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Edward Petherbridge is a Actor British born on 3 august 1936 at Bradford (United-kingdom)

Edward Petherbridge

Edward Petherbridge
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 august 1936 (87 years) at Bradford (United-kingdom)

Edward Petherbridge (born on 3 August 1936) is an English actor, writer and artist. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers's novels, and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. At the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, he was a memorable Newman Noggs in the company's adaptation of Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Biography

Petherbridge is married to the actress Emily Richard, with whom he has appeared several times on stage. They have two children, Dora (b. 1983) and Arthur (b. 1986). He has a son, David (b. 1965), by his first marriage to the New Zealand actress and director Louise Petherbridge (née Harris).

Petherbridge and his wife live in West Hampstead in North London. With his friend Kathleen Riley he is writing a history of West Hampstead, NW6 and All That.

In 2007, Petherbridge suffered two strokes while preparing to star in a production of King Lear. He later fictionalized the experience in the play My Perfect Mind, co-written with Kathryn Hunter.

His book, Slim Chances and Unscheduled Appearances was published in March 2011 and launched with a sell-out Platform at the National Theatre. At the same time he held his first art exhibition at Burgh House in Hampstead.

Petherbridge maintains a weekly blog, which often features his poetry, artwork and short films.

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Mick Gold
Mick Gold
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Bob Peck
Bob Peck
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Filmography of Edward Petherbridge (6 films)

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Pope Joan
Pope Joan (2009)
, 2h29
Directed by Sönke Wortmann
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films set in the Viking Age, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Suzanne Bertish, Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman, Anatole Taubman, Alexander Held
Roles Aesculapius, the teacher
Rating67% 3.3515053.3515053.3515053.3515053.351505
Shortly after the death of Charlemagne, a woman called Joan is born in Ingelheim am Rhein. She is the daughter of a village priest (Iain Glen). He also rules his wife (Jördis Triebel) and family with a rod of iron, though his Saxon wife still secretly worships the pagan god Wotan. Even so, Joan grows up to be an articulate girl, who intensively studies the Bible, unbeknownst to her father. After her eldest brother's sudden death, their father wants to send his second son John to the cathedral school in Dorestad, but when the teacher Aesculapius (Edward Petherbridge) visits them in Ingelheim, Joan proves to be far more capable of dealing with the Scriptures than John. Against her father's wishes, Joan is taught by Aesculapius, who introduces her to literary works such as Homer's Odyssey.
The Statement, 2h
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, Ciarán Hinds
Rating61% 3.096423.096423.096423.096423.09642
Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), a French Nazi collaborator, orders seven Jews executed during World War II. Some 40 years later, he is pursued by "David Manenbaum" (Matt Craven), a hitman who is under orders to kill Brossard and leave a printed 'Statement' on his body proclaiming the assassination was vengeance for the Jews executed in 1944. Brossard kills "Manenbaum," hiding the dead body after finding the printed "Statement" and discovering that his pursuer was travelling on a Canadian passport. Brossard for years has taken refuge in sanctuaries in southern France within the Traditionalist Catholic community, appealing to long-time allies who have operated in great secrecy to shield him and provide him with funds. But now they bring increased scrutiny to themselves for continuing to do so.
The Opium War, 2h30
Directed by Xie Jin
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Bob Peck, Oliver Cotton, Simon Williams, Nigel Davenport, Philip Jackson, Garrick Hagon
Roles British Member of Parliament
Rating64% 3.2452753.2452753.2452753.2452753.245275
An Awfully Big Adventure, 1h52
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Carol Drinkwater
Roles Richard St. Ives
Rating58% 2.9043752.9043752.9043752.9043752.904375
In the film's prologue, a hotelier ushers a child into a bomb shelter during the Liverpool Blitz. We see a brief flashback to a woman leaving her baby in a basement surrounded by flickering candles. Before departing from the house, she quickly drops a string of pearls on the child's pillow, twined around a single rose.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), 9h
Actors Roger Rees, Alun Armstrong, Emily Richard, John Woodvine, David Threlfall, Edward Petherbridge
Roles Newman Noggs
Rating90% 4.520114.520114.520114.520114.52011
For a detailed plot see The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby