Corin Redgrave
Encyclopedia
Corin William Redgrave was an English actor and political
activist.
, London
, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave
and Rachel Kempson
. He was educated at the independent Westminster School
and at King's College, Cambridge
.
On stage, he was noted for performances by Shakespeare (such as Much Ado About Nothing
, Henry IV, Part 1
, Antony and Cleopatra
, and The Tempest
) and Noel Coward
(notably a highly successful revival of A Song At Twilight co-starring his sister Vanessa Redgrave
and his second wife, Kika Markham
).
For his role as the prison warden Boss Whalen in the Royal National Theatre
production of Tennessee Williams
's Not About Nightingales
, Redgrave was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and after a successful transfer of the production to New York, his performance garnered him a Tony Award
nomination for Best Actor in a Play, in 1999.
In 2005, Redgrave had just finished an engagement playing the lead in King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company
in London when he suffered a severe heart attack. In 2008, he returned to the stage a highly praised portrayal of Oscar Wilde
in the one-man-play De Profundis
. In 2009, he starred in Trumbo
, which opened only hours after the death of his niece, Natasha Richardson
.
On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons
(1966), Excalibur
(1981) as the doomed Cornwall, In the Name of the Father (1993) as the corrupt lead police investigator, Persuasion
and Four Weddings and a Funeral
(1994) as Hamish, the fiancee of Andie MacDowell
's character.
Redgrave appeared in British television programs such as Ultraviolet
, The Vice
, Trial & Retribution
, Shameless, Foyle's War
, The Relief of Belsen
and the Emmy Award-winning telefilm The Girl in the Cafe
, in which he played the prime minister. He took the lead part of Sir George Grey in the 1977 New Zealand TV miniseries The Governor
.
He wrote a play "BLUNT SPEAKING" in which he performed at MINERVA THEATRE (part of the Chichester Festival Theatre) between 23 July - 10 August 2002. (review The Mail on Sunday July 28 2002)
, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party
and wrote articles for the official journal of the Marxist Party
. More recently, he became a defender of the interests of the Romani people.
Both Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham
, expressed support for Viva Palestina
, a humanitarian convoy, led by British MP George Galloway
, attempting to break the siege of the Gaza Strip
.
He wrote a memoir about his strained relationship with his father titled Michael Redgrave - My Father, which incorporates passages from Michael's diaries. It was also noted for revealing his father's bisexuality
.
in 2000. In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack
at a public meeting in Basildon
, Essex
. In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson
who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident.
He died on 6 April 2010 in St George's Hospital
, Tooting
, South West London. His funeral was held on 12 April 2010 at St Paul's, Covent Garden
, London.
His ex-wife Deirdre died of cancer
in 1997. His sister Lynn
died of breast cancer
on 2 May 2010, less than a month after his death.
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
activist.
Early life
Redgrave was born in MaryleboneMarylebone
Marylebone is an affluent inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It is sometimes written as St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.-Youth and education:...
and Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson
Rachel, Lady Redgrave , known primarily by her birth name as Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.-Career:...
. He was educated at the independent Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
and at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
.
Career
Redgrave played a wide range of character roles on film, television and stage.On stage, he was noted for performances by Shakespeare (such as Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
, Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV , and Henry V...
, Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony...
, and The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
) and Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
(notably a highly successful revival of A Song At Twilight co-starring his sister Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
and his second wife, Kika Markham
Kika Markham
Kika Markham is an English actress.Markham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn . She has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as an actress...
).
For his role as the prison warden Boss Whalen in the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
production of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
's Not About Nightingales
Not About Nightingales
Not About Nightingales is a three act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1938. The play itself focuses on a group of inmates who go on a hunger strike in attempt to better their situation. There is also a soft love story, with the characters Eva, the new secretary at the prison, and Jim, a...
, Redgrave was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and after a successful transfer of the production to New York, his performance garnered him a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nomination for Best Actor in a Play, in 1999.
In 2005, Redgrave had just finished an engagement playing the lead in King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
in London when he suffered a severe heart attack. In 2008, he returned to the stage a highly praised portrayal of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
in the one-man-play De Profundis
De Profundis
De Profundis refers to Psalm 130, traditionally known as the De profundis from its opening words in Latin.It may also refer to:* De Profundis , a ballet by J...
. In 2009, he starred in Trumbo
Trumbo
Notable people named Trumbo include:*Andrew Trumbo, American politician*Arthur C. Trumbo, original owner of the A. C. Trumbo House*Christopher Trumbo...
