Norman Rossington

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Norman Rossington on the set of The Snipers in 1996

Norman Rossington (born December 24, 1928 in Liverpool , England , † May 21, 1999 in Manchester ) was a British actor .

Life

Rossington dropped out of school at the age of 14 and tried his hand at various professions and did his military service in the Royal Air Force . He later trained as an actor at Bristol Old Vic and then performed at the Theater Royal . In the mid-1950s he made a tour of the United States with the Old Vic Company and also appeared on Broadway in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream . In 1957 he starred in the first three seasons of the British sitcom The Army Game . In the hugely popular series about the British military, he played the soldier Cook ; this should be groundbreaking for his further career, because he was usually committed to soldier roles . After Rossington had already appeared in various British film productions in minor supporting roles, he received in the comedy film, based loosely on the series The Army Game , Head Up, Chest Out! a major supporting role. This was the first feature film in the carry-on… film series , and subsequently it also starred in the carry-on… films 41 degrees of love and Not so great, sweetie . In the 1960s, he had a small role in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia , played in Yeah Yeah Yeah alongside the Beatles and in trouble for two at the side of Elvis Presley . He has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in London's West End as Doolittle in My Fair Lady , Micawber in David Copperfield and Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun . From the beginning of the 1970s, his feature film engagements became less frequent and he worked increasingly for British television.

Rossington played in Beauty and the Beast at London's West End until November 1998 , but had to give up the engagement for health reasons. He died in a Manchester hospital in May of the following year at the age of 70 of complications from cancer. He was married twice, his second marriage only two months before his death.

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Broadway

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personal data
SURNAME Rossington, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , Lancashire , England
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1999
Place of death Manchester , England