David Rintoul

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David Rintoul
Rintoul in 2009
Born
David Wilson

(1948-11-29) 29 November 1948 (age 75)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Spouse
(m. 2008)

David Rintoul (born David Wilson; 29 November 1948) is a Scottish stage and television actor. Rintoul was born in

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
in London.

Theatre career

Rintoul has worked extensively in theatre with companies including the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.[1] His appearances have included Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, As You Like It, and the title role in Macbeth.[2] Other stage appearances include George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Funny Girl. In 2010 he played Charles Dickens in Andersen's English,[3] the new play by Sebastian Barry.

Selected theatre roles

Television and film career

Rintoul's film credits include the title role in Legend of the Werewolf (1975), A.D. (1985), Unrelated (2007) and Is Anybody There? (2008).[5] In 2010, he starred in the film The Ghost Writer with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor.[6]

In 1980, he played the role of Mr Darcy in a

Season 6.[13]

Selected television roles

Selected video games

Audiobook narration

Rintoul has narrated many audiobooks, including Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal and J. G. Ballard's Millennium People. In 1986, he recorded unabridged readings of all of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and short stories for Chivers Audio Books (with the exception of The Spy Who Loved Me, which has a first person female narrator). He also later recorded Nobody Lives Forever and Licence to Kill, written by John Gardner. Whilst reading the prose with his usual speaking voice, Rintoul speaks Bond's dialogue with a mild Scottish accent.

He also narrated

Crimes Against Humanity", and in 2018 he narrated Dorothy Dunnett's novel of Macbeth King Hereafter
.

Personal life

Rintoul is married to actress Vivien Heilbron.[15] A friend and University of Edinburgh classmate of Ian Charleson, Rintoul contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.[16] His brother, Dougie Wilson, is a stage manager and £250,000 winner on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? His sister Dorothy is married to the artist Alain Senez.

Notes

  1. ^ "David Rintoul | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. ^ "David Rintoul Diary Home Page". www.londonshakespeare.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Andersen's English". Out of Joint. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. ^ The Speculator and The Meeting, Methuen, 1999
  5. ^ a b "David Rintoul". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ "The Ghost Writer (2010) - Hervé de Luze, Roman Polański | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
  7. ^ "Pride and Prejudice Part 4 (1980)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
  8. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Dr Finlay's Casebook (1962-71)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  9. ^ "David Rintoul". www.aveleyman.com.
  10. ^ "David Rintoul | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  11. ^ "Knights in Distress (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019.
  12. ^ "The Adventures of Captain Pugwash[24/09/2001] (2001)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019.
  13. ^ "The most hated Game of Thrones characters - from Cersei to the Night King". 4 July 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Five Red Herrings (TV Mini-Series 1975– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  15. ^ "Vivien Heilbron". IMDb.

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