MICHAEL GAUNT

Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1483 771950 E-Mail: [email protected]

ACTING Summary of roles from 1960 0nwards:

FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: DIRECTOR

ALL MEN ARE MORTAL Mayor of Rouen Nova Films Ate De Jong ROYAL CELEBRATION Neighbour BBC (Screen 2) Ferdinand Fairfax MAGGIE’S BABY Magistrate BBC (Screen 2) George Case

T.V. CREDITS INCLUDE:

VAN DER VALK Neighbour LWT Herbert Wise SOMEWHERE TO RUN Business man LWT Carol Wiseman NUMBER 27 Maitre’D BBC (Screen 2) Tristram Powell OSCAR WILDE (DE PROFUNDIS) Prison Doctor BBC Henry Herbert HAZELL (SUFFOLK GHOST) Peter Thames Mike Vardy BLAKE’S SEVEN (4 Episodes) Dr Bax BBC Vere Lorrimer JACKANORY (15 Stories) Story Teller BBC Anna Home/Jeremy Swan

PREVIOUS T.V. CREDITS INCLUDE:

LILLIE (JERSEY LILY) Lord Randolph Churchill LWT John Gorrie SWEETHEARTS Harold (Improvised) Anglia Peter Townley SOFTLY, SOFTLY (2 Series) Det Const Timms BBC Vere Lorrimer/ Roger Jenkins/ Leonard Lewis DIXON OF DOCK GREEN (2 Eps) Constable BBC Vere Lorrimer THE BROTHERS (2 Episodes) Bunny (Pilot) BBC Vere Lorrimer / Lenny Mayne HONEY LANE (2 Episodes) Antique dealer ATV Kevin Sheldon COUNTERSTRIKE News Reader BBC Vere Lorrimer REDCAP Lieutenant Corner ABC Guy Verney DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER Det Williams Redifusion John Moxey DEAD SILENCE(Armchair Theatre) Det Const Harris ABC John Moxey JAMIE Sir William Hewer LWT David Coulter THE HIGHER THEY FLY Perkins (Navigator) ABC Guy Verney (Armchair Theatre) HENRY VIII Cryer BBC Kevin Billington WRONG FOR FIVE HUNDRED Alex Prior ABC Ernest Maxin THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN Smith BBC Andrew Osbourne

TRAINING FILMS & CORPORATE VIDEOS INCLUDE:

YOU THE JURY Sir Anthony Slingsby QC Warthog Productions Stuart Hall INTERACTIVE VIDEOS Managing Director Tourist productions Stuart Hall WINE (Narrator) Husband John Courage FIREMEN Fireman BBC Tim Combe

TOURING:

September - November 2002

THE TEMPEST (Thelma Holt) King Alonso Plymouth Theatre Royal Patrick Mason Kings Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatre Royal, Bath Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Theatre Royal, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Norwich

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (H Woodward) Mr Bingley Bromley New Theatre Hippodrome, Bristol Arts Theatre, Cambridge Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Golders Green Hippodrome Princess Theatre, Torquay Theatre Royal, Brighton Nuffield Theatre, Southampton

REPERTORY COMPANIES & ROLES

BEXHILL-ON-SEA

Penguin Players, De la Warr Pavilion - weekly

1962 THE QUEEN’S HUSBAND (Robert Sherwood) Frederick Branton Robert Norman BORN YESTERDAY (Garson Kanin) Paul Verrall Robert Norman

1964 THE HOT TIARA (Janet Allen) Mick Richard Burnett THE BEST HOTEL IN BOULOGNE (Roy Plomley) Jeremy Richard Burnett

BROMLEY

New Theatre - weekly

1966 PRIDE & PREJUDICE (adapted by Liggat and Sheaf) Mr Bingley Sheila Hancock

Churchill Theatre - 3 weekly

1981 JOURNEY’S END (R.C. Sheriff) Captain Hardy Madhav Sharma (With Ewen Solon, Harold Goodwin)

CHESTERFIELD

Civic Theatre - fortnightly

1969 MACBETH (Shakespeare) Banquo Jack Lynn ALL IN GOOD TIME (Bill Naughton) Leslie Jack Lynn THE WOODEN DISH (Edmund Morris) Glen Denison Jack Lynn

