Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born August 12, 1939 in London , England ) is a British actor and author .
life and career
Oliver Ford Davies first appeared on stage when he was eleven. First, like his father, he wanted to become a teacher and, after graduating from Oxford University , was a history lecturer at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 . Eventually he turned to professional acting as a profession and took it up in 1967 at the age of 27 when he became a member of the theater company at the Birmingham Repertory Theater alongside Michael Gambon , Brian Cox and Timothy Dalton . It took a long time until Davies' theatrical breakthrough, however, in the 1980s he had to keep himself afloat by distributing advertising mail. The turning point of his career was his appearance as a priest in David Hare's church-critical play Racing Demons , for which he received the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 . As a stage actor, Davies has appeared regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theater , in both modern plays and Shakespeare adaptations.
As a film and television actor, Davies was only seen in small roles for a long time, but appeared in many literary adaptations , especially from the 1990s: In Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995) based on Jane Austen's novel, he played Doctor Harris, in Mrs. Dalloway (1997) - based on the novel of the same name by Virginia Woolf - he was seen as Hugh Whitebread and in the Charles Dickens film adaptation David Copperfield (1999) for the BBC he was seen as the alcoholic Mr. Wickfield . Davies also played in other genres, for example, in the novel Atkinson comedy Johnny English - The Spy Who Said It (2003), the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the first three Star Wars episodes of George Lucas , Davies took on the supporting role of Sio Bibble , the governor of Naboo. In 2012 he had a guest appearance in the series Game of Thrones in the role of Maester Cressen . His German voice actor is Horst Lampe .
Davies published two books that were published by Nick Hern Books : Playing Lear , in which he shares his experience of the role, and Performing Shakespeare , in which he takes a look at acting in Shakespeare plays. He has been married to his colleague Jenifer Armitage (* 1946) since 1977 and has one child with her.
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Contrasts (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1986: Button - In the swamp of the atomic mafia (Defense Of The Realm)
- 1989: Scandal
- 1990: Beware of the doctor (Paper Mask)
- 1995: Sense and Sensibility (Sense and Sensibility)
- 1997: Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)
- 1997: Mrs. Dalloway
- 1998: Frontline - Between the Fronts (Titanic Town)
- 1999: David Copperfield (TV movie)
- 1999: A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
- 2001: Sooner or later (Blow Dry)
- 2001: Revelation (Revelation)
- 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2003: Johnny English - The Spy Who Broken It (Johnny English)
- 2003: The Mother (The Mother)
- 2004: Gladiatress
- 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- 2005: Heidi
- 2005: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders ; TV series, an episode)
- 2009: Hamlet (TV movie)
- 2011: The Deep Blue Sea
- 2012: Game of Thrones (TV series, episode)
- 2013: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, one episode)
- 2015: You, Me and the Apocalypse (TV series, two episodes)
- 2018: Father Brown (TV series, episode)
- 2018: Christopher Robin
Awards
In 1990 Davies received the Laurence Olivier Theater Award for Racing Demons . 2003 and 2009 followed for two further nominations for this award for his appearances in the plays Absolutely! (perhaps) and Hamlet .
Web links
- Oliver Ford Davies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Oliver Ford Davies in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Barnett: Oliver Ford Davies, actor - portrait of the artist . In: The Guardian . December 18, 2012, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 16, 2019]).
- ↑ Laura Barnett: Oliver Ford Davies, actor - portrait of the artist . In: The Guardian . December 18, 2012, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 16, 2019]).
- ^ Jenifer Armitage at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Davies, Oliver Ford |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davies, Oliver Robert Ford |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |