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New Zealand actor and writer
Redmond Phillips
Born Redmond Bernard Phillips
(1912-06-05 ) 5 June 1912Died 3 November 1993(1993-11-03) (aged 81) Occupation(s) Actor, writer Years active Late 1930s-1991
Redmond Bernard Phillips (5 June 1912 – 3 November 1993) was a New Zealand actor and writer, particularly of theatre and television, who worked in his native country, as well as in England and Australia.
Early life
Phillips was born in Reefton , New Zealand and began acting in the theatre while a student at Victoria University of Wellington . After moving to Sydney , Australia in the late 1930s he performed with Doris Fitton 's pioneering Independent Theatre group and wrote material for radio star Jack Davey . During the Second World War he served as a staff sergeant with the Entertainment Unit of the Australian Army for which he also wrote material.
Career
He moved to Britain in 1948 where he became a successful character actor in the theatre, working with the Nottingham Playhouse , the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company . From 1957 he started acting for television and appeared in many series such as Maigret , Danger Man , The Saint and The Avengers and in several plays produced by the BBC .
In 1968 he returned to Sydney and continued performing on stage with the Old Tote Theatre Company . He remained active in television playing roles in many series and was part of the regular cast of Spyforce playing the ruthless Colonel Cato.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
As actor
Year
Title
Role
Venue / Theatre Co.
1940
The Importance of Being Earnest
Independent Theatre, Sydney
1941
The Life of the Insects
Independent Theatre, Sydney
1947
The Country Wife
Dorilant
Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947
As You Like It
Le Bleu
Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Augustus Norton
Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947
No Room at the Inn
Minerva Theatre, Sydney
Henry VI, Part 1
Vernon / Clerk of Chatham / Louis XI / Keeper
The Old Vic, London and Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1949
The Rivals
Nottingham Playhouse
1951
Thieves’ Carnival
Sergeant / Town Crier
Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1951
Princess of Pandemonia
Mandelbaum, Jeweller
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951
The Rent Day
Hyssop
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951
The Wild Duck
Balding gentleman
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951
Oliver Twist
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951-53
Henry VI, Part 2
Clerk of Chatham / Simcox
Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London
1951-53
Henry VI, Part 3
Keeper / Louis XI
The Old Vic, London & Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1952
Sherlock Holmes
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
A Penny for a Song
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
Point of Departure
The Manager
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
South Wind
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
Abraham Lincoln
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
A Month in the Country
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952
Emmy
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952-53
The Tinder Box
Kufuffle
Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1953
Miser
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953
The Boy David
Jesse
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953
The Critic
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953
Henry IV, Part 1
Shepherd, father to Joan / Vernon of the White-Rose or York faction
Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London
1954
The Private Life of Helen Eteoneus
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
The Moon in the Yellow River
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
Pericles
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
Carrington, V.C.
Bombardier Owen
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
Murder Will Speak
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
The Silver Curlew
King Nollekens of Norfolk
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
Noah
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
You Never Can Tell
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
The Enchanted
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
Richard II
Edmund of Langley
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
The Long Sunset
Portius
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
Beauty in the Wood
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955
Caste
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954
Yellow Sands
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1956
Salad Days
His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1956
The Queen and the Rebels
His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1957
Slave of Truth
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957
Sganarelle
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957
The Beaux' Stratagem
Scrub
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957
Lizard on the Rock
Arthur Canbery
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1958
The Potting Shed
Father William Callifer
Globe Theatre & Theatre Royal, Brighton
1960
Anna Christie
Chris Christoferson
Oxford Playhouse with Meadow Players Ltd
1961-62
Much Ado About Nothing
Leonato
Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62
Hamlet
Polonius
Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62
Richard III
Lord Stanley
Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62
As You Like It
Duke
Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1964
The Successor
Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1966
Crack in the Ice
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1966
The Life of Galileo
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1968
Breath of Spring
Independent Theatre, Sydney
1969
Hadrian VII
Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne
1969
Halfway Up the Tree
Vicar
Theatre Royal, Sydney
1973
The Dragon, The Donkey and The Nightingale
The Emperor
Bailey Hall, Sydney
1975
The Male of the Species
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne , Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide , Elizabethan Theatre
1976
Saturday Sunday Monday
Independent Theatre, Sydney
1976
The Shoemaker's Holiday
Sir Roger Otley
Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1977
The Magistrate
Mr Bullamy
Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1977
The Alchemist
Tribulation Wholesome
UNSW Parade Theatre
1977
The Ultimate Obscenity
UNSW Parade Theatre
1977
The Time Is Not Yet Ripe
An English Butler
Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1978
What Every Woman Knows
Charles Venables
Marian Street Theatre
1980
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Robert Shallow || Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1981
You Never Can Tell
William
Marian Street Theatre
1982
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lane
Marian Street Theatre
As crew
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Radio
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References
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