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Lewis Fiander Biography (1938-)

Born January 12, 1938, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; son of Walter Lewisand Mona Jane (King) Fiander; married Claire Loise Curzon-Price. Addresses: OFFICE--Chatto and Linnit, Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London SW1, England.

Favorite roles: Leslie, The Hostage; John Adams, 1776; and Jack Rover, Wild Oats.

Nationality

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 12, 1938

Melbourne, Australia

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Tom, Accolade, National Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 1954.
• LONDON DEBUT--Hughie, The One Day of the Year, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 1962.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice, and Feste, Twelfth Night, both with the National Company, Melbourne, 1954-56.
• Ishmael, Moby Dick-Rehearsed, and ten other productions for the Union Repertory Company, Melbourne, 1959-60.
• Leslie, The Hostage, Geoff, A Taste of Honey, Launcelot Gobbo and two performances as Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, all with the Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Sydney, Australia, 1960-62.
• first gentleman, The School for Scandal, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1963.
• Lory, Virtue in Danger, Mermaid Theatre, then Strand Theatre, London, 1963.
• understudy title role, Hamlet, de Courcelles, St. Joan, and Domingo, TheRoyal Hunt of the Sun, all with the National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, 1963-64.
• Title role, Stephen D., Citizen's Glasgow Theatre, Scotland, 1966.
• Deacon Pobyedov, The Duel, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1968.
• Christian Talbot, The Pursuit of Love, Bristol Old Vic, U.K., 1967.
• John Adams, 1776, New Theatre (Albery), London, 1970, and at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne then Theatre Royal, Sydney, both 1971.
• Mosca, Volpone, Bristol Old Vic, U.K., 1971.
• Lord Melbourne and Benjamin Disraeli, I and Albert, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1972.
• King Herod, Follow the Star, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1974 and Westminster, U.K., 1975.
• George, Same Time Next Year, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, then Theatre Royal, Sydney, both 1976.
• Jack Rover, Wild Oats, Royal Shakespeare Company, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1977.
• Bluntschli, Arms and the Man, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1978.
• Owen Shorter, Clouds, Criterion Theatre, London, 1979.
• Littleton Coke, Old Heads and Young Hearts, Chichester Festival, U.K., 1980.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Antipholus of Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, with the Royal ShakespeareCompany, New Zealand cities, 1966.
• Truwit, The Silent Woman, Warwick, Saint Joan, and title role, Peer Gynt,with the Oxford Playhouse Company, U.K. cities, 1967-70.
• FILM DEBUT--The Password Is Courage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1963.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Sweeney 2.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Pride and Prejudice.
• Notorious Woman.
• Smith.