Andrew Faulds
| Andrew Faulds | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Andrew Matthew William Faulds 1 March 1923 Isoko, Tanganyika |
| Died | 31 May 2000 (aged 77) Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor, politician |
| Years active | 1946–1984 |
| Spouse(s) | Bunty Whitfield (1945–2000) |
Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1 March 1923 – 31 May 2000) was a British actor and politician.
Faulds was born to missionary parents in Isoko, Tanganyika. He married Bunty Whitfield in 1945. During the Second World War he served in both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.
After graduating from the University of Glasgow, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1948. However, he first came to a wider public recognition playing Jet Morgan in Charles Chilton's radio drama Journey into Space on the BBC Light Programme.
In 1959, Faulds and his wife played host to Paul Robeson, who had travelled to Britain to appear at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in Tony Richardson's production of Othello. Robeson had only recently been permitted again to travel abroad, following the revocation of his passport. During this visit, Robeson inspired Faulds to take up political activism.
Faulds maintained his acting career throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and in particular became a key part of film director Ken Russell's repertory company, appearing in, among other films, Dante's Inferno (1967) (as William Morris), The Devils (1971), Mahler (1974) and Lisztomania (1975). Notably, he appeared in Russell's film The Music Lovers (1970) alongside Glenda Jackson, who like him went on to become a Labour MP.
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