Nickolas Grace

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section is missing citations or needs footnotes. Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. (September 2007)

This article or section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. You can improve this article by introducing more precise citations.

Nickolas Grace was born on 21 November 1947 and was educated at Forest School,Walthamstow. He is a British actor, best known for his roles on television - including Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood.

Grace made his theatrical debut in weekly rep in Frinton-on-Sea in 1969, and appeared in Trevor Peacock's Erb later that year, which transferred to the Strand Theatre in Spring 1970, his first appearance in the West End. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1972, and in 1973 played Aumerle there in the Ian Richardson/Richard Pasco Richard II (which transferred to Broadway). Back at the RSC from 1976-8 he appeared as Dromio of Ephesus in Trevor Nunn's first ever musical, The Comedy of Errors (with Judi Dench, Michael Williams and Roger Rees), Hitler in Schweik and Witwoud in The Way of the World, directed by John Barton.

He played Hamlet for the opening of Derby Playhouse in 1975.

He filmed Brideshead Revisited from 1979 to 1981, and following the success of that programme played Richard II at the Young Vic in 1981, and Mozart in Amadeus with Frank Finlay at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1982. He then began working in operetta, playing Koko in The Mikado and Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore for Sadler's Wells Opera in repertoire from 1982-1986.

The film Heat and Dust followed in 1983. Other theatre includes Jenkins' Ear by Dusty Hughes at the Royal Court in 1986, Bernstein's Candide (Old Vic/Scottish Opera/BBC) in 1988/9 and The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Leicester Haymarket (1990), which transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre. He played Cole Porter in A Swell Party at the Vaudeville in 1991/2 and appeared in Ken Russell's production of Princess Ida for ENO at the Coliseum in 1992.

Most recently he played Underling the Butler in The Drowsy Chaperone with Elaine Paige at the Novello Theatre, which ended its run on 4 August 2007.

In the "official biography" of the actor Alan Bates, Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates, by Donald Spoto (published on 7 June 2007), Spoto quotes Grace describing his "'intense affair'" with Bates, who was "terrified of exposure": "'I told him labels didn't matter, but that we must be who we are. But he just could not accept that. Alan was at ease as long as he pretended - and he insisted on pretending - that our relationship was not what it was, and was not disclosed to or evident to others.'"

Further information: Alan Bates#Posthumous biography: Otherwise Engaged

[edit] Filmography

• The Shell Seekers (2006 TV film) - Mundy
• The Commander: Blacklight (2006 TV film) - Reginald Aitken
• These Foolish Things (2006) - Nathaniel Meadowsweet
• Marple: Sleeping Murder (2005 TV film) - Lionel Luff
• Casanova (2005 TV film) - French Chancellor
• Splinter (2005) - Glasses
• Daniel Deronda (2002 TV film) - Vandernoodt
• Puckoon (2002) - Foggerty
• My Family (TV series)
  • "Driving Miss Crazy" (2001) - Mr. Casey
  • "Neighbour Wars" (2008) - Mr. Casey
• The Golden Bowl (2000) - Lecturer
• Midsomer Murders (TV series)
  • "Judgement Day" (2000) - Frank Mannion
• In Cold Blood (2000 video game) - John Cord (voice) (as Nikolas Grace)
• Cinderella (2000 TV film) - First Minister
• An Ideal Husband (1999) - Vicomte de Nanjac
• Pocohantas (1999 video) - (voice) (as Nicholas Grace)
• Merlin (1998 TV film) - Sir Egbert
• Absolutely Fabulous
  • "Absolutely Not!" (1998) - Jonny
• Britain's Richest People (1998 TV series) - Narrator
• Shooting Fish (1997) - Mr. Stratton-Luce
• Caught in the Act (1997) - Melvin (Ventriloquist)
• Birds of a Feather (TV series)
  • "Rising Damp" (1997) - Marcus Green
• Suspicious Minds (1993) - Marcus Green
• Cheat! (1989) - Marcus Green
• The Hunchback (1997 TV film) - Gauchére
• Evita (1996) - Tailor (cameo)
• Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
  • "Escape" (1996)
• Two Deaths (1995, by Nicolas Roeg) - Marius Vernescu
• Bugs (TV series)
  • "Hot Metal" (1995) - Raymond Charlesworth
• Solomon & Sheba (1995 TV film) - Jeroboam
• The Final Cut (1995) - Geoffrey Booza Pitt
• Tom & Viv (1994) - Bertrand Russel
• Space Precinct (TV series)
• Double Duty (1994) - Oturi Nissim
• Sharpe's Honour (1994 TV film) - Father Hacha
• Inside Victor Lewis-Smith (1993 TV series) - The consultant
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
  • "Prague, August 1917" (1993) - The Prague Spy/Clouseau
• The Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
  • "A Man Lay Dead" (1993) - Dr. Hans Hoffner
• Alas Smith and Jones (TV series)
  • "Episode #7.4" (1992)
• Absolutely Fabulous (TV series)
  • "Fashion" (1992) - Jonny
• Lovejoy (TV series)
  • "Angel Trousers" (1992) - Jeremy Prince
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
  • "The Master Blackmailer" (1992) - Bertrand
• The Green Man (1990 TV film) - Rev. Tommy Sonnenscheim
• Cluedo (TV series)
  • "Going, Going, Goner" (1990) - Peregrine Talbot- Wheeler
• Hands of a Murderer (1990 TV film) - Oberstein
• Twist of Fate (1989 TV film) - Wolf
• The Man in the Brown Suit (1989 TV film) - Guy Underhill
• Dream Demon (1988) - Jenny's Father
• Salome's Last Dance (1988) - Oscar Wilde
• Just Ask for Diamond (1988) - Himmell
• Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987 TV mini-series) - Lord Nelson
• Lorca, muerte de un poeta (1987 TV mini-series) - Federico García Lorca
• The Last Place on Earth (1985 TV mini-series) - Lord Howard De Walden
• Max Headroom (1985 TV film) - Grossman
• Lace (1984 TV movie) - Sir Christopher Swann
• The Master of Ballantrae as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1984) - Dass
• Bergerac (TV series)
  • "Prime Target" (1983) - Inspector Chazottes
• Robin of Sherwood (1983-1986) (TV series) - Robert de Rainault, Sheriff of Nottingham
• Heat and Dust (1983) - Harry Hamilton-Paul
• Brideshead Revisited (1981 TV mini-series) - Anthony Blanche
• The Professionals (TV series)
  • "Mixed Doubles" (1980) - Joe
• The Shakespeare Plays (TV series)
  • "All's Well That Ends Well" (1983) - Soldier
  • "The Comedy of Errors" (1978) - Dromio of Ephesus
• The Pink Medicine Show (1978 TV series)
• Survivors (TV series)
  • "Gone to the Angels" (1975) - Matthew
• The Brotherhood (1975 TV film) - William Rossetti
• Z Cars (TV series)
  • segment "Sweet Girl" (1972) - Boy
  • segment A Couple of Comic Turns: Part 2" (1970) - Private Jefferson

[edit] External links

• Nickolas Grace at the Internet Movie Database