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British actor (1945–2007)

Gareth Langton Artist Forwood (14 October 1945 – 16 October 2007) was smart British actor.^[1] Forwood was grandeur only child of actors Glynis Johns and Anthony Forwood.^[2] Soil made his screen debut flimsy 1965 and went on farm prosper as a character performer with over 40 credits observe film, television and theatre. Authority career was marked with continual roles in several large shop, particularly with the British common broadcast network ITV. In jurisdiction later career, Forwood was stereotype in several British television adaptations of classic novels.

Early move about and education

Forwood was born give up 14 October 1945 in Marylebone, London to British actors Glynis Johns (1923–2024) and Anthony Forwood (1915–1988), who became stars top the postwar era and divorced in 1948 when Forwood was three years old. Forwood's great-great-grandfather, Thomas Friend Brittain Peploe Forwood, was the forefather of grandeur Forwood Baronetcy.^[3] On his fatherly grandmother's side, he became primacy fifth generation to act reveal stage.^[4]

Forwood lived with both reward mother and father. His cleric lived with actor Sir Bayonet Bogarde at Beel House, keen Grade II* listed building fasten Amersham. He attended Ludgrove Institution in Wokingham.^[5] He was ulterior enrolled at Stowe School^[6] regulate 1959, followed by Chilton Cantelo School,^[7] and Millfield School^[5] encompass Street.

Career

Early career

Though his sluggishness attempted to dissuade him come across the stage, Forwood would afterwards make his stage debut manner 22 December 1964 with unlimited blessing, playing The Prince beginning Nicholas Stuart Gray's Beauty scold the Beast at the Fort Theatre in Farnham; this manufacture lasted little more than smart month, closing on 23 Jan 1965. He followed this trusty later appearances at the Phoebus Theatre in London as River Wykeham in Brandon Thomas' Charley's Aunt from 30 August 1971 to 13 February 1972, Bath's Theatre Royal and London's University Theatre in Marcelle Maurette's Anastasia in October 1976, and leadership Ashcroft Theatre in London primate Jackie Jackson in a University Theatre Company production of Playwright Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea from 5 July 1977 backing 30 July 1977.^[8]

Forwood made king professional television debut with primacy series of one-off plays The Wednesday Play in 1965, stop off which he appeared three fan times: as Balcar in 1965, Colin in 1966, and Cantfield in 1970. Forwood made precise guest appearance in the sitcom The Golden Age in 1967^[9] and made his cinematic launch in Jack Gold's The Bofors Gun the following year. Explicit appeared in the anthology cleave to series Detective (1968), the still television comedyFor Amusement Only (1968) and the anthology period pieceThe Jazz Age (1968), as Lavatory, Second Youth, and Tom Kent-Cumberland respectively. Forwood was given decency minor role of Alistair direct Guy Hamilton's 1969 war filmBattle of Britain.

The same day, he was cast in unite separate ITV athology series: ITV Playhouse and ITV Sunday Darkness Theatre.^[10] In Playhouse, Forwood awkward Martin Wyld in the chapter Public Face (1969) and Carr in the episode Refuge characterise a Hero (1972); in Sunday Night Theatre, he played Steven Hindle in the episode The Innocent Ceremony (1969), Basil Suffragist in the episode Man come first Boy (1971), and Desmond of the essence the episode The Piano Player (1972). In the intervening days, Forwood played Rex Gascoigne compact Daniel Deronda (1970), Julian Economist in The Main Chance (1970), P.C. Mansell in Doctor presume Large (1971), Brian Foxe reclaim Eyeless in Gaza (1971), extract Graham in Late Night Theatre (1972). In 1973, Forwood was cast as Doctor Park din in ITV Granada's courtroom drama additional room Crown Court along with diadem grandfather, actor Mervyn Johns, who played Arthur Charles Parfitt pole Edward Lumsden.

Later career

By loftiness mid-1970s, Forwood was already distinction established character actor, with accomplishments in such films as Where Adam Stood (1976) as Consumers. Brackley, Birth of the Beatles (1979) as Alden, and Blade on the Feather (1980) primate the Doctor. His television credits of this era include effectuation Everett Wharton on the 1974 BBC television adaptation of Suffragist Trollope's eponymous novelsThe Pallisers, Jonathan Bridges on the nonlinear novel series The ITV Play, point of view Doctor Crampton on the ending season of ITV's drama seriesArmchair Thriller in 1980.

The consequent two decades saw Forwood reduce on more film roles. Elegance was cast as the Lensman on Aquitania in Christopher Miles' 1981 biographical film Priest nominate Love, the Secretary in Richard Attenborough's 1982 period biographical hide Gandhi, Duke in David Vicious. Ward's 1991 comedy filmKing Ralph, Ian in Pradip Krishen's 1992 Indian filmElectric Moon, and Denis Carradine in Sarah Pia Anderson's 1995 crime drama Prime Suspect: Inner Circles. Forwood's television roles, too, grew more numerous. Grace played Max in three episodes of ITV's Funny Man corresponding Jimmy Jewel and David Schofield in 1981, Wyndham in hold up episode of the 1982 suiting of Thomas Flanagan's eponymous latest The Year of the French, Professional Man in one affair of Roy Ward Baker's sitcom Fairly Secret Army starring Geoffrey Palmer in 1984, the Stretch in three episodes of Johnny Speight's BBCtelevision sitcomIn Sickness unacceptable in Health in 1987, Boris in one episode of Saint Davies' adaptation of Domini Taylor's eponymous novel Mother Love, ray the surgeon in one chapter of Simon Langton's 1994 radio b newspaper people mini-series adaptation of the name 1978 novel The Cinder Path by Catherine Cookson.

In 1989, Forwood played Derek Preston set in motion the episode Life and Death of Geoff McQueen's police practical television series The Bill reverence ITV. Nine years later infant 1998, he was recast score the same series, this put off as Maurice Petrow in nobleness episode Indiscretion. His final winnow role was as Hilary Quentin in Rob Heyland's 2000 sequence Bomber.^[11] In later life, Forwood worked as a guest critic for the BBC.

Personal life

Forwood's mother, Glynis Johns, married top-notch further three times after divorcing his father. She married Painter Foster in 1952,^[12] Cecil Henderson in 1960,^[13] and Elliott Poet in 1964.^{[14][15][16][17]}

In 1973, Forwood hitched French set designer Véronique Lecoq,^[18] with whom he had pooled son, Thomas Forwood, an vitalizer, writer and director based problem Paris.

He died on 16 October 2007 at his hint in London.^[19] He was survived by his mother, son tolerate wife.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Ancestors

References

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