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His film roles included ''[[Get Carter]]'' (1971), ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978), ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997),<ref>{{cite book|last1=CORK|first1=JOHN|title=JAMES BOND ENCYCLOPEDIA.|date=1 January 2007|publisher=DORLING KINDERSLEY|isbn=978-1405334273|page=137}}</ref> ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' (1998), ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' (2003) and ''[[Colour Me Kubrick]]'' (2006).
His film roles included ''[[Get Carter]]'' (1971), ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978), ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997),<ref>{{cite book|last1=CORK|first1=JOHN|title=JAMES BOND ENCYCLOPEDIA.|date=1 January 2007|publisher=DORLING KINDERSLEY|isbn=978-1405334273|page=137}}</ref> ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' (1998), ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' (2003) and ''[[Colour Me Kubrick]]'' (2006).


His notable television roles included ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]''; ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[The First Lady (UK TV series)|The First Lady]]'', ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'', ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'', ''[[Edward & Mrs. Simpson]]'', ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''; ''[[Airline (1982 TV series)|Airline]]'', ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'', ''[[Lovejoy]]'', ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'', ''[[Born to Run (TV series)|Born to Run]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads, Kings Oak]]'' (playing the part of motel boss, Tommy Lancaster), ''[[The Beiderbecke Affair]]'' and ''[[The Beiderbecke Connection]]''. He was also [[John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)|Dr Watson]] to [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] in a BBC version of ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1982).
His notable television roles included ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]''; ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[The First Lady (UK TV series)|The First Lady]]'', ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'', ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'', ''[[Edward & Mrs. Simpson]]'', ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''; ''[[Airline (1982 TV series)|Airline]]'', ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'', ''[[Lovejoy]]'', ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'', ''[[Born to Run (TV series)|Born to Run]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads, Kings Oak]]'' (playing the part of motel boss, Tommy Lancaster), ''[[The Beiderbecke Affair]]'' and ''[[The Beiderbecke Connection]]''. He was also [[John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)|Dr Watson]] to [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] in a BBC version of ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1982).


Among his stage credits was the role of Joey in the original [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]] production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Homecoming]]'' (1965), which he repeated on Broadway in 1967. Hall later cast him as Briggs in the première of ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1975, alongside [[John Gielgud]] and [[Ralph Richardson]]. The production played on Broadway the following year. In 1977, Rigby received considerable acclaim for his portrayal of [[Joseph Stalin]] in another National Theatre production, [[Robert Bolt]]'s ''[[State of Revolution]]'', opposite [[Michael Bryant (actor)|Michael Bryant's]] [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]]. He returned twice more to Broadway, first in 1995, doubling as the Ghost, the Player King, and the Gravedigger in [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]]'s [[Almeida Theatre|Almeida]] production of [[Hamlet]], starring [[Ralph Fiennes]]; and then again in 1999 as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]'s production of ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', starring [[David Suchet]] and [[Michael Sheen]].<ref>"Terence Rigby," Internet Broadway Database, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/terence-rigby-70996.</ref>
Among his stage credits was the role of Joey in the original [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]] production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Homecoming]]'' (1965), which he repeated on Broadway in 1967. Hall later cast him as Briggs in the première of ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1975, alongside [[John Gielgud]] and [[Ralph Richardson]]. The production played on Broadway the following year. In 1977, Rigby received considerable acclaim for his portrayal of [[Joseph Stalin]] in another National Theatre production, [[Robert Bolt]]'s ''[[State of Revolution]]'', opposite [[Michael Bryant (actor)|Michael Bryant's]] [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]]. He returned twice more to Broadway, first in 1995, doubling as the Ghost, the Player King, and the Gravedigger in [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]]'s [[Almeida Theatre|Almeida]] production of [[Hamlet]], starring [[Ralph Fiennes]]; and then again in 1999 as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]'s production of ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', starring [[David Suchet]] and [[Michael Sheen]].<ref>"Terence Rigby," Internet Broadway Database, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/terence-rigby-70996.</ref>

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Terence Rigby
Born
Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby

(1937-01-02)2 January 1937
Erdington, Birmingham, England
Died10 August 2008(2008-08-10) (aged 71)
London, England
OccupationActor

Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby (2 January 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an English actor with a number of film and television credits to his name. In the 1970s he was well known as police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series Softly, Softly: Task Force.

Early life

Terence Rigby was born in Erdington, Birmingham, and was educated at St Philip's School. He was trained at RADA and had his national service in the Royal Air Force.[1]

Career

His film roles included Get Carter (1971), Watership Down (1978), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997),[2] Elizabeth (1998), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Colour Me Kubrick (2006).

His notable television roles included Dixon of Dock Green, Softly, Softly: Taskforce; Z-Cars, The First Lady, Callan, The Saint, Public Eye, Edward & Mrs. Simpson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Airline, Rumpole of the Bailey, Boon, Lovejoy, Our Friends in the North, Born to Run, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Crossroads, Kings Oak (playing the part of motel boss, Tommy Lancaster), The Beiderbecke Affair and The Beiderbecke Connection. He was also Dr Watson to Tom Baker's Sherlock Holmes in a BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982).

Among his stage credits was the role of Joey in the original Peter Hall production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (1965), which he repeated on Broadway in 1967. Hall later cast him as Briggs in the première of No Man's Land at the National Theatre in 1975, alongside John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. The production played on Broadway the following year. In 1977, Rigby received considerable acclaim for his portrayal of Joseph Stalin in another National Theatre production, Robert Bolt's State of Revolution, opposite Michael Bryant's Lenin. He returned twice more to Broadway, first in 1995, doubling as the Ghost, the Player King, and the Gravedigger in Jonathan Kent's Almeida production of Hamlet, starring Ralph Fiennes; and then again in 1999 as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in Peter Hall's production of Amadeus, starring David Suchet and Michael Sheen.[3]

Segments from Rigby's abbreviated autobiography, begun shortly before his death, are included in the book by his long-time friend, the television and radio dramatist Juliet Ace, Rigby Shlept Here: A Memoir of Terence Rigby 1937–2008. Along with correspondence and interviews with his friends and theatrical colleagues, Ace's memoir draws on her own diaries and shows much of the working actor and private man who remained a mystery to those close to him. It was published in November, 2014.

Death

Rigby died at home in London on 10 August 2008 of lung cancer.[1]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Barker, Dennis. "Terence Rigby". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. ^ CORK, JOHN (1 January 2007). JAMES BOND ENCYCLOPEDIA. DORLING KINDERSLEY. p. 137. ISBN 978-1405334273.
  3. ^ "Terence Rigby," Internet Broadway Database, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/terence-rigby-70996.

External links

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