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Harold Innocent

Harold Sidney Innocent (18 April 1933 – 12 September 1993) (born Harold Sidney Harrison) was an English actor who appeared in many film and television roles. After attending Bro...

Harold Sidney Innocent (18 April 1933 – 12 September 1993) (born Harold Sidney Harrison) was an English actor who appeared in many film and television roles.

After attending Broad Street Secondary Modern School in Coventry, Innocent worked for a short time as an office clerk. Realising quickly that he was not suited to this career, he turned instead to acting, studying at the Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art. After National Service in the RAF, Innocent went into repertory theatre. Later he moved to Hollywood where he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1959, as well other television series such as The Barbara Stanwyck Show.[1]

On his return to the United Kingdom he appeared at the Nottingham Playhouse, the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, the Young Vic, the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Bristol Old Vic. In 1984 with the RSC he appeared in Richard III and Love's Labour's Lost. With the same company he appeared in Henry V, playing both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Burgundy. He played the latter role in the 1989 film version for Kenneth Branagh. In 1991 he appeared in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III, again at the National Theatre.[1]

Las apariciones televisivas de Innocent incluyen el episodio piloto de 1969 de Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) , The Persuaders!, My Late Lamented Friend and Partner, así como Callan , Crown Court , The Professionals , Minder , Inspector Morse , el tesorero en Porterhouse Blue , EastEnders [ 1 ] y como Lord Robert "Bunchy" Gospell en el episodio 6 ("Death in a White Tie") de Inspector Alleyn Mysteries . Maigret and the Mad Woman , como Pepito Giovanni. En Porterhouse Blue (1987) apareció junto a David Jason como el tesorero de la universidad. Apareció cantando monólogos cómicos y canciones junto a Cilla Black en The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog , que se grabó en 1982 y se emitió por Channel 4 en 1983. [ 2 ]

A finales de los años sesenta, mientras vivía en California, fue miembro del grupo de actores Pacifica Players que trabajaba en KPFK y en 1968 grabó la primera lectura íntegra de El Hobbit , de JRR Tolkien . [ 3 ]

Entre sus papeles cinematográficos se incluyen Loot (1970), Brazil (1984), Henry V (1989) y Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). En el teatro, participó en una versión musical de Alicia en el país de las maravillas en el Lyric Theatre de Hammersmith en 1986, e hizo su debut operístico en Ruddigore de Gilbert y Sullivan para una función conmemorativa del centenario en 1987 en Sadler's Wells . [ 1 ]

Apareció en la serie de Doctor Who , The Happiness Patrol, interpretando a Gilbert M, y más tarde en la serie dramática de BBC Radio 5, The Paradise of Death .

Innocent murió en Londres en 1993 después de una breve enfermedad, a los 60 años. [ 1 ]

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References

  1. 12345"Obituary: Harold Innocent". The Times. 15 September 1993. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  2. The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website
  3. The Tale of Ears