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Edward Petherbridge (born 3 August 1936) is an English actor, writer and artist. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Actor: The Guardians. Edward Petherbridge was born on 3 August 1936 in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Guardians (1971), The River Flows East (1962) and American Playhouse (1980). He has been married to Emily Richard since 1981.
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Edward has been a leading actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre; was a founding member of the Actors’ Company in 1972; and with Ian McKellen established the McKellen-Petherbridge Group at the NT in 1985.
Edward Petherbridge was born on August 3, 1936 in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Guardians (1971), The River Flows East (1962) and American Playhouse (1982). He has been married to Emily Richard since 1981.
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Edward Petherbridge won the Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for his performance in Strange Interlude.
Mar 7, 2013 · Veteran classical actor Edward Petherbridge discusses his new show, which tells his story of having two strokes and being denied the chance to play King Lear.
Jun 9, 2015 · Eight years ago, the English actor Edward Petherbridge flew to New Zealand to play King Lear. He’d never seen himself as the Lear type. “One thinks of Lear as rather towering, a kind of oak,”...