, which opened only hours after the death of his niece, Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
.
On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons about Sir Thomas More. It was released on December 12, 1966. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who had...
(1966), Excalibur
Excalibur (film)
Excalibur is a 1981 dramatic fantasy film directed, produced and co-written by John Boorman that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Adapted from the 15th century Arthurian romance, Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, Excalibur features the music of Richard Wagner...
(1981) as the doomed Cornwall, In the Name of the Father (1993) as the corrupt lead police investigator, Persuasion
Persuasion (1995 film)
Producer Fiona Finlay had for several years been interested in making a film based on the novel Persuasion, and approached screenwriter Nick Dear about adapting it for television...
and Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant...
(1994) as Hamish, the fiancee of Andie MacDowell
Andie MacDowell
Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell is an American model and actress. She has received the Golden Camera and an Honorary César.-Early life:...
's character.
Redgrave appeared in British television programs such as Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (TV serial)
Ultraviolet is a 1998 British television serial written and directed by Joe Ahearne and starring Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast. It was produced by World Productions for Channel 4.-Synopsis:...
, The Vice
The Vice (TV series)
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Squad. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police forces vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other such organized crime are regular occurrences...
, Trial & Retribution
Trial & Retribution
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...
, Shameless, Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
, The Relief of Belsen
The Relief of Belsen
The Relief of Belsen is a feature-length drama that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2007. It depicts events that unfolded at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following the liberation of the camp by British troops in April 1945...
and the Emmy Award-winning telefilm The Girl in the Cafe
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a British made-for-television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25...
, in which he played the prime minister. He took the lead part of Sir George Grey in the 1977 New Zealand TV miniseries The Governor
The Governor (TV series)
The Governor was a 1977 New Zealand television miniseries or docudrama on Sir George Grey, co-produced by TV One and the National Film Unit, with Grey played by English actor Corin Redgrave...
.
He wrote a play "BLUNT SPEAKING" in which he performed at MINERVA THEATRE (part of the Chichester Festival Theatre) between 23 July - 10 August 2002. (review The Mail on Sunday July 28 2002)
Politics
Redgrave was a lifelong activist in left-wing politics. With his elder sister VanessaVanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party
Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK)
The Workers Revolutionary Party is a minute Trotskyist group in Britain. In the mid-1980s, it split several ways.-The Club:The WRP grew out of the faction Gerry Healy and John Lawrence led in the Revolutionary Communist Party which urged that the RCP enter the Labour Party. This policy was also...
and wrote articles for the official journal of the Marxist Party
Marxist Party
The Marxist Party was a tiny Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a split from Sheila Torrance's Workers' Revolutionary Party in 1987 by Gerry Healy and supporters including Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. At first, it was also known as the Workers Revolutionary Party,...
. More recently, he became a defender of the interests of the Romani people.
Both Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham
Kika Markham
Kika Markham is an English actress.Markham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn . She has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as an actress...
, expressed support for Viva Palestina
Viva Palestina
Viva Palestina is a British-based registered charity which came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip...
, a humanitarian convoy, led by British MP George Galloway
George Galloway
George Galloway is a British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster who was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010. He was formerly an MP for the Labour Party, first for Glasgow Hillhead and later for Glasgow Kelvin, before his expulsion from the party in October 2003, the same year...
, attempting to break the siege of the Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
.
Family
Corin Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations.- His paternal grandparents were Roy RedgraveRoy RedgraveRoy Redgrave was an English stage and silent film actor. Redgrave was the founder of the Redgrave acting family.-Early life:...
and Margaret ScudamoreMargaret ScudamoreDaisy Bertha Mary "Margaret" Scudamore was an English actress who began in ingenue roles.-Life and career:...
. - His parents were Sir Michael RedgraveMichael RedgraveSir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.-Youth and education:...
and Rachel KempsonRachel KempsonRachel, Lady Redgrave , known primarily by her birth name as Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.-Career:...
. He wrote a biographyBiographyA biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of his father. - His older sister is VanessaVanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
; his younger sister was Lynn RedgraveLynn RedgraveLynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
; through Vanessa, his nieces were NatashaNatasha RichardsonNatasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
and Joely RichardsonJoely RichardsonJoely Kim Richardson is an English actress, most known recently for her role as Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime television show The Tudors and Julia McNamara in the television drama Nip/Tuck...
