His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service he was back in the theatre in a play 'Fifty Fifty' and the 'Seagulls Over Sorento' which ran five years.
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His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service he was back in the theatre in a play 'Fifty Fifty' and the 'Seagulls Over Sorento' which ran five years.
Tivia:
His son, Simon, is a TV director and directed him in two episodes of 'Upstairs Downstairs'.He was born one day after the sinking of the "Titanic".He was the father of three sons, including the director Simon Langton.Upon his death, his remains were cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium in Putney Vale, London, England.He was supposed to have played Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart in The Web of Fear: Episode 3 (1968) but dropped out, so the considerably younger Nicholas Courtney took the part and became a regular cast member in the series until 1975.He married Claire Wilson in 1975, shortly after her divorce from Hughie Green.For many years he was a supporting actor on the London West End stage.
His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn\'t a job for a re
Trivia:
His son, Simon, is a TV director and directed him in two episodes of 'Upstairs Downstairs'.He was born one day after the sinking of the "Titanic".He was the father of three sons, including the director Simon Langton.Upon his death, his remains were cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium in Putney Vale, London, England.He was supposed to have played Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart in The Web of Fear: Episode 3 (1968) but dropped out, so the considerably younger Nicholas Courtney took the part and became a regular cast member in the series until 1975.He married Claire Wilson in 1975, shortly after her divorce from Hughie Green.For many years he was a supporting actor on the London West End stage.
Job title:
Actor
Others works:
(November 1978) He acted in Sir Tom Stoppard's play, "Night and Day", at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Dame Diana Rigg CBE and John Thaw CBE in the cast. Peter Wood was the director.
(1959) He acted in Samuel A. Taylor's
Spouse:
Claire Green (May 1975 - April 25, 1994) (his death)Mona Rosemary Copeman (1940 - 1966) (divorced, 3 children)
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His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service he was back in the theatre in a play 'Fifty Fifty' and the 'Seagulls Over Sorento' which ran five years.
