Cyril Shaps
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Cyril Shaps | |
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | |
Occupation(s) | Film, television and radio actor |
Years active | 1955–2002 |
Spouse |
Anita Shaps
(m. 1950; died 2002) |
Children | 3 |
Cyril Leonard Shaps (13 October 1923 – 1 January 2003) was an English actor of radio, television and film, with a career spanning over seven decades.[1]
Early radio
Shaps was born in the
Film
Shaps's film appearances included bit parts in
Television
In TV, his work ranged from science fiction (including appearances in the Doctor Who serials The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Ambassadors of Death, Planet of the Spiders and The Androids of Tara[3]), to classic literature (such as the BBC's 1990s serialisations of Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit and Our Mutual Friend) to detective series (with appearances in The Saint, Lovejoy, and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady—as Emperor Franz Joseph—in 1991).[4] He appeared in the first episode of the sitcom The Young Ones, playing a neighbour.[5] He appeared in two Jim Henson Company television films: Gulliver's Travels (1996) as an elderly madman, and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) as the "Bent Little Man". He supplied the voice of Professor Rudolf Popkiss in the second series of Supercar, broadcast in 1962.[6] He also voiced the characters of Mr. Gruber in The Adventures of Paddington Bear and Great Grandfather Frost in one episode of Animated Tales of the World.
Other notable work
Other series featuring Shaps were
Shaps' radio work included a stint with the BBC Drama Repertory Company in the early 1950s.[6] Broadcast parts (his characters often being old men or priests) included Firs in The Cherry Orchard, Justice Shallow in Henry the Fourth, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, Polonius in Hamlet and Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest.
Personal life and death
Shaps and his wife Anita were married from 1950 until her death in 2002;[8] they had two sons, Matthew and Simon, and a daughter, Sarah.
Shaps died in Harrow, London on New Year's Day 2003, aged 79, and was survived by his children.
Selected filmography
- Interpol(1957) – Warden
- Miracle in Soho (1957) – Mr. Swoboda
- The Silent Enemy (1958) – Miguel
- Passport to Shame (1958) – Willie
- Danger Within (1959) – Lt. Cyriakos Coutoules
- SOS Pacific (1959) – Louis
- Never Let Go (1960) – Cypriot
- Follow That Horse! (1960) – Dr. Spiegel
- The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) – Bank Clerk
- Return of a Stranger (1961) – Homer Trent
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) – (uncredited)
- The Pursuers (1961) – Karl Luther
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Bartender in Officer's Club (uncredited)
- The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) – Maurice 'Morrie' Bellman
- The Little Ones (1965) – Child Welfare Officer
- Up Jumped a Swagman (1965) – Phil Myers
- Rasputin: the Mad Monk(1966) – Foxy Face (uncredited)
- To Sir, with Love (1967) – Mr. Pinkus (uncredited)
- The Looking Glass War (1970) – East German Detective
- The Kremlin Letter (1970) – Police Doctor
- Our Miss Fred (1972) – Doctor
- QB VII (1974) – Uri Lehrer
- 11 Harrowhouse (1974) – Wildenstein, the Diamond Cutter
- The Odessa File (1974) – Tauber's Voice (voice)
- The Hiding Place (1975) – Building Inspector Smit
- Operation Daybreak (1975) – Father Petrek
- The Message (1976) – (voice)
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – Dr. Bechmann
- Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) – Dr. Zimmerman
- Avalanche Express (1979) – Sedov
- Erik the Viking (1989) – Gisli the Chiseller
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) – Emperor Franz Joseph
- The Madness of King George (1994) – Pepys
- For my Baby (1997) – Joshua Orgelbrand
- The Governess (1998) – Doctor
- Simon Magus (1999) – Chaim
- The Lost Son (1999) – Mr. Spitz
- Solomon and Gaenor(1999) – Ephraim
- The Clandestine Marriage (1999) – Canton
- The End of the Affair (1999) – Waiter
- The Man Who Cried (2000) – Older Man in Sweatshop
- The Pianist (2002) – Mr. Grün
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) – Pew Opener (final film role)
Doctor Who
1967 The Tomb of the Cybermen – John Viner
1970 The Ambassadors of Death – Lennox
1974 Planet of the Spiders – Professor Clegg
1978 The Androids of Tara – Archimandrite[9]
References
- ^ a b c Michael Freedland (18 January 2003). "Obituary: Cyril Shaps". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "Cyril Shaps". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018.
- ^ "BBC One – Doctor Who, Season 16, The Androids of Tara – The Fourth Dimension". BBC.
- ^ "Cyril Shaps – Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ "Demolition (1982)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Cyril Shaps". The Independent. 24 January 2003.
- ^ "Cyril Shaps". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Obituary: Cyril Shaps". The Guardian. 18 January 2003.
- ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Series Episode Guide - Cast and crew".
External links
- Cyril Shaps at IMDb