Rupert Frazer (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor.[1]

Career

His work in theatre includes performances at the Citizens Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre.[2] In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's Thyestes.[3] Other theatre roles include Ferdinand in The Tempest and Tamburlaine.[4][5][6]

He appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982.[7] In Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim (Christian Bale).[8][9]

Other roles include Philip Castallack in Penmarric (1979),[10][11] Muller in Eye of the Needle (1981), Lionel Stephens in The Shooting Party (1985),[12] Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest,[13] Alan Desland in The Girl in a Swing (1988),[14][15] Lord Alexander Montford in The House of Eliott[16] and Neville Chamberlain in Downton Abbey.[17]

Personal life

Frazer is married with three children.[18]

References

  1. ^ O'Donnell, Monica M. (1986). Contemporary theatre, film and television: a biographical guide featuring performers, directors, writers, producers, designers, managers, choreographers, technicians, composers, executives, dancers, and critics in the United States and Great Britain : a continuation of Who's who in the theatre. Includes cumulative index containing references to Who's who in the theatre, 17th edition. Gale Research Co. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8103-2065-9. Retrieved 4 March 2020. FRAZER, Rupert 1947- PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1947, in England
  2. ^ Dunn, Kate (1998). Exit through the fireplace: the great days of the rep. J. Murray. p. 258. ISBN 9780719554759.
  3. ^ Davis, Peter J (2003). Seneca : Thyestes. Duckworth Books. p. 31. ISBN 0715632221.
  4. ^ Maley, Willy; Murphy, Andrew (2004). Shakespeare and Scotland. Manchester University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7190-6637-5. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2014). Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4422-3548-9. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Tempest, The · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk. BUFVC. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ Attenborough, Richard (1982). In search of Gandhi. Bodley Head. p. 234. ISBN 9780370309439. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ Morris, Nigel (2017). A Companion to Steven Spielberg. John Wiley & Sons. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-118-72691-4. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ Friedman, Lester D. (2010). Citizen Spielberg. University of Illinois Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-0-252-09129-2. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  10. ^ Howes, Keith (1993). Broadcasting it : an encyclopaedia of homosexuality in film, radio and TV in the UK 1923-1993. London ; New York, NY : Cassell. pp. 608–609. ISBN 9780304327003. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul (2006). Opposing Hate Speech. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-275-98427-4.
  12. ^ Ebert, Roger (23 September 1985). "The Shooting Party movie review (1985) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. ^ "The Listener". British Broadcasting Corporation. May 1988. Retrieved 4 March 2020. Rupert Frazer had the tone right, and could have passed for a refugee from another and more appropriate generation of acting
  14. ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Ross, Stanley R. (1990). The Motion Picture Guide 1990 Annual: The Films of 1989. Cinebooks. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-933997-29-5.
  15. ^ Cinefantastique. F.S. Clarke. 1991.
  16. ^ "The House of Eliott - S2 - Episode 11". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  17. ^ O'Donovan, Gerard (19 October 2015). "Will Lord Grantham survive? Six Downton Abbey talking points". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  18. ^ "About". Rupert Frazer. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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