Tristram Powell

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Tristram Powell
Born
Tristram Roger Dymoke Powell

(1940-04-25)25 April 1940
Lady Violet Pakenham

Tristram Roger Dymoke Powell

Falling
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Life and career

Tristram Powell was born in

Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, the last squire of Felbrigg Hall and a noted biographer.[3] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford.[1]

Powell's father died in 2000, and he has recounted the story of his conversing with the doctor in attendance, who was also surnamed Powell, about his ancestry.[4] His mother, Lady Violet, died in 2002.[5]

Powell objected to the National Trust's 2017 short film about his godfather, Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer of Felbrigg Hall, in which the latter's private life as a homosexual was revealed. Powell said that the Trust had made the revelation for "commercial reasons" in a way he considered "exaggerated and mean-spirited".[6]

Powell's daughter Georgia married Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort, in 2018.[7]

Tristram Powell died on 1 March 2024, at the age of 83.[8]

Filmography

Director

Year Film Notes
1968 Contrasts Episode: "A Writer and his Sword – A film about Japan's best-selling novelist, Yukio Mishima"
1978 The Lively Arts Episode: "A Haunted Man"
1981 No Country for Old Men (TV)
1984 The Ghost Writer (TV)
1985 Arena Episode: "From an Immigrant's Notebook"
1987–1993 Screen Two 5 episodes
1988 Number 27
Talking Heads
Episode: "Soldiering On"
1991 American Friends
1992 The Old Devils Episodes: "Love, Lust and Litre Bottles", "Rhiannon's Boys", "Clapped-Out Casanovas"
1993 Selected Exits (TV)
1995 Tears Before Bedtime 4 episodes
1997 Drovers' Gold TV mini-series
1997–1999 Kavanagh QC Episodes: "Ancient History", "Previous Convictions", "End Game"
1998 Talking Heads 2 Episode: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"
2000 Telling Tales
Without Motive 3 episodes
2001 Anybody's Nightmare (TV)
2003 Sparkling Cyanide (TV)
2005
Falling
(TV)
2005–2006 Judge John Deed Episodes: "In Defence of Others", "My Daughter, Right or Wrong"
2005–2008 Trial & Retribution Episodes: "The Lovers: Part 1", "Curriculum Vitae: Part 1", "Tracks: Part 1"
2006 The Commander Episode: "Blacklight"
2007–2008 Foyle's War Episodes: "Casualties of War", "Plan of Attack", "All Clear"
2009 Law & Order: UK Episode: "Paradise"

References

  1. ^ a b 'Powell of The Chantry' pedigree, Burke's Peerage website
  2. ^ a b "Playhouse Off To Promising Start ". Record-Journal. 16 January 1984. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. ^ Jay, Mike (Spring 2013). "Who Were the Dedicatees of Powell's Works?" (PDF). Anthony Powell Society Newsletter (50): 10. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ Ferdinand Mount (June 2000). "The passing of Powell". Prospect magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Lady Violet Powell". The Telegraph. 15 January 2002. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. ^ Duffy, Nick (26 July 2017). "National Trust and Stephen Fry under fire for 'outing' historical figure". Pink News. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ Janet Hughes (10 May 2018). "Gloucestershire's most eligible bachelor has been taken off the market". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Tristram Powell, brilliant director who flourished in the golden age of BBC arts coverage – obituary". The Telegraph. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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