biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1944– )
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| biography:
| Actor, born in Salford, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He worked in repertory, appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and toured with the Bristol Old Vic. He became widely known through his role in the television series Jude the Obscure (1971), and for his title role in the Franco Zeffirelli film for television, Jesus of Nazareth (1977). His feature film roles include Secrets (1971), The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978), Frankenstein (1984), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993). Later television work includes The Detectives (1989) - reprised in a 1992 comedy series with Jasper Carrott - and The First Circle (1991). |
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