, and his nephew is Carlo Gabriel Nero. - His first marriage was to Deirdre Deline Hamilton-Hill (1939–1981). They had a daughter, actress Jemma RedgraveJemma RedgraveJemma Redgrave is a fourth-generation English actress of the Redgrave family.-Early life/family:Born in London as Jemima Rebecca Redgrave, she is the daughter of the late actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, the late Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was...
, and a son, Luke, a camera operator and production assistant. Redgrave and Hamilton-Hill divorced in 1975. - Redgrave had two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983) by actress Kika MarkhamKika MarkhamKika Markham is an English actress.Markham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn . She has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as an actress...
. Redgrave and Markham married in 1985 in WandsworthLondon Borough of WandsworthThe London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London, England, and forms part of Inner London.-History:The borough was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but...
, London, and remained together until Redgrave's death.
He wrote a memoir about his strained relationship with his father titled Michael Redgrave - My Father, which incorporates passages from Michael's diaries. It was also noted for revealing his father's bisexuality
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
.
Health problems and death
Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancerProstate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
in 2000. In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
at a public meeting in Basildon
Basildon
Basildon is a town located in the Basildon District of the county of Essex, England.It lies east of Central London and south of the county town of Chelmsford...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry...
. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident.
He died on 6 April 2010 in St George's Hospital
St George's Hospital
Founded in 1733, St George’s Hospital is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals. It shares its main hospital site in Tooting, England with the St George's, University of London which trains NHS staff and carries out advanced medical research....
, Tooting
Tooting
Tooting is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated south south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, South West London. His funeral was held on 12 April 2010 at St Paul's, Covent Garden
St Paul's, Covent Garden
St Paul's Church, also commonly known as the Actors' Church, is a church designed by Inigo Jones as part of a commission by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in 1631 to create "houses and buildings fitt for the habitacons of Gentlemen and men of ability" in Covent Garden, London, England.As well...
, London.
His ex-wife Deirdre died of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
in 1997. His sister Lynn
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
died of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
on 2 May 2010, less than a month after his death.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Camera Three Camera Three Camera Three was a Sunday morning program devoted to the arts. It ran on CBS from 22 January 1956 to 21 January 1979, and moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning... |
TV series (1 episode: "Chips with Everything") | |
| The Avengers The Avengers (TV series) The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants... |
Quentin Slim | TV series (1 episode: "Lobster Quadrille") | |
| Crooks in Cloisters Crooks in Cloisters Crooks in Cloisters is a British-made comedy released in 1964 and starring Ronald Fraser as 'Little Walter' , the boss of a gang of forgers, including Bernard Cribbins as 'Squirts' , Melvyn Hayes as 'Willy' , Grégoire Aslan as 'Lorenzo' , and Davy Kaye as 'Specs' .-Synopsis:After pulling off... |
Brother Lucius | ||
| 1965 | A Study in Terror A Study in Terror A Study in Terror is a 1965 British thriller film directed by James Hill and starring John Neville as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Houston as Dr. Watson... |
Rupert's Friend | uncredited |
| The Big Spender | Copley | TV series | |
| 1966 | The Deadly Affair The Deadly Affair The Deadly Affair is a 1966 British espionage–thriller film, based on John le Carré's first novel Call for the Dead. The film stars James Mason, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret and Maximilian Schell and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn. In it George Smiley, the central... |
David | |
| A Man For All Seasons A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons about Sir Thomas More. It was released on December 12, 1966. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who had... |
Roper | ||
| 1968 | The Gambler | Mr. Astley | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists . It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley.... |
Cpt. Featherstonhaugh | ||
| Theatre 625 Theatre 625 Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line... |
Kelvin Walker | TV series (1 episode: "The Fall of Kelvin Walker") | |
| La ragazza con la pistola | Frank Hogan | ||
| Mystery and Imagination Mystery and Imagination Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by ITV and featured plays based on the works of well-known authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, M. R. James, and... |
Jonathan Harker | TV series (1 episode: "Dracula") | |
| The Magus The Magus (film) The Magus is a 1968 film British mystery film directed by Guy Green. The screenplay was written by John Fowles, based on his novel of the same name. It starred Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina... |
Captain Wimmel | ||
