Roddy Maude-Roxby
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Roddy Maude-Roxby is an English actor.
Maude-Roxby has appeared in numerous films, such as The Aristocats
, Unconditional Love, and Clint Eastwood
's White Hunter, Black Heart, playing the British Partner Thompson.
Roddy is also known for his theatrical and TV roles (appeared in The Goodies
episode "Snooze
", Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Peter Cook
and Dudley Moore
's Not Only But Also, Cook's The Establishment
(London and New York) and was winner of Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his stand up work, in which Woody Allen
was also nominated. He was the voice of Edgar in Walt Disney
’s The Aristocats
.
An early innovator at the Royal College of Art
(alongside David Hockney
and Peter Blake
) he was one of the country’s first performance artists before it was a recognised art. He also collaborated in a pre-Monty Python
series entitled The Complete and Utter History of Britain
with Michael Palin
and Terry Jones
amongst others.
Roddy has worked with masks and improvisation for over 40 years and was a co-creator of improvisational games developed at the Royal Court theatre and then as 'Theatre Machine' with Keith Johnstone
.
Maude-Roxby has appeared in numerous films, such as The Aristocats
The Aristocats
The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated feature produced and released by Walt Disney Productions in 1970 and stars Eva Gabor and Phil Harris, with Roddy Maude-Roxby as Edgar the butler, the villain of the story...
, Unconditional Love, and Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
's White Hunter, Black Heart, playing the British Partner Thompson.
Roddy is also known for his theatrical and TV roles (appeared in The Goodies
The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982.The show was...
episode "Snooze
Snooze (Goodies episode)
Snooze is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies— a BAFTA-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.-Plot:...
", Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Peter Cook
Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath," although Cook's...
and Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore
Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE was an English actor, comedian, composer and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in the ground-breaking comedy revue Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s, and then became famous as half of the highly popular television...
's Not Only But Also, Cook's The Establishment
The Establishment
The Establishment is a term used to refer to a visible dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation. The term suggests a closed social group which selects its own members...
(London and New York) and was winner of Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his stand up work, in which Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
was also nominated. He was the voice of Edgar in Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
’s The Aristocats
The Aristocats
The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated feature produced and released by Walt Disney Productions in 1970 and stars Eva Gabor and Phil Harris, with Roddy Maude-Roxby as Edgar the butler, the villain of the story...
.
An early innovator at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
(alongside David Hockney
David Hockney
David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....
and Peter Blake
Peter Blake (artist)
Sir Peter Thomas Blake, KBE, CBE, RDI, RA is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, UK.-Career:...
) he was one of the country’s first performance artists before it was a recognised art. He also collaborated in a pre-Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
series entitled The Complete and Utter History of Britain
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
The Complete And Utter History Of Britain was a 1969 television comedy sketch show. It was created and written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones between the two series of Do Not Adjust Your Set...
with Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
and Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team....
amongst others.
Roddy has worked with masks and improvisation for over 40 years and was a co-creator of improvisational games developed at the Royal Court theatre and then as 'Theatre Machine' with Keith Johnstone
Keith Johnstone
Keith Johnstone is a drama instructor whose teachings and books have focused on improvisational theatre and have had a major influence on the art of improvisation.-Education:...
.