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Tony Church Biography (1930-)

Full name, James Anthony Church; born May 11, 1930, in London, England; son of Ronald Frederic and Margaret Fanny (Hart) Church; married Margaret Ann Blakeney. Addresses: OFFICE--38 Rosebury Road, London N1O 2LJ, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

May 11, 1930

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Tito Belcredi, Henry IV, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, U.K., 1953.
• LONDON DEBUT--Tito Belcredi, Henry IV, Arts Theatre, 1953.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Bishop Bell, Soldiers, Billy Rose Theatre, 1968.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Postman, Summertime, Apollo Theatre, London, 1955.
• Paul LaBarca, One Bright Day, Apollo Theatre, 1956.
• Hugo, then Hickey, The Iceman Cometh, Arts Theatre, then Winter Garden Theatre, both London, 1958.
• director of nuclear plant, Sarcophagus, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1987.
• Also appeared as the Emperor of China, Poppy, 1982; title role, King Lear, 1982; Trelawny, Maydays, 1983; Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I, 1984; Shylock and Prospero, The Merchant of Venice, 1987.
• Credits; WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
• Antigonus, The Winter's Tale, and Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, both Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1960.
• first player, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1961.
• Pisanio, Cymbeline, Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Cornwall, KingLear, all Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1962.
• Newton, The Physicists, Lockit, The Beggar's Opera, and Count Fontana, The Representative, all Aldwych Theatre, London, 1963.
• Schoolmaster, Pedagogue, Father, No Why (Expeditions One), and Ferneze, The Jew of Malta, all Aldwych Theatre, 1964.
• Holofernes, Love's Labour's Lost, Ferneze, then Machiavel, The Jew of Malta, and Flavius, Timon of Athens, all Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1965.
• Polonius, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1965.
• title role, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966.
• Antonio, The Merchant of Venice, Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, and Leonato, Much Ado about Nothing, all Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1971.
• Third Knight/Tempter, Murder in the Cathedral, Kostylyov, The Lower Depths, and Pictish Poet, The Island of the Mighty, all Aldwych Theatre, 1972.
• Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet, Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost, and Duke Senior, As You Like It, all Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973.
• John of Gaunt, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973, then BrooklynAcademy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1974.
• title role, King Lear, The Other Place, Stratford-on-Avon, then The Place, London, both 1974.
• Belarius, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1974.
• various roles, The Beast, The Place, 1974.
• Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost, Aldwych Theatre, 1975.
• title role, King Lear, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1975.
• Henry VII, Perking Warbeck, and Buckingham and Richmond, Richard III, TheOther Place, both 1975.
• Ulysses, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, then Aldwych Theatre, 1977.
• Gloucester, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1977.
• Rorlund, Pillars of the Community, Aldwych Theatre, 1977.
• Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost, Aldwych Theatre, 1979.
• Old Gobbo and Tubal, The Merchant of Venice, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1979.
• Menelaus and Odysseus, The Greeks, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.
• Polonius, Hamlet, and York, Richard II, both Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1980, then Aldwych Theatre, 1981.
• Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida, Aldwych Theatre, 1981.
• Horsham, Waste, Barbican Theatre, London, 1984.
• Old Knowell, Every Man in His Humour, Swan Theatre, Stratford-on- Avon, 1986.
• title role, The Wizard of Oz, Barbican Theatre, 1987.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Director, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and The Boy Friend, all Northcott Theatre, Exeter, U.K., 1967-70.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, and Malvolio, Twelfth Night, both with the Elizabethan Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1953-54.
• Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida, with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),European cities, 1969.
• Third Knight/Tempter, Murder in the Cathedral, Kostylyov, The Lower Depths, and Pictish Poet, The Island of the Mighty, all with the RSC, Japanese cities, 1972.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Arkwright, Work Is a Four Letter Word, Universal, 1968.
• Parson Tringham, Tess, Columbia, 1981.
• Turold, Krull, Columbia, 1983.
• Also appeared in Darling, Embassy, 1965, and provided voice characterization for The Plague Dogs, United International, 1984.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION SERIES; MINI-SERIES
• "Lily," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS.
• Edward and Mrs. Simpson, syndicated.
• Also appeared in On Giants' Shoulders.