James Hayter

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James Hayter (born April 23, 1907 in Lonuvla , Bombay , India as Henry James Hayter , † March 27, 1983 in Villajoyosa , Spain ) was a British stage and character actor in film, television and theater, who mostly appeared in international film productions acted in prominent supporting roles. He starred in over 120 cinema and television films and television series . Including in film productions such as Blockade in London , Robin Hood and his daring companions , The Red Corsair , Beau Brummell - Rebel and Seducer or Oliver .

life and career

Henry James Hayter was born in India in 1907 to a police superintendent stationed in Simla near Lahore. The boy was sent to Scotland to be raised at the age of seven . There, his headmaster enthusiastic about acting and so in 1924 Hayter moved to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London , where he joined a repertory theater and made his debut in 1925. He played in plays such as “1066 And All That” and “Without Tears” or Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady in the West End at the Drury Lane Theater and on tour for five more years.

In 1936, Hayter made his film debut in Brian Desmond Hurst's crime film Sensation . During World War II he served in the Royal Armored Corps . After the war, he continued his film career and played character roles in many comedies and literary adaptations such as Friar Tuck in Ken Annakin's Robin Hood and his daredevil journeymen (1952) in Mr. Pickwick (1952) by director Noel Langley , in Robin Hood, the Freedom Hero (1967), or the porter in David Copperfield (1969). His role as the lovable, ingenious and crazy Professor Elihu Prudence in Robert Siodmak 's classic pirate film The Red Corsair alongside Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat brought him one of the high points of his career in 1952, and received very positive reviews and many audience sympathies.

In 1951 he had played at the Broadhurst Theater in the Dwight Deere Wiman Production of Olivia de Havilland's "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare alongside actors such as Jack Hawkins , Evelyn Varden, Malcolm Keen, Isobel Elsom , and Douglas Watson. Directed by Peter Glenville .

In the 1960s he increased his involvement in popular series for British television or took on prominent guest roles such as in Mit Schirm, Charme and Melone in the episode A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Station - "This time with a bang" as a conductor in 1967 directed by John Krish.

In the early 1970s he played Captain Webster in 15 episodes (from 1971 to 1974) of the well-known series The Onedin Line at the side of Peter Gilmore . In the early 1970s he would often retreat to his domicile in Spain and fly to the UK when work called.

James Hayter passed away in Villajoyosa on March 27, 1983 in his sleep at the age of 76. He left eight children.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

  • 1939: Bravo, George (Come on George!)
  • 1947: Nicholas Nickleby (The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby)
  • 1947: Jim Ackland suspected of murder (The October Man)
  • 1947: Adventure in Brazil (The End of the River)
  • 1948: Little Heart in Need (The Fallen Idol)
  • 1948: The Woman Hater
  • 1948: quartet (Quartet)
  • 1949: Race to Death (Once a Jolly Swagman)
  • 1949: The Silent Dust
  • 1949: The Blue Lagoon
  • 1949: Convicted Innocent (For Them That Trespass)
  • 1949: Blockade in London (Passport to Pimlico)
  • 1949: The Master Thief of Paris (The Spider and the Fly)
  • 1950: The Unknown Witness (Your Witness)
  • 1950: The night began in the morning (Morning Departure)
  • 1950: The Rat of Soho (Night and the City)
  • 1950: fate between ebb and flow (waterfront)
  • 1950: That's Life (Trio)
  • 1951: Tom Brown's Schooldays
  • 1952: Robin Hood and his daring companions (The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men)
  • 1952: The Crimson Pirate (The Crimson Pirate)
  • 1952: Mr. Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data of James Hayter in: Visitation of England and Wales , Volume 19, by Joseph J. Howard, Priv. print., 1917, page 25
  2. ↑ James Hayter in: DVD Savant , by Glenn Erickson, Wildside Press, 2004, p. 69
  3. ↑ James Hayter in: The Concept Emma Peel: The Unexpected Charm of Emancipation: The Avengers and their Audience , by Lars Baumgart, Ludwig, Kiel, 2002, page 168
personal data
SURNAME Hayter, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayter, Henry James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Lonuvla , India
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1983
Place of death Villajoyosa , Spain