Tom Fleming (actor)

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Thomas "Tom" Kelman Fleming CVO OBE (born June 29, 1927 in Edinburgh ; † April 18, 2010 ) was a Scottish actor , director and poet who was popular with the general public, especially as a long-time spokesman for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest Became known in Edinburgh in 1972 .

Life

Theater actor and director

Fleming began his acting career immediately after the Second World War and made his debut as "Bruce McRae" in The Late Christopher Bean by Emlyn Williams during a tour in 1945 in India .

In 1953 he was one of the co-founders of the Gate Theater in Edinburgh, where he not only appeared as an actor until 1962, but also directed plays as a director. He then became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1962 and appeared there for the first time in the title role as "Cymbeline" in William Shakespeare 's play of the same name . In 1963 he returned to the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon and this time played "Prospero" in Shakespeare's The Tempest .

In 1965 he was appointed first director of the Edinburgh Civic Theater Trust and also founded a new theater company at the Royal Lyceum Theater there . For the Edinburgh Festival he made new productions of David Lyndsay's Morality Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits in 1984 and 1991 . He has also worked as an actor and director in numerous other Scottish theaters.

Film actor, commentator and awards

In addition to his appearances as a stage actor, he also starred in several feature films and television films , such as "Father Ballard" in Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland by Charles Jarrett and "Kent" in the Shakespeare adaptation of King Lear by Peter Brook .

In addition, he worked as a commentator on radio and television programs from 1952 until his death and was not only a speaker at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from 1966 to 2008, but also a commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh.

Fleming has received several awards for his services and received the Order of the British Empire in 1980 and the title of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1988 . He has also been a member of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama since 1986.

Publications

Fleming was also the author of poems that appeared in the poetry books So That Was Spring (1954) and Sax Roses for a Luv Frae Hame (1961).

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personal data
SURNAME Fleming, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleming, Thomas Kelman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2010