| 1969 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series 1968) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the first adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Peter Sasdy. The serial stars Janet Munro as Helen Graham, Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington.-Plot... |
Arthur Huntingdon | TV series (3 episodes) |
| Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963,... |
Bertie Smith | ||
| Tower of London: The Innocent | Perkin Warbeck Perkin Warbeck Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. By claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, one of the Princes in the Tower, Warbeck was a significant threat to the newly established Tudor Dynasty,... |
TV movie | |
| Canterbury Tales | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.2") | ||
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Willie Tatham | TV series (1 episode: "Aren't We All?") | |
| David Copperfield David Copperfield (1969 film) David Copperfield is a 1969 American television film directed by Delbert Mann based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens adapted by Jack Pulman, who later went on to adapt the Roman saga I, Claudius for BBC Television. The film was made in the UK for 20th Century Fox Television.The film... |
James Steerforth | TV movie | |
| 1970 | The Wednesday Play The Wednesday Play The Wednesday Play was an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. Every week's play was usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured... |
Richard | TV series (1 episode: "Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred") |
| Callan Callan (TV series) Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972... |
Amos Green | TV series (1 episode: "Amos Green Must Live") | |
| Paul Temple | Rolf | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 1971 | Hassan | TV movie | |
| When Eight Bells Toll When Eight Bells Toll (1971 film) When Eight Bells Toll is a 1971 action film set in Scotland, based upon Scottish author Alistair MacLean's 1965 novel of the same name. Producer Elliott Kastner planned to produce a string of realistic gritty espionage thrillers to rival the James Bond series, but the film's poor box office... |
Hunslett | ||
| Von Richthofen and Brown Von Richthofen and Brown Von Richthofen and Brown also known as The Red Baron, is a film directed by Roger Corman, and starring John Phillip Law and Don Stroud as the titular characters.... |
Major Lanoe Hawker VC Lanoe Hawker Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO was a British flying ace, with seven credited victories, during the First World War. He was the first British flying ace, and the third pilot to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded... |
||
| La vacanza La vacanza La vacanza is a 1971 Italian drama film by Tinto Brass. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 1971 where it was awarded the 'Best Italian Film' prize. This was followed by a theatrical release in Italy on 5 April 1972... |
Gigi | ||
| 1972 | Thick as Thieves | Trevor | TV movie |
| 1974 | Anthony and Cleopatra | Octavius Octavius Octavius or Eudaf Hen is a figure of Welsh tradition. He is remembered as a King of the Britons and the father of Elen Luyddog and Conan Meriadoc in sources such as the Welsh prose tale The Dream of Macsen and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae... |
|
| Between Wars Between Wars Between Wars is an Australian 1974 drama/war film released on 15 November 1974. It was directed by Michael Thornhill and written by Frank Moorhouse.-Awards:... |
Dr. Edward Trenbow | ||
| 1976 | Sérail | Eric Sange | |
| 1981 | Excalibur Excalibur (film) Excalibur is a 1981 dramatic fantasy film directed, produced and co-written by John Boorman that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Adapted from the 15th century Arthurian romance, Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, Excalibur features the music of Richard Wagner... |
Cornwall | |
| 1982 | L'ombre sur la plage | Harry | |
| 1983 | Eureka Eureka (BBC TV series) Eureka was a British educational television series about science and inventiveness which was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1981 to 1986... |
Worsley | |
| Wagner | Dr. Pusinelli | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") | |
| 1990 | The Fool The Fool (film) The Fool is a British film, produced and directed by Christine Edzard in 1990 from a script by Edzard and Olivier Stockman.The plot examines the double life of a humble clerk posing as a businessman and moving in upper social circles... |
Sir Thomas Neathouse | |
| 1993 | In The Name of The Father | Robert Dixon | |
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant... |
Hamish - Wedding Two | |
| 1995 | England, My England England, My England England, My England is a 1995 British historical film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Michael Ball, Simon Callow and Robert Stephens. It depicts the life of the composer Henry Purcell, seen through the eyes of a playwright in the 1960s who is trying to write a play about him. It was written by... |
William of Orange William III of England William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland... |
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| Persuasion Persuasion (1995 film) Producer Fiona Finlay had for several years been interested in making a film based on the novel Persuasion, and approached screenwriter Nick Dear about adapting it for television... |
Sir Walter Eliot | ||
| Performance | Angelo/Earl of Worcestor | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Dangerfield Dangerfield (TV series) Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC... |
Patrick Hooper | TV series (1 episode: "The Unfaithful Husband") | |
| Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret | Harry Summers | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Indecent Acts Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s... |
