Roddy Maude-Roxby
Roddy Maude-Roxby | |
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Born | Roderick A. Maude-Roxby 2 April 1930 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1961–2010 |
Roderick A. Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930) is an English actor.[1] He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's The Aristocats, where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); Unconditional Love; and Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart, playing Thompson.
An early innovator at the
Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Not Only... But Also and The Establishment
. He won the Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his work as a stand-up comedian.
Maude-Roxby has also worked with masks and improvisation for over 40 years and was a co-creator of improvisational games developed at the Royal Court Theatre, and then as "Theatre Machine" with Keith Johnstone.[citation needed] In 1992 Maude-Roxby starred as imprisoned alien Mercator in the experimental BBC1 Saturday morning children's magazine show Parallel 9.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | Dangerous Afternoon | Pug | |
1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Man | Uncredited |
1965 | The Party's Over | Hector | |
1966 | Doctor in Clover | Tristram | |
1970 | The Aristocats | Edgar Balthazar, the Butler | Voice |
1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Olivestone | |
1985 | Plenty | Committee Chairman | |
1987 | Playing Away | Vicar | |
1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Dr. Gatty | |
1990 | White Hunter Black Heart | Thompson, British Partner | |
1993 | Shadowlands | Arnold Dopliss | |
2002 | Unconditional Love | Minister | Final role |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
External links
- Roddy Maude-Roxby at IMDb
- Roddy Maude-Roxby at the TCM Movie Database