Frederick Simon Treves (born 19 June 1957) is an
English actor,
director and
writer, best known for playing
Harold 'Stinker' Pinker in three series of
ITV
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's ''
Jeeves and Wooster''. In 2018 he played
Aleister Crowley in the short film ''Boca do Inferno'', directed by Luis Porto and shot in
Porto and
Cascais
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,
Portugal.
Biography
Born 19 June 1957 in
Watford,
Hertfordshire
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, England, Treves is the eldest son of actor
Frederick Treves and the great-great nephew of
Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon who treated
Joseph Merrick, the
Elephant Man.
Educated first at
Rokeby School, then
King's College School in
Wimbledon
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and finally
Birkbeck, University of London
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, he trained as an actor at the
National Youth Theatre
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and the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Theatre
As an actor, he has played at many of the leading regional
British theatres. He made his debut with the
RSC
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* Reduced Shakespeare Company, a touring American acting troupe
* Richmondshire Subscription Concerts, a music society in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England
* Rock Ste ...
at
Stratford in 1983,
[ and returned in 1986 to play Joey Percival in Shaw's '' Misalliance'' at the ]Barbican
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Europe ...
.[
Anthony Hopkins cast him as Willy Nilly in his production of '' Under Milk Wood'' for the official opening of the AIR Studios at Lyndhurst Hall, ]Hampstead
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in 1992, in aid of The Prince's Trust. Hopkins then asked Simon to personally assist him on his film and theatre productions of '' August'', an adaptation of Anton Chekhov
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's '' Uncle Vanya'', moved to North Wales. At the Orange Tree, Richmond, he starred as schizophrenic Victorian
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artist Louis Wain in Jane Coles' ''Cat with Green Violin''. He played De Brie in the original 1992 UK production of David Hirson's multi award-winning '' La Bête'' and Bassanes in John Ford's '' The Broken Heart'', both at the Lyric Hammersmith.
In 1999, Treves led the Singapore Repertory Theatre
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company production of ''M. Butterfly
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'' as Gallimard.
In 2008, he played Richard Greatham in ''Hay Fever
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'' at Manchester Royal Exchange.
Television
On TV, Treves played Harold 'Stinker' Pinker in three series of '' Jeeves and Wooster'', starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. His other TV appearances include '' Unforgotten'', '' This England'', ''The Girl Before
''The Girl Before'' is a 4-part television thriller adaptation created by J.P. Delaney for BBC One and HBO Max, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Delaney.
Premise
A traumatised woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist hous ...
'', '' Life'', ''Black Earth Rising
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'', ''Next of Kin
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'', '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man'', '' The Interceptor'', ''EastEnders
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'', ''Doctors
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** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
'', ''Red Dwarf X
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The Beginning may refer to:
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* "The Beginning" (''Eureka Seven'')
* " The Beginning...", an episode of ''Gotham''
* "The Beginning" (''Red Dwarf'')
* "The Beginning" (''Samurai Jack'')
* "The Beginning" (''The X-Files'')
* ...
''), Lynda La Plante
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Early life
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's '' Above Suspicion: Silent Scream'', ''Bodily Harm'' and '' Charles II: The Power and The Passion'', '' Soldier Soldier'', '' Boon'' and '' By the Sword Divided'' (as Charles II). As a child he appeared with his younger brother Patrick on the Christmas 1967 edition of '' Crackerjack''.
Radio
Treves has acted in over one hundred radio productions for the BBC since his debut as Joseph Conrad
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's '' Lord Jim'' in 1985, and was a member of the Radio Drama Company from 1989 to 1991 and again in 2007–2008. Much of his work has been with award-winning radio producer Dirk Maggs, including ''Independence Day UK
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Production
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'', '' The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', '' The Gemini Apes'' and more recently, '' Boscobel'' and '' The Adventures of Sexton Blake''.
In the early 1980s, he regularly voiced trails for one of the first UK breakfast TV channels, TV-am. Other voice-over work was for Channel 4's '' Right to Reply'', BBC One and numerous radio, film and commercial companies. He also voices a character on the computer game, '' Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon''.
Writing
His play '' Bitter with a Twist'' was produced by the Bristol Old Vic in 1999, and is published by Faber & Faber.Jim Broadbent
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's ''A Sense of History
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'' for the stage; wrote and directed ''Smile'' for Miniaturists 24 at the Arcola Arcola may refer to:
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; Australia
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;England
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; and devised and scripted ''Neither Here nor There
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''Either/Or'' (Danish: ''Enten – Eller'') is the first published work of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Appearing in two vol ...
'' (a celebration of cult Scottish comic Chic Murray), broadcast on BBC Radio 2
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in August 2007.[
]
Directing
Treves was awarded a Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...
(MFA) in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck, University of London
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, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £4.3 m (2014)
, budget = £10 ...
in 2005,[ and directed the stage premiere of the original one-act television version of Terry Johnson & Kate Lock's ''Tuesday's Child'' at Hampstead Theatre in 2005.
]
Personal life
Treves married Mirela (née Kalicanin) in 2001 and lives in Buckinghamshire
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. They have two sons.
References
External links
*
Bitter with a Twist on the Faber and Faber website
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1957 births
Living people
People educated at King's College School, London
English male stage actors
English male television actors
English male Shakespearean actors
Royal Shakespeare Company members
Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
People from Watford
Male actors from Hertfordshire
National Youth Theatre members