Roland Culver(1900-1984)

Actor

Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Sporting Life

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Rumpole and the Sporting Life (1983)

Roland Culver was born on 21 August 1900 in Crouch End, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Dead of Night (1945) and To Each His Own (1946). He was married to Nan Hopkins and Daphne Rye. He died on 1 March 1984 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

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Known for

Thunderball

6.9

Foreign Secretary

1965

Dead of Night

7.5

Eliot Foley(segment "Overarching story at farmhouse")

1945

To Each His Own

7.6

Lord Desham

1946

Down to Earth

6.1

Mr. Jordan

1947

Credits

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Actor

Rumpole of the Bailey
8.4
TV Series
- Mr. Justice Twyburne
- 1983
The Old Men at the Zoo
7.0
TV Series
- Lord Oresby
- 1983
The Missionary
6.2
- Lord Fermleigh
- 1982
Tales of the Unexpected
7.6
TV Series
- Sir Alex Bullen
- Mr. Foster
- 1979–1982
Britannia Hospital
6.2
- General Wetherby
- 1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.3
TV Movie
- Bishop of Paris
- 1982
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
8.0
TV Mini Series
- William Ewart Gladstone
- 1981
Never Never Land
6.8
- Mr. Salford
- 1980
The Double Dealer
TV Movie
- Saygrace
- 1980
Rough Cut
5.7
- Mr. Lloyd Palmer
- 1980
A Question of Guilt
7.1
TV Series
- Judge
- 1980
Saint Joan
TV Movie
- Inquisitor
- 1979
The Word
6.2
TV Mini Series
- Dr. Jeffries
- 1978
No Longer Alone
7.1
- A. E. Matthews
- 1978
The Greek Tycoon
5.4
- Robert Keith
- 1978

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Personal details

Born
- August 21, 1900
- Crouch End, Middlesex, England, UK
Died
- March 1, 1984
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK(heart attack)
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Other works
He acted in James Parish's play, "The Distinguished Gathering", at the St. Martin's Theatre in London, England with Frank Vosper, Barbara Couper, Mabel Terry-Lewis, Ronald Ward, John Garside and Joan Hickson in the cast. John Fernald was the director.
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Urbane, gentlemanly British character actor with a penchant for comedy. He was educated at Highgate College and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1926. He was on stage from 1925, after his debut with the Hull Repertory Company, and was a regular performer on the London West End from the 1930's. During World War I, he served as a pilot in the newly formed Royal Air Force (1918-19) . In the 1940's, he left England for the USA under a two-year contract at Paramount Studios, but is best remembered for his performances in British films like French Without Tears (1940) (a part he also acted on stage), Dead of Night (1945), Trio (1950), as W. Somerset Maugham, and Obsessed (1951).