Gary Warren

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Gary Warren (born July 5, 1954 in London , England ) is a British former actor .

Gary Warren was in front of the camera for over a dozen film and television productions between 1966 and 1977. He first played guest roles in television series and had a small appearance in the Jerry Lewis comedy The Spinner (1968). In 1969 he played in the musical Mame alongside Ginger Rogers in the West End of London . He became known to a wide audience in Great Britain in 1970 on the side of Bernard Cribbins in the cinema comedy The Railway Children , based on the children's classic of the same name by Edith Nesbit . In German-speaking countries he is possibly better known for the series Catweazle , in the second season of which he played the aristocratic youth Cedric "Eulengesicht" Collingford in 1971 . He was then seen as a know-it-all teenager in the short-lived sitcom Alexander the Greatest , then the role offers for him decreased noticeably.

As a young adult, Warren retired from acting and moved to Oxfordshire . He is the father of two children. For a long time the public didn't know what happened to Warren until the author Jim Shipley tracked him down again in 2012 for his book about the movie The Railway Children .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: Disney Wonderland (TV series, an episode)
  • 1967: Task Force Police (TV series, four episodes)
  • 1968: The Spinner (Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River)
  • 1970: The same train stops every morning (The Railway Children)
  • 1971: Catweazle (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1971–1972: Whack-O! (TV series, 10 episodes)
  • 1971–1972: Alexander the Greatest (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1977: Sea Tales: The Return (TV miniseries, episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Stewart: Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004 . McFarland, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4766-0329-2 ( google.de [accessed April 10, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Remember The Railway Children? This Is What The Cast Are Up To Now !! In: Daily Feed. October 24, 2018, accessed April 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ Keith Perry: Bernard Cribbins reunited with Railway Children cast . November 13, 2014, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed April 10, 2020]).
  4. ^ What happened to The Railway Children cast? Retrieved April 10, 2020 (American English).
  5. ^ Railway Children 'lost boy' found. Accessed April 10, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Warren, Gary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England