COLCHESTER

Mercury Theatre - 4 weekly

1980 BLACK COFFEE (Agatha Christie) Richard Amory David Buxton OUTSIDE EDGE (Richard Harris) Bob David Buxton WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? (Brian Clark) Dr Travers David Buxton

DUNDEE

The Rep - three weekly

1977-1981 WHO WAS THAT LADY? (Albery & Gould) Sir Percy Wagstaff Graham Berown (With Phyllis Logan) ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Adapted by Malcolm Sircom) Caterpillar & King of Hearts Graham Berown (With Phyllis Logan) TRAVESTIES (Tom Stoppard) Bennett Robert Robertson THE BOYFRIEND (Sandy Wilson) Percival Browne Maurice Harty MUSIC HALL AT THE REP (Compilation) Chairman Graham Berown

EASTBOURNE

Devonshire Park Theatre, Penguin Players - weekly

1961-1962 DON’T TELL FATHER (Brooke & Bannerman) Cornelius Allingham Robert Norman LITTLE WOMEN (Louisa Alcott) Laurie Robert Norman THE TENDER TRAP (Shulman & Smith) Charlie Reader Robert Norman INTENT TO Murder (Leslie Sands) Larry Robert Norman TIME AND YELLOW ROSES (Leslie Storm) Roger Balion Robert Norman DOUBLE YOLK – BY ACCIDENT (Hugh & Margaret Williams) Bill Robert Norman PESON UNKNOWN (John Alldridge) Frank Robert Norman SEPTEMBER TIDE (Daphne du Maurier) Jimmy Martyn Robert Norman THE PAY OFF (Barbara Harper) Stan Faber (Jacko) Robert Norman THE FAR OFF HILLS (Lennox Robinson) Pierce Hegarty Robert Norman TELL-TALE MURDER (Philip Weathers) David Mannion Robert Norman A CUCKOO IN THE NEST () Peter Wykeham Robert Norman THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST (Oscar Wilde) Algernon Moncrieff Robert Norman MURDER DELAYED (Duncan Greenwood) Peter Maxwell Robert Norman THE YOUNG IN HEART (Derek Benfield) Roger Purvis Robert Norman MURDER ISN’T CRICKET (Philip Weathers) Alec Pearson Robert Norman THE IRREGULAR VERB TO LOVE (Hugh & Margaret Williams) Michael Vickers Robert Norman WHERE THE HEART IS (Aimee Stuart) Brian Robert Norman TEN MINUTE ALIBI Anthony Armstrong) Colin Derwent Robert Norman BLACK COFFEE (Agatha Christie) Richard Amory Robert Norman FRESH FIELDS (Ivor Novello) Tim Crabbe Robert Noman A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Robert Bolt) Richard Rich Robert Norman ONCE A CROOK (Evadne Price) Bill Hopkins Robert Norman RELATIVE VALUES (Noel Coward) Nigel, Earl of Marshwood Robert Norman VERDICT (Agatha Christie) Lester Cole Robert Norman THE QUEEN’S HUSBAND (Robert Sherwood) Frederick Granton Robert Norman BORN YESTERDAY (Garson Kanin) Paul Verral Robert Norman APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (Agatha Christie) Raymond Robert Norman HOT AND COLD IN ALL ROOMS (Max Reitermann) Frank Mason Robert Norman DISTINGUISHED GATHERING (James Parish) Sgt Ferris Richard Burnett (With Vic Oliver) THE AMOROUS PRAWN (Anthony Kimmins) Willie Maltravers Robert Norman PERIL AT END HOUSE (Agatha Christie) Terry Ord Robert Norman TONIGHT AT 8.00 PM – STILL LIFE (Noel Coward) Stanley Robert Norman MURDER ON THE NILE (Agatha Christie) Simon Mostyn Robert Norman THE BIG KILLING (Philip Mackie) Gavin Cole Robert Norman SOMEONE AT THE DOOR (D & C Christie) Bill Reid Robert Norman

