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Roy Dotrice, Nimble British Actor Familiar on Both Sides of Atlantic, Dies at 94
The New York Times ^ | October 16, 2017 | Robert D. McFadden

Posted on 10/17/2017 8:00:20 AM PDT by EveningStar

Roy Dotrice, a British stage, film and television actor who began performing as a prisoner of war in Germany and worked in Britain and America for six decades, notably in one-man shows portraying Abe Lincoln, the diarist John Aubrey and other historical figures, died on Monday at his home in London. He was 94...

While he kept a home in London, Mr. Dotrice lived in Los Angeles and worked mostly in the United States after 1980. He appeared in New York stage productions of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” (1985) and Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” (1991). On film, he portrayed Mozart’s father in Milos Forman’s “Amadeus” (1984) and a skating coach in Paul M. Glaser’s “The Cutting Edge” (1992).

On television, he played Charles Dickens in Masterpiece Theater’s 13-part “Dickens of London” (1976); a British monarch in the mini-series “Shaka Zulu” (1986); the father of the beast on the CBS crime series “Beauty and the Beast” (1987-90); and a priest on the CBS dramatic series “Picket Fences” (1993-96). In recent years he recorded many audiobooks, creating voices for hundreds of characters in the saga adapted for “Game of Thrones.” ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: actor; amadeus; beautyandthebeast; cinema; film; gameofthrones; movies; obituary; roydotrice; television; theater; tv
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1 posted on 10/17/2017 8:00:20 AM PDT by EveningStar
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2 posted on 10/17/2017 8:01:17 AM PDT by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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So many great roles as the pretty much perfect supporting actor.

Although the movie was hardly great in any way, really enjoyed his role as the figure skating coach in The Cutting Edge. Even appeared all the way back in The Heroes of Telemark.

RIP


3 posted on 10/17/2017 8:04:31 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: EveningStar

Never heard of him


4 posted on 10/17/2017 8:07:10 AM PDT by albie
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Great actor. Loved him in the Peter Hall/John Barton production of The Wars of the Roses (the TV adaptation).
5 posted on 10/17/2017 8:12:15 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: EveningStar

Would love to feel sad, but I never heard of him.


6 posted on 10/17/2017 8:13:15 AM PDT by laweeks
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His daughter was the little girl Jane Banks in the movie Mary Poppins.

-PJ

7 posted on 10/17/2017 8:17:00 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: albie

He also played the role of ‘Father’ on the TV series Beauty and the Beast, with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton.


8 posted on 10/17/2017 8:19:10 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (If we're going to look at nature to justify our actions, then I say let's start flinging poop around)
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To: laweeks
Would love to feel sad, but I never heard of him.

I think he is one of those character actors whose face, or voice, you would remember; but, not his name.

9 posted on 10/17/2017 8:22:24 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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Ron Perlman mourns death of his 'Beauty and the Beast' dad Roy Dotrice
10 posted on 10/17/2017 8:22:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: EveningStar

He was the bad guy bureaucrat Simmonds in SPACE:1999.


11 posted on 10/17/2017 8:22:43 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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12 posted on 10/17/2017 8:41:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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Wonderful actor; wonderful guy. He often hosted events at my private club in the 80s and 90s. Hilarious storyteller!


13 posted on 10/17/2017 8:43:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Nor had I, but in looking up his film history he played Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang's father, in Amadeus. That role and his face I remember well.
14 posted on 10/17/2017 8:50:11 AM PDT by katana
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I remember him well in that role.


15 posted on 10/17/2017 8:53:06 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: miss marmelstein

I loved him in Amadeus!


16 posted on 10/17/2017 9:59:05 AM PDT by midnightcat
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When you read an obituary like this, all that comes to mind is: “Congratulations on a life well lived.”


17 posted on 10/17/2017 10:56:25 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: EveningStar

RIP.


18 posted on 10/17/2017 12:00:10 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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He narrated all of the Game of Thrones audiobooks. He did quite a good job too.


19 posted on 10/17/2017 12:32:48 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

He was excellent on that tv series Beauty and the Beast. I will always remember him for that role. He was a consummate character actor, earning him the title: “Order of the British Empire”.

One of his daughters, Karen, played “Jane Banks” in “Mary Poppins” and, years later, played a maid on the original “Upstairs, Downstairs” series. His other daughter, Michele, married another good actor, Edward Woodward OBE, known for the tv series “The Equalizer”.


20 posted on 10/17/2017 12:58:00 PM PDT by plushaye (God bless President Trump, Vice-President Pence, and their administration!)
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