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Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Birthday: 1937-02-25 | Place of Birth: Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years' service to cinema and theatre. Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Summerland

as    Mr. Sullivan

2019
The Aeronauts

as    Arthur Glaisher

2019
King of Thieves

as    Kenny Collins

2016
Dad's Army

as    Lance Corporal Jones

2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson

as    Chief Superintendent McManaman

2015
45 Years

as    Geoff Mercer

2013
Night Train to Lisbon

as    Older João Eca

2013
Quartet

as    Reginald Paget

2012
Gambit

as    The Major

2008
Little Dorrit

as    Mr. Dorrit

2007
The Golden Compass

as    Farder Coram

2007
Flood

as    Leonard Morrison

2001
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

as    Harold Smith

2001
Last Orders

as    Vic

1998
A Rather English Marriage

as    Roy Southgate

1996
Famous Fred

as    Kenneth (voice)

1996
The Boy from Mercury

as    Uncle Tony Cronin

1995
The Old Curiosity Shop

as    Daniel Quilp

1991
The Last Butterfly

as    Antoine Moreau

1987
Happy New Year

as    Edward Saunders

1983
The Dresser

as    Norman

1973
I Heard the Owl Call My Name

as    Mark Brian

1969
Otley

as    Gerald Arthur Otley

1968
A Dandy in Aspic

as    Gatiss

1967
The Night of the Generals

as    Corporal Hartmann

1965
Doctor Zhivago

as    Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov