- This article is about the actor. for the artist and art historian, see William Gaunt (art historian)
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William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor, sometimes credited as Bill Gaunt. William Gaunt (1900-1980 was a British artist and art historian best known for his books on British 19th century art Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pudsey is a Market town and Suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, between Bradford and Leeds Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. 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 Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pudsey is a Market town and Suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, between Bradford and Leeds Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. 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 An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
His father was a lawyer and he attended Giggleswick School and RADA. Giggleswick School is an independent Co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world He then spent 3 years working in repertory theatre. For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation.
After minor roles in series such as Z Cars, The Avengers, and Edgar Wallace Mysteries throughout the early 1960s, he found fame as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series The Champions. Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars) was a British Television drama series centred on the work of beat police in the fictional The Avengers was a British Television series featuring Secret agents in 1960s Britain. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace ( April 1, 1875 &ndash February 10, 1932) was a prolific British Crime writer, Journalist The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Champions was a British Espionage / Science fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during
In the early 1980s he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. No Place Like Home was a BBC Situation comedy written by Jon Watkins and starred William Gaunt & Patricia Garwood as Arthur & Beryl He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and Doctor Who (Revelation of the Daleks). Juliet Bravo was a British Television series which ran between 1980 and 1985 Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Revelation of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast From 1995 to 1997, he starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. Next of Kin is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1995 to 1997 Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL (born Penelope Hatfield on 2 April 1940 is an English actress well known in the
He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. This article is about audio performance for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The Exterminators is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series
He also has extensive stage experience, both as an actor and a theatre director, including a notable success in playing the Micheál MacLiammóir character in Gates of Gold by Frank McGuinness at the Finborough Theatre, London, and in the West End. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, Micheál MacLíammóir (born Alfred Willmore) ( October 25, 1899 &ndash March 6, 1978) was an Irish Actor, Frank McGuinness (born 29 July 1953 in County Donegal, Ireland) is an award-winning Irish Playwright, translator and Founded in 1980 the Finborough Theatre in Earls Court, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea presents new British writing UK premieres London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Seagull (sharing the role of Sorin with Ian McKellen) and King Lear (as Gloucester) at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane, London, following a United Kingdom tour. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company The Seagull ( Russian: "Чайка" ("Chayka" written in 1895 is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. 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 will also appear as Gloucester in the TV film of the same name, to be released late in 2008. King Lear is an upcoming 2008 TV film based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name.
Background
Gaunt was born in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. Pudsey is a Market town and Suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, between Bradford and Leeds West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of He married actress Carolyn Lyster on 7 September 1974. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. They have a daughter Matilda and a son Albert.
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