Trivia

He died less than a month before his younger sister Lynn Redgrave.

Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000.

Appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Man for All Seasons (1966), In the Name of the Father (1993) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Of those, A Man for All Seasons (1966) is a winner in the category.

He, his mother Rachel Kempson and his two sisters Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave all appeared in films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture: Rachel appeared in Tom Jones (1963) and Out of Africa (1985), Lynn also appeared in Tom Jones (1963) and Vanessa and Corin both appeared in A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Won the Laurence Olivier Award (1998) and a Tony Nomination for his role as Boss Whalen in Tennessee Williams' "Not About Nightingales".

Supported a motion to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair after the war "Operation Iraqi Freedom".

Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for Tennessee Williams' "Not About Nightingales."

With his sister, Vanessa Redgrave, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party.

He and his sister Vanessa Redgrave both starred in films based on the legend of King Arthur. Vanessa played Queen Guinevere in Camelot (1967) while Corin played Cornwall in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981).

He worked with his mother Rachel Kempson in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and his father Michael Redgrave in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969).

He, his father Michael Redgrave and his younger sister Lynn Redgrave all appeared in adaptations of the 1898 novella "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James: Michael played the Uncle in The Innocents (1961), Lynn played Miss Jane Cubberly in The Turn of the Screw (1974) and Corin played the Professor in The Turn of the Screw (2009).

He, his father Michael Redgrave and his two sisters Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave all appeared in films directed by Sidney Lumet: Michael in The Hill (1965), Corin in The Deadly Affair (1967), Lynn in The Deadly Affair (1967) and The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) and Vanessa in The Sea Gull (1968) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

He was the great-uncle of Micheál Neeson and Daisy Bevan.

Suffered a severe heart attack and was in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital.

Wrote biography "Michael Redgrave, My Father" in 1995.

In The Deadly Affair (1967), he appeared with his future sister-in-law Petra Markham.

Met actress Kika Markham when they were in the television play Happy Ever After in 1970. He was still married and she was with a partner but they got together and eventually married in 1985 and had sons Harvey and Arden.

At 7 was a boarder at Wells House School in Malvern Wells then Westminster Public School.