Philip Madoc

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Philip Madoc (born July 5, 1934 in Twynyrodyn , Merthyr Tydfil , Wales , † March 5, 2012 in Northwood , Middlesex , England ) was a British actor .

Life

Origin and education

Madoc was born Philip Jones in the Welsh village of Twynyrodyn, near Merthyr Tydfil. He attended Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School in Merthyr Tydfil. It was there that he discovered his interest in languages. He studied Classical and Modern Languages , with a major in Linguistics , at University College, Cardiff University . He completed further studies at the University of Vienna . There he studied German and Russian , where he was the first foreign student to acquire a diploma as a translator . Madoc spoke a total of seven languages, including Swedish , Albanian , Hindi and Mandarin . He turned down an offer to come to Gothenburg University as a linguist .

Then, at the age of 24, he applied for a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , where he completed an acting course for a total of three years.

theatre

Madoc began his career as a stage actor in 1959 with various repertoire theaters ; During this time he adopted the stage name Philip Madoc . As a theater actor, Madoc interpreted a broad repertoire , which included in particular pieces by William Shakespeare , the classic English playwrights, turn-of- the- century theater , as well as modern and contemporary theater pieces. His major stage roles in the course of his career included the title role and Iago in Othello , the title role in Macbeth , Shylock in The Merchant of Venice , King Lear , Antony in Antony and Cleopatra and Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor . He played the title role in Goethe's Faust ; in the field of modern theater, he took on the role of history professor George in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee . In 1991 he played the Duke in Maß für Maß and Professor Rath in a stage version of the novel Professor Unrat at performances in Stratford-upon-Avon for the Royal Shakespeare Company .

Film career

Madoc has worked regularly for British television since the early 1960s . His early television roles included: the scientist von Koren in a film adaptation of the novella The Duel by Anton Chekhov , Lord Byron in a television adaptation of the play Camino Real by Tennessee Williams (1964, partnering with Pamela Brown and Diane Cilento ), and Charles Lomax in the Acting Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (1962, alongside Dame Judi Dench and Brewster Mason ).

Often he was set to the role type of the villain or the German officer. In the television series Manhunt (1969), set in World War II , he played SS officer Lutzig. In the BBC television series The Last of the Mohicans (1971), he embodied, half-naked, with dark body make-up and punk hairstyle, the leader of the Hurons , Magua. He gained particular fame in 1973 as a captured German submarine captain in the sitcom Dad's Army . In the television series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981) he took on the role of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George .

In the television film Zina (1986) he played the role of Leon Trotsky . He took on the role of the Nazi officer Freddi von Flugel in the television series Fortunes of War (1987, with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh ). He had a continuous series role from 1994 to 2002 as Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain in the crime series Death Was Faster . In the crime series Inspector Barnaby he was seen in the episode Murder with Groove in 2007 as Detective Chief Inspector Owen Jenkins.

Madoc also took on episode roles and guest roles in numerous British television series , including Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone (several times between 1962 and 1968, alongside Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg ), Commissioner Maigret (1963, with Rupert Davies ), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Z-Cars (1970), UFO (1970/1971, with Ed Bishop and George Sewell ), Paul Temple (1971, with Francis Matthews and Ros Drinkwater ), The Goodies (1975), Porridge ( 1975), Crown Court (1976), Another Bouquet (1977, as Dr. Evan Lewis), Casualty (1992, as a disabled old man, subsequently If It Isn't Hurting ) and Doctors (2003). He played several times in the television series Doctor Who , for example as a barely recognizable warlord in the episodes The War Games (1969) or the scientist Solon, who was based on the character Viktor Frankenstein and creator of a human monster in the episodes The Brain of Morbius (1976).

Madoc played smaller roles in various movies , often officers too, for example in the Secret Operation Crossbow (1965), The Spy Who Came from the Cold (1965), The Quiller Memorandum - Danger from the Dark (1965) and Operation: Daybreak (1975).

Activity as a speaker

Madoc worked extensively as a narrator for radio plays , audio books and radio productions . He read, among others, Le Morte d'Arthur , the Canterbury Tales and The History of the Decline and the Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon . He was considered an excellent reciter of the poems of Dylan Thomas . He recorded King Lear (2007) and Prospero in Shakespeare's late work The Tempest for BBC Radio .

Private

Madoc was married twice. His first wife was the actress Ruth (Llewellyn) Madoc; the marriage resulted in two children (a son and a daughter). The marriage was divorced in 1981. In her second marriage, Madoc was married to interior designer Diane Madoc.

His hobbies included hiking in the Himalayas , camel riding in the Gobi Desert , motorcycling , windsurfing , squash and social dancing . He was a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Vice President of the London Welsh Society and the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.

Madoc died on March 5, 2012 at the age of 77 at Michael Sobell Hospice in Middlesex after a brief illness. In January 2012 it became known that he was suffering from cancer .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1962: Top Secret (TV series)
  • 1962: Out of This World (TV series)
  • 1962: The Sword in the Web (TV series)
  • 1962: The Monsters (TV series)
  • 1962: Major Barbara (TV adaptation)
  • 1962–1968: With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat (TV series)
  • 1963: Maigret (TV series)
  • 1964: Camino Real (TV adaptation)
  • 1965: Operation Crossbow (Operation Crossbow)
  • 1965: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)
  • 1965: The Quiller Memorandum - Risk from the darkness (The Quiller Memorandum)
  • 1967: The Gamblers (TV series)
  • 1969: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV series)
  • 1969: Accident in space
  • 1970: Z Cars (TV series)
  • 1970: Manhunt (TV series)
  • 1970–1971: UFO (TV series)
  • 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde)
  • 1971: The Last of the mohicans (TV series)
  • 1971: Paul Temple (TV series)
  • 1973: Dad's Army (TV series)
  • 1975: The Goodies (TV series)
  • 1975: Porridge (TV series)
  • 1975: The Sonderkommando (Operation: Daybreak)
  • 1976: Poldark (TV series)
  • 1976: Crown Court (TV series)
  • 1977: Another Bouquet (TV series)
  • 1977–1978: Target (TV series)
  • 1981: The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (television multipart)
  • 1986: Zina (TV movie)
  • 1987: Fortunes of War (television multipart)
  • 1988: The Bourne Identity (television multipart)
  • 1988: King & Castle (TV series)
  • 1992: Casualty (TV series)
  • 1994–2002: Death Was Faster (A Mind To Kill) (TV series)
  • 2003: Doctors (TV series)
  • 2007: Inspector Barnaby (Midsomer Murders) (TV series)
  • 2007: Y Pris (TV series)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Philip Madoc: Actor forever remembered as the U-boat captain in Dad's Army obituary in: The Independent of March 5, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Philip Madoc obituary in: The Daily Telegraph, March 5, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c d e Philip Madoc obituary in: The Guardian, March 5, 2012
  4. ^ A b Philip Madoc of Lloyd George and Dad's Army fame this obituary; BBC News dated March 5, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Madoc, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Philip (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Twynyrodyn , Merthyr Tydfil , Wales
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 2012
Place of death Northwood , Middlesex , England, United Kingdom