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Tom Courtenay Biography (1937-)

Full name, Thomas Daniel Courtenay; born February 25, 1937, in Hull, Yorkshire, England; son of Thomas Henry (a boat painter) and Anne Eliza (maiden name,Quest) Courtenay; married Cheryl Kennedy (an actress), November 12, 1973 (divorced); married Isabel. Addresses: Manager: Prism Management, Los Angeles, CA.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

February 25, 1937

Hull, Yorkshire, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Konstantin Treplyef, The Seagull, Old Vic Theatre Company, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1960
• (London debut) Konstantin Treplyef, The Seagull, Old Vic Theatre,1960
• Poins, Henry V, Part I, Old Vic Theatre, 1961
• Feste, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre, 1961
• Billy Fisher, Billy Liar, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1961
• Andri, Andorra, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1964
• Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard, Chichester Festival, Chichester, England, 1966
• Malcolm, Macbeth, Chichester Festival, 1966
• Lord Fancourt Babberly, Charley's Aunt, 69 Theatre Company, Manchester, England, 1966
• Playboy of the Western World, Manchester, England, 1967
• Young Marlow, She Stoops to Conquer, Garrick Theatre, London, 1969
• Hamlet, Garrick Theatre, 1969
• Peer Gynt, University Theatre, Manchester, England, 1970
• Lord Fancourt Babberly, Charley's Aunt, Apollo Theatre, London, 1971
• Leonard, Time and Time Again, Comedy Theatre, London, 1972
• Captain Bluntschli, Arms and the Man, Manchester, England, 1973
• Norman, The Norman Conquests, Greenwich Theatre, 1974 , then GlobeTheatre, London, 1975
• John Clare, The Fool, Royal Court Theatre, Manchester, England, 1975
• The Prince of Homburg, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1976
• Faulkland, The Rivals, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1976
• (Broadway debut) Simon, Otherwise Engaged, Plymouth Theatre, 1977. Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1978
• Owen, Clouds, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1978
• Norman, The Dresser, Royal Exchange Theatre, then Queen's Theatre, London, both 1980 , later Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1981
• The Misanthrope, Royal Exchange Theatre, London, 1981
• Uncle Vanya, Circle in the Square Theater, New York City, 1995
• Also appeared in Table Manners, 1974; Andy Capp, 1983; Jumpers, 1984; Otherwise Engaged; Twelfth Night, Royal Exchange Theatre.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Colin Smith, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (also known as Rebel With a Cause), Continental, 1963
• Billy Fisher, Billy Liar, Continental, 1963
• Title role, Private Potter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Private Arthur Hamp, King and Country, Allied Artists, 1965
• Pasha Strelnikoff, Doctor Zhivago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Lieutenant Grey, King Rat, Columbia, 1965
• Robert Hemshaw, Operation Crossbow (also known as Code Name: Operation Crossbow and The Great Spy Mission), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1965
• Navigator, The Day the Fish Came Out (also known as Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria), International Classics, 1967
• Corporal Hartmann, The Night of the Generals (also known as LaNuit des generaux), Columbia, 1967
• Gatiss, A Dandy in Aspic, Columbia, 1968
• Gerald Arthur Otley (title role), Otley, Columbia, 1969
• Baxter Clarke, Catch Me a Spy (also known as To Catch a Spyand Les Doigts croises), Rank, 1971
• Title role, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (also known asEn dag i Ivan Denisovitsj'liv), Cinerama, 1971
• Keep Your Fingers Crossed, 1971
• Norman, The Dresser, Columbia, 1983
• Frayn, Leonard Part 6, 1987
• Jewelry store manager, Happy New Year, 1987
• Antoine Moreau, Posledni motyl (also known as Le Cri du papillon, Le Dernier papillon, and The Last Butterfly), 1990
• William Bentley, Let Him Have It, 1991
• Uncle Tony Cronin, The Boy from Mercury, Blue Dolphin, 1996
• Harold Smith, Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, USA Films,1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Appeared as Dobley, The Lads.
• Movies
• Father Tark Brian, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, CBS, 1973
• Jesus of Nazareth, 1977
• Me and the Girls (also known as Star Quality: Me and the Girls), 1985
• Colin, Absent Friends, 1985
• Bronislaw Malinowski, Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye, 1995
• Roy Southgate, A Rather English Marriage, 1998
• Miniseries
• Daniel Quilp, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1994
• Specials
• Ghosts, 1967
• Also appeared as title role, Private Potter.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• The Guardian, April 30, 1997, p. T12.