Sam Beazley
Sam Beazley | |
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| Born | 29 March 1916 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 12 June 2017 (aged 101) |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Sam Beazley (29 March 1916 – 12 June 2017) was a British actor.[1]
Early life
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Career
Beazley was encouraged to become a professional actor in the 1930s as a teenager by his mother. After he had appeared in a London run of Where the Rainbow Ends, his mother secured him an introduction to John Gielgud. An invitation to join Gielgud's theatre company followed, and Beazley appeared in Gielgud's productions of Hamlet as the "Player Queen" (1934) and Romeo and Juliet as "Paris" (1935).[7] After Tatler's theatre critic negatively reviewed his performance in Romeo and Juliet, Beazley decided he "simply hadn’t got the knack" for acting, and gave it up.[8]
After serving in World War II, Beazley co-owned an antique shop for several decades. He returned to acting full time when he retired at 73,[9][10] and subsequently appeared in a variety of stage and film productions; as well he became a painter in his nineties.[11][12]
Death and legacy
A 2010 article by Nicholas de Jongh in The Independent described "the amazing" Beazley as "the last theatre survivor of his generation".[7] Beazley died on 12 June 2017 at the age of 101.[13]
Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Notes |
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| Madame Sousatzka | 1988 | Festival Guest | |
| Portrait of a Marriage | 1990 | Lord Carnock | 1 episode |
| Pride and Prejudice | 1995 | Vicar | 1 episode |
| Midsomer Murders | 2000 | Cyril Toft | Episode: "Blue Herrings" |
| Passionnément | 2000 | Matthew | |
| Johnny English | 2003 | Elderly Man at the hospital | |
| Doctors | 2003 | Tom | Episode: "House of Cards" |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason |
2004 | Very Old Man | |
| Torchwood | 2006 | Alan Ellis | |
Kingdom |
2007 | Mr. Bewley | 1 episode |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
2007 | Everard |
References
- ^ a b de Jongh, Nicholas (11 July 2017). "Sam Beazley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Birth info". findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Beazley's appointment as Common Serjeant, The London Gazette 23 October 1942.
- ^ Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour (Volume 1) page 36
- TheGuardian.com. 11 July 2017.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, Kelly's Directories. 1916. p. 713.
- ^ a b Nicholas de Jongh, "Dangerous liaisons: The secret life of John Gielgud", The Independent, 15 February 2010.
- TheGuardian.com. 11 July 2017.
- TheGuardian.com. 11 July 2017.
- ^ At this point he had already appeared as "festival guest" in Madame Sousatzka, released in October 1988 when he was 72. cf [1], [2]
- ^ Garald Isaaman, "Feature: Exhibition – Sam Beazley's paintings is at the Millinery Works Gallery until August 28", Islington Tribune, 19 August 2010.
- ^ John Freedman, "Playhouse of the World", The Moscow Times, 20 March 1998.
- ^ "Sam BEAZLEY Obituary". The Times. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
External links
- Sam Beazley at IMDb
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