Paxton Whitehead

Francis Edward Paxton Whitehead (born October 17, 1937 in East Malling , Kent , England ) is a British film and theater actor and theater director .

Life

Paxton Whitehead began training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London at the age of 17 . This was followed by first appearances at the theater from 1956. From 1958 he was a member of the theater company of the Royal Shakespeare Company .

He later performed in Canada and the United States and made his Broadway debut in 1962 with his role in The Affair at the Henry Miller's Theater . From 1962 to 1964 he appeared in a national theater tour in the play Beyond the Fringe . He worked for the American Shakespeare Company and was the successor to Barry Morse as artistic director of the Shaw Festival from 1967 to 1977 . In this role he also staged various plays as a director.

From the mid-1970s he appeared as an actor on television. In 1986 he made his first film appearance in Jumpin 'Jack Flash . That same year he was in Mach's again, Dad in the role of Dr. See Phillip Barbay . This was followed by a longer engagement for the television series Marblehead Manor .

In addition to his appearances in film and television, he also appeared again in various theater productions until 2011.

Whitehead's 1971 marriage to actress Patricia Gage ended in divorce in 1986. His second marriage to Katherine Jane Robertson in 1987 resulted in two children.

Filmography (selection)

• 1974: Performance (TV series, one episode)
• 1974: The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway (Miniseries)
• 1975: The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (TV movie)
• 1979: Riel (TV movie)
• 1982: Magnum ( Magnum, PI , TV series, an episode)
• 1982: Hart but cordially ( Hart to Hart , TV series, two episodes)
• 1985: Brothers (TV series, one episode)
• 1986: The A-Team ( The A-Team , television series, an episode)
• 1986: Jumpin 'Jack Flash
• 1986: Do it again, Dad (Back to School)
• 1987: Down and Out in Beverly Hills (TV series, one episode)
• 1987: Silver Spoons (TV series, one episode)
• 1987: Baby Boom (Baby Boom)
• 1987–1988: Marblehead Manor (TV series, 24 episodes)
• 1988: Great Performances (TV series, one episode)
• 1988: Baby Boom (TV series, one episode)
• 1989: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, an episode)
• 1989: The Nutt House (TV series, one episode)
• 1990: Chips, the War Dog (TV movie)
• 1991: Law & Order (TV series, one episode)
• 1991: Child of Darkness, Child of Light (TV movie)
• 1991: An Inconvenient Woman (TV movie)
• 1992: The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series, one episode)
• 1992: Nervous Ticks
• 1992: Boris and Natasha (TV movie)
• 1992-1999: Mad About You ( Mad About You , television series, nine episodes)
• 1993: Almost Home (TV series, one episode)
• 1993: The Adventures of Huck Finn (The Adventures of Huck Finn)
• 1993: 12:01 (TV movie)
• 1993: My Boyfriend's Back (My Boyfriend's Back)
• 1994: Where Are My Children? (TV movie)
• 1994: Primal Secrets (TV movie)
• 1995: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• 1995–1996: Simon (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 1995–1996: Ellen (TV series, three episodes)
• 1996: London Suite (TV movie)
• 1996: Caroline in the City (TV series, one episode)
• 1996: Behind the Moon just left ( 3rd Rock from the Sun , TV series, one episode)
• 1996: Frasier (TV series, one episode)
• 1997: RocketMan
• 1997: Liberty! The American Revolution (miniseries, six episodes)
• 1998: Alone Against the Future ( Early Edition , TV series, one episode)
• 1998: Friends (TV series, two episodes)
• 1999: The Duke
• 2000, 2004: The West Wing - In the Center of Power ( The West Wing , TV series, two episodes)
• 2001: Dead Last (TV series, one episode)
• 2001: Kate & Leopold
• 2007: Desperate Housewives (TV series, one episode)
• 2009: The Aristocrat
• 2011: The Importance of Being Earnest

Plays (selection)

play

• 1962: The Affair
• 1962-1964: Beyond the Fringe
• 1970: Candida
• 1972: There's One in Every Marriage
• 1973-1974: Chemin de Fer
• 1975-1976: Habeas Corpus
• 1978-1979: The Crucifer of Blood
• 1980: Camelot
• 1983–1985: Noises Off
• 1989: Run for Your Wife
• 1989: Artist Descending a Staircase
• 1990: Lettice and Lovage
• 1992: A Little Hotel on the Side
• 1993-1994: My Fair Lady
• 2005: Absurd Person Singular
• 2011: The Importance of Being Earnest

Web links

• Paxton Whitehead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Paxton Whitehead in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Paxton Whitehead in the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Paxton Whitehead at allemovie.com, accessed May 23, 2014