Rupert Frazer

Rupert Frazer (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor.

Career

His work in theatre includes performances at the Citizens Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's Thyestes. Other theatre roles include Ferdinand in The Tempest and Tamburlaine.

He appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982. In Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim (Christian Bale).

Other roles include Philip Castallack in Penmarric (1979), Muller in Eye of the Needle (1981), Lionel Stephens in The Shooting Party (1985), Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Alan Desland in The Girl in a Swing (1988), Lord Alexander Montford in The House of Eliott, Lord Drysdale in The Bank Job (2008), and Neville Chamberlain in Downton Abbey.

Personal life

Frazer is married with three children.

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
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  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.
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  7. ↑ Attenborough, Richard (1982). In search of Gandhi. Bodley Head. p. 234. ISBN 9780370309439. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Morris, Nigel (2017). A Companion to Steven Spielberg. John Wiley & Sons. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-118-72691-4. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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  12. ↑ Ebert, Roger (23 September 1985). "The Shooting Party movie review (1985) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "The Listener". 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
  14. ↑ 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.
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  16. ↑ "The House of Eliott - S2 - Episode 11". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  17. ↑ O'Donovan, Gerard (19 October 2015). "Will Lord Grantham survive? Six Downton Abbey talking points". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "About". Rupert Frazer. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2022.