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

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

He appeared in Gandhi (1982).[6] In Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim (Christian Bale).[7][8]

Other roles include Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest,[9] Dale in The Girl in a Swing (1988),[10][11] Lord Alexander Montford in The House of Eliott,[12] and Neville Chamberlain in Downton Abbey.[13]

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. 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. ^ Attenborough, Richard (1982). In search of Gandhi. Bodley Head. p. 234. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ Morris, Nigel (2017). A Companion to Steven Spielberg. John Wiley & Sons. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-118-72691-4. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ Friedman, Lester D. (2010). Citizen Spielberg. University of Illinois Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-0-252-09129-2. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ "The Listener". The Listener (magazine). 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
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Cinefantastique. F.S. Clarke. 1991.
  12. ^ "The House of Eliott - S2 - Episode 11". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  13. ^ O'Donovan, Gerard (19 October 2015). "Will Lord Grantham survive? Six Downton Abbey talking points". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 March 2020.