Actor. He was well known for his appearances in film, television, and on the stage from the 1950s to the 21st Century. He broke into acting in his home country of New Zealand, but spent most of his career in England, acting onstage as well as in TV and movies in a number of popular British franchises. Among the earliest was "Doctor Who", where he played two separate characters in two episodes of the science fiction classic. In 1971 he played the character Macduff in the Roman Polanski's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". He first became one of the "Monty Python" team's go-to auxiliary players when he appeared in Eric Idle's 1975-76 BBC sketch show, "Rutland Weekend Television" where he played a variety of characters, including the presenter of "Rutland Showtime". Out of "Rutland Weekend Television" grew the 1978 cult-classic Beatles-parody mockumentary, "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash" where he joined the cast as Leggy Mountbatten, the band's manager and a send-up of real-life Beatles manager Brian Epstein. In 1979 he appeared in the Monty Python film "The Life of Brian" where he played the character Mr. Gregory. He would work with Python alum Terry Gilliam in two other films, "Time Bandits" (1981) and "Brazil" (1985). Other notable films included "The Remains of the Day" (1993) and "Chemical Wedding" (2008). In 2001, he was part of the cast of the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", playing the Bloody Baron, the house ghost of Slytherin.
Actor. He was well known for his appearances in film, television, and on the stage from the 1950s to the 21st Century. He broke into acting in his home country of New Zealand, but spent most of his career in England, acting onstage as well as in TV and movies in a number of popular British franchises. Among the earliest was "Doctor Who", where he played two separate characters in two episodes of the science fiction classic. In 1971 he played the character Macduff in the Roman Polanski's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". He first became one of the "Monty Python" team's go-to auxiliary players when he appeared in Eric Idle's 1975-76 BBC sketch show, "Rutland Weekend Television" where he played a variety of characters, including the presenter of "Rutland Showtime". Out of "Rutland Weekend Television" grew the 1978 cult-classic Beatles-parody mockumentary, "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash" where he joined the cast as Leggy Mountbatten, the band's manager and a send-up of real-life Beatles manager Brian Epstein. In 1979 he appeared in the Monty Python film "The Life of Brian" where he played the character Mr. Gregory. He would work with Python alum Terry Gilliam in two other films, "Time Bandits" (1981) and "Brazil" (1985). Other notable films included "The Remains of the Day" (1993) and "Chemical Wedding" (2008). In 2001, he was part of the cast of the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", playing the Bloody Baron, the house ghost of Slytherin.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
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