquito Squadron'' (1969), ''Sex Farm'' (1973), and ''
Parting Glances'' (1986), directed by
Bill Sherwood.
Theatre work
On
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, he was a founding member of
Tony Randall
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's
National Actors' Theatre and appeared in ''
Getting Married
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'' by
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.
Tull's
off-Broadway
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credits include ''
What the Butler Saw'' and ''The Art of Success'' at the
Manhattan Theatre Club
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, and the critically acclaimed plays ''
Himself'' at the DR2 Theatre and ''Some Voices'' at the Greenwich Street Theatre.
He was a part of many productions in regional theatres throughout the U.S..
Tull received high praise for his work in the one-man play "The Hero of the Slocum", based on
Eric Blau's account of the fire aboard the
PS ''General Slocum'' in 1904, one of the greatest U.S. maritime disasters of the 20th century.
Narrator and reader
Tull is the first of only two people – the other being Simon Vance – to have recorded the entire
Aubrey-Maturin series of nautical
historical novel
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s by
Patrick O'Brian
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in complete and unabridged form. O’Brian once expressed disapproval of a dramatic rendition of recorded novels ("To revert to my ideal reader: he would avoid obvious emotion, italics and exclamation marks like the plague – trying to put life into flat prose is as useful as flogging a dead horse"). Many of Tull's listeners disagree. His lively dramatization of the characters, especially Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and his comprehensive command of the dialects and tenor of the novels endeared him to many O’Brian fans.
Audio File Magazine "Tribute to Narrator Patrick Tull"
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Tull's narration of Ellis Peters' "Brother Cadfael" mysteries earned him a loyal following through 15 of her 21 books in the series.
He also narrated a number of television and documentary films including the seventeen-part series ''Sea Tales'' for the A&E television channel, some of which are available on DVD. He was also one of the most prolific narrators of recorded books in the U.S., featured on 104 productions.
In 2003, Tull performed in the world premiere of "Sydney the Sea Squid" for orchestra and narrator with music by Paul Stuart and text by Barbara Stewart with the Equinox Symphony Orchestra (with Stuart conducting) at the Rochester Institute of Technology
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, located in Rochester
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, New York
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In May 2005, Tull narrated the debut performance of jazz composer and trombonist Ron Westray's ''Chivalrous Misdemeanors'' (based on the novel ''Don Quixote
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'' by Miguel de Cervantes
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) with Wynton Marsalis
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and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
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History
In 1988 the Orchestra was formed as ...
.
Personal life
He was a long-term resident of New York City
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where he died on the morning of 23 September 2006 following a lengthy illness.
Filmography
See also
* List of British actors
* List of people from New York City
*List of voice actors
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1941 births
2006 deaths
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from New York City
English male film actors
English male soap opera actors
English male stage actors
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Audiobook narrators
English expatriates in the United States