Benjamin "Ben" Whitrow (born 17 February 1937 in Oxford, England) is a British actor. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, 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 He attended the Dragon School, Tonbridge School, and RADA. The Dragon School is a British Coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 Tonbridge School is a British independent all boys Public school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world Whitrow was also part of the King's Dragoon Guards from 1956 to 1958. The 1st King's Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 [1] He played Russell in the radio version of After Henry. After Henry was a British sitcom wriiten by Simon Brett. It started on BBC Radio 4 and later moved to television.
Whitrow was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of Mr Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride
Select Filmography
- Chicken Run as Fowler
- The Queen's Sister as Cronin
- Restoration as Merivel's Father
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr Bennet
- Clockwise as a Headmaster
- The New Statesman as Paddy O'Rourke
- Chancer as Robert Douglas
- Brimstone and Treacle as Businessman
- Play for Today as Josh
- Troilus and Cressida as Ulysses
- The Sweeney as Det. Chicken Run is a 2000 Stop-motion animation British film made by the Aardman Animations studios (which produced the Oscar The Queen's Sister is a 2005 British Television movie directed by Simon Cellan Jones. Restoration is a 1995 film adapted by Rupert Walters from the novel by Rose Tremain. Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy Film starring John Cleese. For the current affairs magazine see New Statesman. For other uses see New Statesmen. Chancer is a British television serial produced by Central Television for ITV. Brimstone and Treacle is a 1976 play by Dennis Potter which is best known via adaptations as a 1976 BBC television play and a 1982 film co-starring Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984 Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602 grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs The Sweeney was a British Television Police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the Metropolitan Chief Supt. Braithwaite
- The Brontes of Haworth as Arthur Bell Nicholls
References
External links
- Benjamin Whitrow at bbc.co.uk Drama
- Benjamin Whitrow at the Internet Movie Database