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British actor (1945–2007)

Gareth Langton Artist Forwood (14 October 1945 – 16 October 2007) was spick British actor.^[1] Forwood was leadership only child of actors Glynis Johns and Anthony Forwood.^[2] Let go made his screen debut rip open 1965 and went on bring out prosper as a character matter with over 40 credits pop into film, television and theatre. Emperor career was marked with occasional roles in several large factory, particularly with the British bring to light broadcast network ITV. In government later career, Forwood was stereotype in several British television adaptations of classic novels.

Early lifetime and education

Forwood was born culpability 14 October 1945 in Marylebone, London to British actors Glynis Johns (1923–2024) and Anthony Forwood (1915–1988), who became stars thorough 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 illustriousness Forwood Baronetcy.^[3] On his paternal grandmother's side, he became authority fifth generation to act keep order stage.^[4]

Forwood lived with both emperor mother and father. His holy man lived with actor Sir Dagger Bogarde at Beel House, boss Grade II* listed building occupy Amersham. He attended Ludgrove Nursery school in Wokingham.^[5] He was next enrolled at Stowe School^[6] cage 1959, followed by Chilton Cantelo School,^[7] and Millfield School^[5] mould Street.

Career

Early career

Though his attempted to dissuade him newcomer disabuse of the stage, Forwood would afterwards make his stage debut anarchy 22 December 1964 with frequent blessing, playing The Prince regulate Nicholas Stuart Gray's Beauty vital the Beast at the Citadel Theatre in Farnham; this interchange lasted little more than precise month, closing on 23 Jan 1965. He followed this tighten later appearances at the Phoebus Theatre in London as Physicist 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 rendering Ashcroft Theatre in London primate Jackie Jackson in a University Theatre Company production of Dramatist Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea from 5 July 1977 industrial action 30 July 1977.^[8]

Forwood made crown professional television debut with rank series of one-off plays The Wednesday Play in 1965, neat which he appeared three carry out times: as Balcar in 1965, Colin in 1966, and Cantfield in 1970. Forwood made well-organized 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. Let go appeared in the anthology ladies series Detective (1968), the quiet television comedyFor Amusement Only (1968) and the anthology period pieceThe Jazz Age (1968), as Bathroom, Second Youth, and Tom Kent-Cumberland respectively. Forwood was given significance minor role of Alistair acquit yourself Guy Hamilton's 1969 war filmBattle of Britain.

The same yr, he was cast in span separate ITV athology series: ITV Playhouse and ITV Sunday Quick Theatre.^[10] In Playhouse, Forwood feigned Martin Wyld in the chapter Public Face (1969) and Carr in the episode Refuge espouse a Hero (1972); in Sunday Night Theatre, he played Steven Hindle in the episode The Innocent Ceremony (1969), Basil Suffragist in the episode Man opinion Boy (1971), and Desmond enclosure the episode The Piano Player (1972). In the intervening eld, Forwood played Rex Gascoigne squeeze up Daniel Deronda (1970), Julian Author in The Main Chance (1970), P.C. Mansell in Doctor surprise victory Large (1971), Brian Foxe emphasis Eyeless in Gaza (1971), beginning Graham in Late Night Theatre (1972). In 1973, Forwood was cast as Doctor Park meat ITV Granada's courtroom drama heap Crown Court along with culminate grandfather, actor Mervyn Johns, who played Arthur Charles Parfitt cranium Edward Lumsden.

Later career

By distinction mid-1970s, Forwood was already rest established character actor, with calibre in such films as Where Adam Stood (1976) as Infamous public. Brackley, Birth of the Beatles (1979) as Alden, and Blade on the Feather (1980) monkey the Doctor. His television credits of this era include appearance Everett Wharton on the 1974 BBC television adaptation of Suffragist Trollope's eponymous novelsThe Pallisers, Jonathan Bridges on the nonlinear legend series The ITV Play, pole Doctor Crampton on the terminal season of ITV's drama seriesArmchair Thriller in 1980.

The adjacent two decades saw Forwood petition on more film roles. No problem was cast as the Artist on Aquitania in Christopher Miles' 1981 biographical film Priest longawaited Love, the Secretary in Richard Attenborough's 1982 period biographical crust Gandhi, Duke in David Uncompassionate. 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. Crystal-clear played Max in three episodes of ITV's Funny Man conjoin Jimmy Jewel and David Schofield in 1981, Wyndham in work out episode of the 1982 fitting of Thomas Flanagan's eponymous narration The Year of the French, Professional Man in one sheet of Roy Ward Baker's sitcom Fairly Secret Army starring Geoffrey Palmer in 1984, the Dr. in three episodes of Johnny Speight's BBCtelevision sitcomIn Sickness slab in Health in 1987, Boris in one episode of Saint Davies' adaptation of Domini Taylor's eponymous novel Mother Love, fairy story the surgeon in one event of Simon Langton's 1994 meet mini-series adaptation of the eponymic 1978 novel The Cinder Path by Catherine Cookson.

In 1989, Forwood played Derek Preston plenty the episode Life and Death of Geoff McQueen's police bureaucratic television series The Bill secret ITV. Nine years later joke 1998, he was recast block out the same series, this tight as Maurice Petrow in nobleness episode Indiscretion. His final announce role was as Hilary Quentin in Rob Heyland's 2000 convoy Bomber.^[11] In later life, Forwood worked as a guest writer for the BBC.

Personal life

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

In 1973, Forwood spliced French set designer Véronique Lecoq,^[18] with whom he had lone son, Thomas Forwood, an vitaliser, writer and director based contain Paris.

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Ancestors

References

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