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John Nettleton Biography (1929-)

Born February 5, 1929, in London, England; son of Alfred and Dorothy (Pratt)Nettleton; married Deirdre Doone. Addresses: OFFICE--24 The Avenue, St. Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.

Favorite roles: Jaques in As You Like It; Polonius in Hamlet.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 5, 1929

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, St. James Theatre, 1951.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Peasant, The Burnt Flower Bed, Arts Theatre, London, 1955.
• husband, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1956.
• Lord Mulligan, Camino Real, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1957.
• Harry, All Kinds of Men, Arts Theatre, 1957.
• doctor, Shadow of Heroes, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1958.
• Albert, Rollo, Strand Theatre, London, 1959.
• Mr. McBryde, A Passage to India, Comedy Theatre, London, 1960.
• Subtle, The Alchemist, Cambridge Theatre Company, Cambridge, U.K., 1970.
• headmaster, A Voyage 'round My Father, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1970.
• Dr. Kroll, Rosmersholm, Greenwich Theatre, 1973.
• Sicinius Velutus, Coriolanus, Aldwych Theatre, 1973.
• Agydus, Tamburlaine the Great, Part I, Sigismund, Tamburlaine the Great,Part II, both Olivier Theatre, London, 1976.
• Polonius, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1977.
• Serapion, All for Love, Lepidus, Antony and Cleopatra, both Old Vic Theatre, 1977.
• Lord Summerhays, Misalliance, Windsor Theatre, London, 1978.
• Fenwick, Then and Now, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1979.
• Roy Jenkins, Anyone for Denis?, Whitehall Theatre, London, 1981.
• Also performed in repertory at Nottingham, U.K., 1955.
• All with the Royal Shakespeare Company: Mannoury, The Devils, Agamemnon,Troilus and Cressida, Gilbert Foliot, Curtmantle, all Aldwych Theatre, London, 1962; Bubnov, The Lower Depths, Arts Theatre, 1962; Snug, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Archbishop Orsenigo, The Representative, both Aldwych Theatre, 1963; Taffy, Afore Night Come, General Lonsegur, Victor, Barnadine, The Jew of Malta, Sir Hugh Evans, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and appeared in The Hollow Crown, all Aldwych Theatre, 1964; Fluellen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry V,Aldwych Theatre, 1965.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Morocco, Duke, The Merchant of Venice, Elizabethan Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1954.
• Oliver, Me Times Me, U.K. cities, 1972.
• Jaques, As You Like It, National Theatre Company, North American cities,1974.
• Jim, When the Wind Blows, U.K. cities, 1984-85.
• Also played small parts with the Royal Shakespeare Company's tour of NewZealand and Australian cities, 1953, and appeared in The Hollow Crown, RoyalShakespeare Company, U.K. and U.S. cities, 1964.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• A Man for All Seasons, Columbia, 1966.
• Black Beauty, Paramount, 1971.
• Also And Soon the Darkness.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Yes, Prime Minister.
• Credits; MOVIES
• A Perfect Spy.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• The Country Wife.
• Henry VII.
• The Tempest.
• East of Ipswich.