Roy Dotrice
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| Born | May 26, 1923 Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Kay Dotrice (1947-2007) |
Roy Dotrice OBE (born May 26, 1923)[1] is a British actor know for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten.
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Dotrice was born in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, the son of Neva (née Wilton) and Louis Dotrice.[2] He served with the RAF from 1940 to 1945 during World War II, and was imprisoned in a German POW camp from 1942 to 1945.
He was married to Kay Newman from 1947 until her death in 2007, and they had three children together: Michele, Yvette and Karen, all of whom are actresses. He is also the father-in-law to Edward Woodward, a contemporary of his and husband to his daughter Michele.
Dotrice is arguably best known to North American audiences for playing the role of "Father" in the 1980s hit TV series, Beauty and the Beast, though his acting career dates back to 1945, in a revue called Back Home, performed by ex-prisoners-of-war, in aid of the Red Cross, after which he played in a number of repertory theatres. He's also known to fans of the Buffyverse as the portrayer of Roger Wyndam-Pryce, the infamous father of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Another Sci-Fi role was Commissioner Simmons in two episodes of season 1 of Space 1999. He played Father Gary Barrett in the tv series Picket Fences from 1993-1996. In 1998, Dotrice appeared in three episodes of the cult television show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zeus, king of the Greek gods and father of Hercules, played by Kevin Sorbo.
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
On tour in February 2008 in a revival of Brief Lives, the one-man play about author John Aubrey by Patrick Garland.
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- Watership Down (audio book)
- Robin Hood (TV series)
- The Prince and the Pauper (audio book)
- Batman: The Animated Series
- The Death Gate Cycle Vol. 4: Serpent Mage (audio book)
- Three volumes of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (audio books), voicing more than 500 different characters
[edit] References
- ^ In Marquis Who's Who 2008 he claims 1929, but that would make him 11 when he started his RAF service.
- ^ Roy Dotrice Biography (1925-)
[edit] External links
- Roy Dotrice official website
- Roy Dotrice at the Internet Broadway Database
- Roy Dotrice at the Internet Movie Database
- Roy Dotrice at the Voice Chasers Database
- Brief Lives Revival!
- http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/477866/two-old-stagers-find-vigour-in-brief-lives.thtml
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| NAME | Dotrice, Roy |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923-05-26 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK |
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