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Anthony Andrews (pronounced /ˈæntəni ˈændruːz/; born 12 January 1948 in London) is an English actor, best known for his role in Brideshead Revisited playing the doomed Sebastian Flyte, winning an Emmy for his performance. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British Television serial based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. Lord Sebastian Flyte is a charming but self destructive and ultimately tragic Fictional character from the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited.
Andrews' father was a musical arranger and conductor and his mother a dancer. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey, Hertfordshire as his father had been a Freemason and died when Andrews was only 5 years old. The Royal Masonic School for Boys was an independent school for boys in England
He originally considered the Army as a career, but instead took a job as a stagehand at the Chichester Festival Theatre. A stagehand is a person who works backstage or behind the scenes in theatres film television or location performance Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie In 1971, he married Georgina Simpson, heiress to the Piccadilly stores empire, Simpsons of Piccadilly, having fallen in love with her from a photo he saw. Simpsons of Piccadilly was a large retail shop which traded at 203-206 Piccadilly in central London and was built as a quality clothing store specifically for men They have three children; Joshua, Jessica and Amy-Samantha. Princess Anne is Amy-Samantha's godmother.
He played Professor Higgins in a stage version of My Fair Lady (2001) and Count Fosco in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones based on the novel The Woman in White [1]
He was the narrator for a 21st Anniversary BBC Radio 2 special broadcast of Cameron Mackintosh's musical, Les Misérables, sung by the (at the time) current West End cast at the Mermaid Theater in London on Sunday 8 October 2006. Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born) is a British Theatrical producer notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
He has been a guest at many royal weddings. He attended Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday party. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925
He recently said in an interview that "Remakes are often an excuse to associate young movie stars with a good title. They think it adds up to magic. "
The television series Remington Steele was created for Anthony, but he turned down the part. Remington Steele is an American television series produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982
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Television roles
- Prefect in Alma Mater (1971)
- Robert, Marquis of Stockbridge in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
- Reg Hogg in A War of Children (1972)
- Stephen Kelno in QB VII (1974)
- Lord Silverbridge in The Pallisers (1974)
- Marcus Carrington in "Lottie's Boy," an episode of The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
- Lieutenant Brian Ash in Danger UXB (1979)
- Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited (1981)
- Wilfred of Ivanhoe in Ivanhoe (1982)
- Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
- Tony Browne in Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
- Johnnie Aysgarth in Suspicion (1987)
- Edward VIII (The Prince of Wales) in The Woman He Loved (1988)
- Dr. Alma Mater was a BBC Play for Today which was originally broadcast on 7 January 1971 and which was written by David Hodson. This is a list of characters from the ITV Drama Upstairs Downstairs, that aired from 1970 to 1975 Upstairs Downstairs is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning British Drama set in a large Townhouse in Edwardian QB VII by Leon Uris was a best seller published in 1970 This four-part novel highlights the events leading to a life-shattering libel trial in the United Kingdom The Pallisers is a 1974 BBC Television adaptation of Anthony Trollope 's Palliser novels. The Duchess Of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925 Danger UXB was a 1979 British ITV television series about a squad of Royal Engineers with the duty of defusing Unexploded ordnance Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British Television serial based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. Ivanhoe is a 1982 TV film adaptation of Sir Walter Scott 's novel of the same name. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 adventure movie set during the French Revolution Sparkling Cyanide is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in February Suspicion ( 1941) is a romantic Psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Elliott Blake in Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989)
- Christopher Edwards in The Law Lord (1991)
- William Whitfield in Danielle Steel's Jewels (1992)
- Luke Crossland in Heartstones (1996)
- Robin in Mothertime (1997)
- Mr. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886 Heartstones is a novella by British author Ruth Rendell, published in 1987 Synopsis Vanessa and her siblings watch as their divorced mother once again becomes drunk making the children believe their Christmas will be ruined once again Edward Murdstone in David Copperfield (2000)
- Tommy Beresford in Marple: By the Pricking of my Thumbs 2006
Film roles
- Hugo Flaxman in Take Me High (1974)
- Catchpole in Percy's Progress (1974, also known as It's Not the Size That Counts)
- Josef Gabcik in Operation Daybreak (1976)
- Hugh Firmin in Under the Volcano (1984)
- Johann von Tiebolt in The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
- Richard Meinertzhagen in The Lighthorsemen (1987)
- McCormack in Hanna's War (1988)
- Andrei Miller in Lost in Siberia (1991)
- Robert Mariell in Haunted (1995)
Producing roles
- Lost in Siberia (1991)
- Haunted (1995)
Theatrical roles
- Count Fosco in The Woman in White
- Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
- Pastor Manders in Ghosts
- Seasons with The New Shakespeare Company and Chichester Festival Theatre
- Somerset Maugham's The Letter at the Wyndham Theatre, London [2007]
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David Copperfield 2000 was a joint US/Irish TV film adaptation of Charles Dickens 's novel David Copperfield. Take Me High is a 1973 English Feature film, directed by David Askey, written by Christopher Penfold and starring Percy's Progress is a 1974 British Comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas. Operation Daybreak is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague (see Under the Volcano is a 1984 film directed in Mexico by John Huston with Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews and The Holcroft Covenant is a 1985 film based on the Robert Ludlum novel The Holcroft Covenant. Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen CBE DSO ( March 3, 1878 - June 17, 1967) was a British The Lighthorsemen is a 1987 Australian Feature film about the men of a World War I light horse unit involved in the The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones based on the novel The Woman in White My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Ghosts (original Norwegian title Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen. Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder LeslieDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic