Anthony Andrews
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Anthony Andrews in 1982 by Allan Warren |
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| Born | Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews 12 January 1948 Finchley, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Georgina Simpson (m. 1971) |
Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews1 (pron.: /ˈæntəni ˈændruːz/; born 12 January 1948) is an English actor best known for his role as Lord Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 ITV miniseries Brideshead Revisited.
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Life and career
Andrews was born in London, the son of Geraldine Agnes (née Cooper), a dancer, and Stanley Thomas Andrews, an arranger and conductor for the BBC.1 He grew up in the North Finchley district of London. At the age of eight he undertook dancing lessons, making his stage debut as the White Rabbit in a stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.2
After a series of short term "fill-in" jobs that included catering, farming and journalism, he secured a position at the Chichester Theatre where he worked as an assistant stage manager and later as a stand-in producer. He auditioned in 1968 for a production of Alan Bennett's new play, Forty Years On, which featured John Gielgud as the headmaster of a British public school during the First World War period. Andrews was cast as Skinner, one of twenty schoolboys; the role gave him the opportunity at an early age of working with Gielgud.
His subsequent work includes a leading role in Brideshead Revisited as Lord Sebastian Flyte.3 In 1982, he won a Golden Globe and BAFTA TV Award for his performance, and was nominated for an Emmy Award. In the United States, Andrews is best known for his portrayal of the titular character in Ivanhoe as well as that of Sir Percy Blakeney in the 1982 film, The Scarlet Pimpernel.3 He was the main star of the ITV television series Danger UXB, in which Andrews plays a British bomb disposal officer in World War II during the London Blitz.3 The series first aired in the United States in 1979 on Masterpiece Theatre.
He played Professor Higgins in a stage version of My Fair Lady (2001) and Count Fosco in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White.[1]
He was the narrator for a 21st Anniversary BBC Radio 2 special broadcast of Cameron Mackintosh's musical Les Misérables, sung by the then West End cast at the Mermaid Theatre in London on Sunday 8 October 2006. Andrews appeared as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in the 2010 film The King's Speech, for which he won a SAG Award along with Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush and Timothy Spall.
In 2003 Andrews survived a case of water intoxication. The condition, known as hyponatraemia, is caused by the dilution of sodium in the body. It has similar symptoms to dehydration, such as headaches, nausea and cramp. Whilst performing as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady he would consume up to eight litres of water a day. He lost consciousness and spent 3 days in intensive care.4
He married Georgina Simpson of the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store family. Their daughter Amy is a god-daughter of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal.5
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 1972 | A War of Children | Reg Hogg | ||
| 1972 | A Day Out | Brother | ||
| 1974 | Percy's Progress | Catchpole | ||
| 1974 | Take Me High | Hugo Flaxman | ||
| 1975 | Operation: Daybreak | Jozef Gabcik | ||
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | BBC Television Shakespeare | |
| 1981 | Mistress of Paradise | Buckley | ||
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Wilfred of Ivanhoe | ||
| 1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Percy Blakeney | ||
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | Tony Browne | ||
| 1984 | Under the Volcano | Hugh Firmin | ||
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant | Johann von Tiebolt / Jonathan Tennyson | ||
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen | as Maj. Richard Meinertzhagen | ||
| 1987 | The Second Victory | Maj. Hanlon | ||
| 1988 | Bluegrass | Michael Fitzgerald | ||
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved | The Prince of Wales | ||
| 1988 | Hanna's War | McCormack | ||
| 1990 | Hands of a Murderer | Professor Moriarty | ||
| 1991 | Lost in Siberia | Andrei Miller | ||
| 1992 | Jewels | William Whitfield | ||
| 1995 | Haunted | Robert Mariell | ||
| 1997 | Mothertime | Robin | ||
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Edward Murdstone | ||
| 2006 | Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs | Tommy Beresford | ||
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin | Won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 1968 | The Wednesday Play | Harry | ||
| 1972 | Dixon of Dock Green | Paul Richards | ||
| 1972 | Doomwatch | Carlos | ||
| 1972 | Follyfoot | Lord Beck | ||
| 1972 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Michael Warren / Vernon Warren | Episode "The Judge's Wife" | |
| 1974 | The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Nigel Olifaunt | ||
| 1974 | QB VII | Stephen Kelno | ||
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Lord Silverbridge | ||
| 1974 | David Copperfield | James Steerforth | ||
| 1975 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Lord Robert Stockbridge / The Marquis of Stockbridge | ||
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Marcus Carrington | ||
| 1976 - 1977 | Play of the Month | Various characters | In "French Without Tears", "London Assurance", and "The Country Wife" | |
| 1977 | Wings | Lt. Walker | ||
| 1977 | ITV Sunday Night Drama | Harry | Episode "A Superstition" | |
| 1979 | Danger UXB | Brian Ash | ||
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Tony Selkirk | ||
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Lord Sebastian Flyte | Won BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, nominated for Emmy Award | |
| 1984 | Play for Today | John Loomis | Episode "Z for Zachariah" | |
| 1985 | A.D. | Nero | ||
| 1988 | American Playhouse | Johnnie Aysgarth | Episode "Suspicion" | |
| 1989 | A Fine Romance | Michael Trent | ||
| 1989 | Columbo | Elliot Blake | ||
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | Episode "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" | |
| 1992 | Screen Two | Christopher Edwardes | ||
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Luke Crossland | ||
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | Jonathan | ||
| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate | Boy | ||
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | King George VI | ||
| 2004 | Rosemary & Thyme | Richard Oakley | ||
| 2012 | Birdsong | Colonel Barclay |
Producer
- Lost in Siberia (1991)
- Haunted (1995)
Theatrical roles
- Count Fosco in The Woman in White
- Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
- Pastor Manders in Ghosts
- Seasons with The New Shakespeare Company and Chichester Festival Theatre
- Somerset Maugham's The Letter at the Wyndham's Theatre, London (2007)
- Oscar in premiere of Bully Boy at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (2011)
- Coming In To Land at the National Theatre, London
References
- ^ a b "Anthony Corin Andrews Biography (1948-)". Filmreference.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ vgl. Debut : Anthony Andrews. In: The Independent (London), 25. April 2001, Features, S. 10
- ^ a b c Quinlan, David (1996) Quinlan's Film Stars, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-7751-2, p. 16
- ^ BBC News, 4 July 2003, Actor Andrews in Water Overdose. Accessed 31 July 2012.
- ^ http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~canyon/godchildren.htm#Anne
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