Oliver Ford Davies

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Oliver Ford Davies (2008)

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)

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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]).
  2. ↑ 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]).
  3. ^ Jenifer Armitage at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
personal data
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