Tim Seely

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Tim Seely (born June 10, 1935 ) is a British film and stage actor.

Life

Seely studied at the traditional London drama school Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . He made his theater debut in 1957 in the play Loner (Tea and Sympathy) at the Comedy Theater in London . Seely took on the leading role of the young Tom Lee , who falls in love with the older married Laura (played by Elizabeth Sellars ) at boarding school . He later appeared in the same role at Liverpool's New Shakespeare Theater. On the same stage he played Rodolfo in a production of the Arthur Miller play A View From the Bridge . At the side of Maggie Smith he appeared in 1958 at London's St Martin's Theater in a production of the play The Stepmother .

Seely was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, for which he played the title role in Pericles, Prince of Tire . Seely took on other roles in Shakespeare works such as that of Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew), Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Polonius in Hamlet , Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing (Much Ado about Nothing) and the king of France in all's well That Ends well (all's well That end's well).

From the late 1950s, Seely also appeared in film and television. He became known to an international audience in 1962 for his role as midshipman Ned Young in the classic film Mutiny on the Bounty at the side of Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard . After that, Seely only appeared sporadically in films.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: Sally's Irish Rogue
  • 1958–1960: Armchair Theater (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1959: The Offshore Island (TV movie)
  • 1960: The Dear Family (Please Turn Over)
  • 1960: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (TV series, five episodes)
  • 1962: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
  • 1979: The Secret of Agatha Christie (Agatha)
  • 1979–1981: Play for Today (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1985: Single file (Laughterhouse)
  • 1985: A Demancipated Woman (Plenty)
  • 1990: Love Roulette (Strike It Rich)
  • 1991: King Ralph
  • 1993: Lipstick on Your Collar ( Lipstick on Your Collar , television series, two episodes)
  • 2004: Vanity Fair - Vanity Fair
  • 2006: Tess: A Tale of Love and Darkness (short film)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Famous people associated with Calverton Village , accessed November 28, 2011
  2. ^ The Age, May 25, 1957
personal data
SURNAME Seely, Tim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1935