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Profile of Max Adrian
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Max Adrian |
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1st November 1903 |
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Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. [now Fermanagh District, Northern Ireland, UK] |
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Actor |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Max Adrian was an acclaimed actor of the middle of the twentieth century. Born in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland on 1 November 1903, he died 19 January 1973. He was born simply Max Bor, and is sometimes credited as Max Cavendish.
Firstly a stage actor, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for some years. In the late 1960s, Max Adrian toured as George Bernard Shaw in the one-man presentation By George.
His first film was in 1934. He appeared in the acclaimed films The Boy Friend (1971); The Devils (1971); The Music Lovers (1970); and was the Dauphin in the Laurence Olivier production of Henry V {1944).
His most notable television role was as Senator Ludicrus Sextus in the first season of Up Pompeii! (1969. Other roles included Fagin the 1962 dramatisation of Oliver Twist, and parts in Adam Adamant Lives!, and Perry Mason. Max Adrian also appeared in the Doctor Who who story The Myth Makers as King Priam, but had a very poor relationship with the star, William Hartnell, who disapproved of his homosexuality. Max Adrian's style of acting was very camp, something rare in the early days of film and television.
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