Oscar Wilde | |
| 1997 | The Woman in White The Woman in White (1997 TV series) The Woman in White is a BBC television adaptation of the 1859 novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins. Unlike the epistolary style of the novel, the 2-hour dramatisation uses Marian as the main character. She bookends the film with her narration.... |
Dr. Kitson | TV movie |
| The Ice House | D.C.I. George Walsh | TV movie | |
| Prime Suspects | Commissioner | ||
| Trial & Retribution | Robert Rylands QC | TV series (5 episodes: 1997-2002) | |
| 1998 | Ultraviolet Ultraviolet (TV serial) Ultraviolet is a 1998 British television serial written and directed by Joe Ahearne and starring Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast. It was produced by World Productions for Channel 4.-Synopsis:... |
Dr. Paul Hoyle/John Doe | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin | Judge | |
| The Vice The Vice (TV series) The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Squad. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police forces vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other such organized crime are regular occurrences... |
Lord Buller | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It has been shown on ITV3 as recently as August 2011; series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs.... |
John Woodley | TV series (1 episode: "The More Loving One") | |
| 2000 | Honest | Duggie Ord | |
| Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story | Narrator | ||
| 2001 | Enigma Enigma (2001 film) Enigma is a 2001 British film about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II. The film, directed by Michael Apted, stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet. The film's screenplay was by Tom Stoppard, based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris... |
Admiral Trowbridge | |
| Gypsy Woman Gypsy Woman Gypsy Woman is a 2001 film written by Steven Knight.... |
Devine | ||
| 2002 | Shackleton | Lord Curzon | TV movie |
| Sunday | Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... |
TV movie | |
| Doctor Sleep Doctor Sleep Doctor Sleep aka Close Your Eyes , Hypnotic is a 2002 film directed by Nick Willing based on the book of the same name written by Madison Smartt Bell.... |
Chief Inspector Clements | ||
| Bertie and Elizabeth Bertie and Elizabeth Bertie & Elizabeth is a 2002 television film produced by Carlton Television. The film explores the relationship between King George VI and his wife Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon from their very first meeting to the King's death in the winter of 1952... |
General Montgomery | TV movie | |
| The Forsyte Saga The Forsyte Saga (2002 miniseries) In 2002 the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network... |
Jolyon Forsyte Sr. | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |
| Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Sir James Beatty | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2003 | To Kill a King To Kill a King To Kill a King is a UK 2003 English Civil War film directed by Mike Barker, starring Tim Roth and Dougray Scott. It relates the relationship between Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax in the post-war period from 1648 until the former's death, in 1658. It deals with the corruption of Parliament... |
Baron Vere | |
| Imagine Imagine (TV series) Imagine is a wide ranging arts series first broadcast on BBC One in 2003, hosted and executive produced by Alan Yentob. Each series usually consists of 4 to 7 episodes, each on a different topic... |
Sir John Soane | TV series (1 episode: "Entertaining Mr. Soane") | |
| Foyle's War | ACC Rose | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2004 | Shameless Shameless Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004... |
Mr. Hammersley | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5") |
| Enduring Love | Professor | ||
| Spooks Spooks Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a... |
David Swift | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.4") | |
| 2005 | The Trial of the King Killers | Sir Orlando Bridgman | |
| The Girl in the Cafe | Prime Minister | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Welcome to World War One | short | |
| 2007 | The Relief of Belsen The Relief of Belsen The Relief of Belsen is a feature-length drama that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2007. It depicts events that unfolded at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following the liberation of the camp by British troops in April 1945... |
Glyn Hughes Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MC, MRCS was a British military officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and later medical administrator, educationalist and sports administrator... |
TV movie |
| 2008 | La rabbia | Producer 1 | |
| 2009 | The Calling | The Bishop | |
| Glorious 39 | Oliver | ||
| The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (TV 2009) The Turn of the Screw is a 2009 British television film directed by Tim Fywell, and loosely based on the 1898 novel of the same name by Henry James.-Plot:... |
Professor | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Eva | ||
| Moving On Moving On (TV series) Moving On is a British television series consisting of standalone contemporary dramas first shown on daytime BBC One. Although originally broadcast in an early-afternoon slot, less than a month after the initial airing the first series was repeated to an evening audience... |
Gabe | TV series (1 episode: "The Test") |
External links
- BBC Radio Plays by Corin Redgrave
- Corin Redgrave Online memorial page
- Times obituary
- BBC News obituary
- Obituary in Socialist WorkerSocialist WorkerSocialist Worker is the name of several socialist/communist newspapers associated with the International Socialist Tendency...