Anthony May
| Anthony May | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 May 1946 Reigate, Surrey |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Website | www.anthonymay.net |
Anthony May (born 23 May 1946) is an English stage, television and film actor. Trained at R.A.D.A. from 1965 to 1967.
May was born in Reigate, Surrey. He played Wick in David Halliwell's Little Malcolm at the Royal Court Theatre for the National Youth Theatre. Then Zigger in Zigger Zagger, which transferred to the Strand Theatre, for which he was nominated for a Variety Award for most promising newcomer.
In his first film, he played the Young Poet in Karel Reisz's Isadora (1968). Roles in TV, including The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for the BBC and the Wednesday play No Trams to Lime Street (musical version), followed. Then a film in Czechoslovakia, Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (1969), with David Warner and Anna Karina, directed by the Oscar-winning director Volker Schlöndorff.
He starred opposite Judy Huxtable in the 1968 cult short film Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, directed by Douglas Hickox. The Soldier in Brendan Behan's The Hostage, directed by Richard Eyre, was followed by a tour of the Far East playing Prince Hal in Henry IV, parts 1 and 2. He starred as Richard Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) with Richard Harris and Alec Guinness, as Pirie in Cornel Wilde's No Blade of Grass (1970), and had a guest star role in the children's hit series, Here Come the Double Deckers. He was a director of Senta Productions who produced the 1972 film The Triple Echo, which starred Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed, directed by Michael Apted. He also appeared in British comedy films such as The Sex Thief (1973) and Three for All (1975).
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