Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson (born September 14, 1936 in Hamilton , Scotland , † December 16, 2011 in Amsterdam , Netherlands ) was a British actor in film, television and theater.
Life
Williamson began his acting career at the Cambridge Theater in 1960 and later worked on stages in London . He became one of the most important actors in Shakespeare plays, a. a. in Macbeth and Hamlet . First roles in film followed in the 1960s. The famous 1969 production of Hamlet at the Roundhouse Theater was later staged in New York and filmed under the direction of Tony Richardson . In the 1970s and 1980s he had major engagements in English and US films; So he played alongside Sean Connery in Richard Lester's Robin Hood film Robin and Marian the Little John or in 1979 the leading role as a double agent in Otto Preminger 's last film The Human Factor . In 1981 he played the magician Merlin in John Boorman's Arthurian film Excalibur . After 1997, Williamson was only active in the theater.
Williamson has been nominated twice for the Tony Award for theater roles and twice for the British Film Awards for film roles .
- Private
Nicol Williamson was married to actress Jill Townsend from 1971 to 1977 .
- death
Williamson died of cancer on December 16, 2011 in the Netherlands .
Filmography
- 1963: The Six-Sided Triangle (short film)
- 1968: Events while guarding the Bofors Gun ( The Bofors Gun )
- 1968: Satan shuffles the cards ( Laughter in the Dark )
- 1969: The settlement ( The Reckoning )
- 1969: Hamlet
- 1975: The Wilby Conspiracy ( The Wilby Conspiracy )
- 1976: No coke for Sherlock Holmes ( The Seven-Per-Cent Solution )
- 1976: Robin and Marian ( Robin and Marian )
- 1977: The Goodbye ( The Goodbye Girl )
- 1978: The Cheap Detective ( The cheap Detective )
- 1978: Columbo - Murder by Phone ( Columbo: How to Dial a Murder )
- 1979: The Human Factor ( The Human Factor )
- 1981: Excalibur
- 1982: The Hunt for Life (I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can)
- 1985: Christopher Columbus
- 1985: Oz - A Fantastic World ( Return to Oz )
- 1987: The Black Widow ( Black Widow )
- 1990: The Exorcist III ( The Exorcist III )
- 1993: Hour of the Pig ( The Hour of the Pig )
- 1997: Spawn
Web links
- Nicol Williamson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary on the page of Nicol Williamson
- ^ Obituary for Nicol Williamson in the Telegraph, January 25, 2012.
- ^ Nicol Williamson dies at 75; legendary British actor, by Valerie J. Nelson , Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2012.
- ^ Obituary for Nicol Williamson by Michael Coveney , Guardian, January 26, 2012.
- ↑ Rest in Peace: The Exorcist III Star Nicol Williamson on dreadcentral.com
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SURNAME | Williamson, Nicol |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton , Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2011 |
Place of death | Amsterdam , Netherlands |