1964 EDEN END (JB Priestley) Wilfred Robert Norman SOMETHING TO HIDE (Leslie Sands) Howard Holt Robert Norman

FARNHAM

Castle Theatre - weekly

1960-1961 SEAGULLS OVER SORRENTO (Hugh Hastings) Sparks Cleland George Harland (With Hugh Hastings) AND SUDDENLY IT WAS SPRING (Jack Popplewell) Spike Muldoon George Harland THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY (Hay & du Garde Peach) Asst. Com. John Preston George Harland A CLEAN Kill (Michael Gilbert) Supt. Moreland John Brittany THE KIDDERS (Donald Ogden Stuart) Chase Allen John Brittany THE BOYS AND THE BEES (Richard Hamilton) Charles Bronson-Ferris John Brittany THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK (John Mortimer) Miller George Harland A SHRED OF EVIDENCE (R C Sherriff) Mr Beechcroft George Harland TAX FREE (Archie Menzies & Roy Plomley) Dr Wimpole George Harland LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (Oscar Wilde) Mr Hopper George Harland THE HOLLY AND THE Ivy (Wynyard Browne) Mick Gregory George Harland ALADDIN Slave of the Lamp George Harland ROOKERY NOOK (BEN Travers) Putz George Harland WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT AUNTIE? (Philip King & Parnell Bradbury) Pete George Harland THE FIRST TIME I SAW PARIS (Roy Plomley) Floyd Walsh George Harland WINTER JOURNEY (Clifford Odets) Phil Cook George Harland (Geraldine Moffatt a company member)

ST PETERPORT, GUERNSEY

Little Theatre, London Players - weekly

1961 THE MORE THE MERRIER (Ronald Millar) Leonard Lee Wally Thomas A CLEAN KILL (Michael Gilbert) Mr Senior Wally Thomas BUS STOP (William Inge) Bo Decker Wally Thomas WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS (Jean Anouilh) Gaston Wally Thomas THE SOUND OF MURDER (William Fairchild) Mr Davidson Wally Thomas POOLS PARADISE (Philip King) Willie Briggs Wally Thomas WHO GOES THERE (John Dighton) Arthur Crisp Wally Thomas THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Taylor & Skinner) Roger Henderson Wally Thomas STOLEN WATERS (Lionel Brown) George Lawrence Wally Thomas HAPPY THE BRIDE (Peter Blackmore)) Andrew Wally Thomas SHADOW OF THE VINE (Beverly Nichols) Julian Heath Wally Thomas THE HEIRESS (Ruth & Augustus Goetz) Arthur Townsend Bruce Bennett BLACK COFFEE (Agatha Christie) Richard Amory Wally Thomas BRIDES OF MARCH (John Chapman) Jack Krasner Wally Thomas WHO LIES THERE (Philip Johnson) Alec Wally Thomas BEST BELOVED (Edgar Wilford) PC Robinson Wally Thomas THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY (Hay & la Garde Peach) Peter Winter Wally Thomas

HARROGATE

White Rose Company - weekly

1961 THE FRENCH MISTRESS (Robert Monro) Peter Crawley John Rudling REBECCA (Daphne Du Maurier) Robert Robert Chetwyn TOWARDS ZERO (Agatha Christie) Ted Latimer Colin Ellis

LEATHERHEAD

Thorndike Theatre TIE - fortnight

1975 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Shakespeare) Antony Joan McAlpine

