Geoffrey Hutchings

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Geoffrey Hutchings (born June 8, 1939 in Dorchester , Dorset , † July 1, 2010 in London ) was a British actor .

Life

Geoffrey Hutchings studied French and Sports at Birmingham University . He completed an acting education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .

He has appeared as a stage actor in numerous theater productions on various British stages. In 1968 he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company . There he played numerous serious and above all comical roles, including Octavius ​​Caesar in Julius Caesar , Pisanio in Cymbeline , the Dromio in The Comedy of Errors , the Clown in Antonius and Cleopatra , the Fluellen and the Dauphin in Henry V , the Simpel and the Dr. Cajus in The Merry Wives of Windsor , the Lavache in All's Well That Ends Well , the Fool in What You Want , the Autolycus in A Winter's Tale , the Launce in Two Gentlemen from Verona and the Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream .

He also appeared as Vasques in Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford with the Royal Shakespeare Company . In 1971 he played Bosola in a production of John Webster's play The Duchess of Malfi for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1982 he won the Laurence Olivier Award in the Best Comedy Performance category for his travesty role as Lady Dodo in the musical Poppy . At the National Theater in London, he played the nonchalant actor Sid James in the 1998 comedy Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson , which cast a behind-the-scenes look at the love story between Sid James and fellow actor Barbara Windsor .

In 2001 he played the role of Hans Luther, the father of Martin Luther , in the play Luther by John Osborne at the National Theater . In 2004 he played the Nagg in Samuel Beckett's play Endspiel with Sir Michael Gambon , Lee Evans and Liz Smith . In 2005 he took on the role of Mr. Elliott in John Osborne's early play Epitaph For George Dillon at the Comedy Theater . From October 2006 to April 2007 he played the Jewish greengrocer Mr. Schultz in the West End production of Cabaret at the Lyric Theater. At the Wyndhams Theater in London he played the role of Brooksie in a stage version of the film The Condemned from September 2009 to February 2010 .

Since the 1960s, Hutchings also took on television roles, initially in British television series . In 1982 he starred in the television drama Made in Britain, directed by Alan Clarke, with Tim Roth . In 1987 he drew, under the direction of David Leland , in the role of Hubert Mansell a remarkable acting portrait as the bitter father of his film daughter Emily Lloyd in the tragic comedy Wish You Were Here - I wish you were here .

He had other film roles in the adventure film White Hunter, Black Heart with Clint Eastwood , in the historical adaptation Henry V with Kenneth Branagh , in the comedy Clockwise - Right, Mr. Stimpson with John Cleese , in the costume film Topsy-Turvy - Auf den Headshot with Jim Broadbent , in the historic drama The Queen's Choker starring Hilary Swank, and in the family film The Thief Lord .

He had other television roles in the multi-part mini-series Our Friends in the North (1996), in which he played the corrupt builder John Edwards, a character that was heavily based on the authentic case of the building lion John Poulson . He had a recurring episode role from 2000 to 2003 as Bobby Hollamby in the British crime series Bad Girls . In 2006 he also starred as Mr. Brown in the British television adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Schweinsgalopp . In 2007 he had a guest role in the second season of the television series Wildes Herz Afrika . In 2008 he played a small role as a picture goblin in the two-part British television film The Color of Magic , again based on a literary model by Terry Pratchett.

From 2008 he played in the comedy series Benidorm . In 2009 he starred in the soap opera EastEnders as Roger Clarke, father of the film characters Jane and Christian.

Hutchings lived in London. He died of a virus infection in a London hospital .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Performance review in: London Evening Standard, September 22, 1998@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thisislondon.co.uk  
  2. ↑ Luther ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website of the author Peter Gill  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dspace.dial.pipex.com
  3. ↑ Endgame performance criticism from CurtainUp , 2004
  4. ^ Osborne's raw and eager best . Performance review in: The Daily Telegraph, September 28, 2005
  5. ↑ Cabaret Performance criticism from CurtainUp , 2006
  6. ↑ The Shawshank Redemption Performance Review on CurtainUp , 2009
  7. ↑ Reviewed-The Shawshank Redemption ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Performance review on the Showandstay website on September 21, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.show-and-stay.co.uk
personal data
SURNAME Hutchings, Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester , Dorset
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2010
Place of death London , England