LEEDS

Playhouse - three weekly

1980 WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? (Brian Clark) Peter Kershaw John Harrison

PALMERS GREEN

Intimate Theatre - weekly

1969 SEE HOW THEY RUN (Philip King) Rev Lionel Toop Douglas Emery (With Tim Barrett & Michael Sharvell-Martin) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Joseph Kessering) Officer Klein Douglas B Andrews

PLYMOUTH

Theatre Royal - three weekly

1983 THE BED BEFORE YESTERDAY (BEN Travers) Fred Castle Chris Hayes (With Ewen Solon and Andre Melly)

2002 THE TEMPEST (Shakespeare) King Alonso Patrick Mason (With Richard Briers)

RHYL

Little Theatre - weekly

1964 (Management M.G. Roy Plomley, Paul Elliott) MARY, MARY (JEAN Kerr) Oscar Nelson Michael Gaunt TRAP FOR A LONELY Man (Robert Thomas) The Priest Michael Gaunt HOME AND DRY (Roy Plomley) Buster Ball Michael Gaunt ODD MAN IN (Claude Magnier) George Maxwell Brian Wolfe (Jackie Piper [Crump] a member of the company)

1965 THE UNEXPECTED GUEST (Agatha Christie) Julien Michael Gaunt TAX FREE (Roy Plomley) Bromhead Michael Gaunt DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER (Frederick Knott) Max Halliday Michael Gaunt THE TENDER TRAP (Shulman & Smith) Charlie Michael Gaunt DEAD ON NINE (Jack Popplewell) Tom Hammond Michael Gaunt IS YOUR HONEYMOON REALLY NECESSARY (Vivian Tidmarsh) Lawrence Vining Paul Elliott VERDICT (Agatha Christie) Det. Ins. Ogden Michael Gaunt

OTHER THEATRE

London

World Refugee Year 1959/1960

St Thomas’s Church, Regent Street one week PEOPLE OF NOWHERE (James Brabazon) 1st German Policeman John Crockett

Haymarket Theatre (Liverpool, , Newcastle)

1963 THE TULIP TREE (N C Hunter) (H M Tennant) David Burton Glen Byam Shaw [With Celia Johnson, John Clements & Lynn Redgrave]

The British Council: Cygnet Productions – theatres in Regent Street & Hans Crescent two weeks

1965 THE WINTER’S TALE (Shakespeare) Florizel Trevor Ray (With Prunella Ransome)

Little Theatre Club, Garrick Yard, St Martins Lane

1965 FIVE DAYS (Henry Zeiger) The Prisoner Richard W Jackman

Repertory Players

Criterion Theatre

DEATH AT THE NEW YEAR (R G Gregory) Martin (Play Reading) dDavid McDonald

Vaudeville Theatre

1964 SHADOW OF A PALE HORSE (Bruce Stewart) Townsman Brian Oulton

Comedy Theatre

1965 The IMMUTABILITY OF LEWIS BROWN (David Shellan)) Lewis Brown Donald Ross

Golders Green Hippodrome Produced by Robin Alexandar & Cameron Mackintosh one week

1967 THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS (William Douglas Home) Tony Kevin Sheldon

Globe Theatre

First Workshop Performance 1995 SHAKESPEARE’S ROYALS: presenter – director Basil Coleman [With Tony Britton, Anna Carteret, Peter Egan, Barbara Jefford, Peter McEnery, Prunella Scales, & Sam West]

Globe Theatre Education

1995 THE JEWS’ TRAGEDY William Heminges) The King of the Jews Graham Watts

VOICE OVER WORK INCLUDES:

DOCTOR ON CALL Introduced 14 LWT David Coulter programmes DISCOVERING LONDON Voice Over LWT David Coulter Commentator / Actor Numerous Overseas Carl Duering Broadcast for Deutsche Welle Voice Over For Many Commercials

COMMERCIALS INCLUDE:

Guinness, BHS, Pan Am