Antony Booth
| Antony Booth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anthony George Booth 9 October 1931 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Gale Smith (m. 1954; div. 19??) Patricia Phoenix (m. 1986; d. 1986) Nancy Jaeger (m. 1988; div. 1996) Stephanie Buckley (m. 1998) |
| Children | 8, including Cherie Blair and Lauren Booth |
Anthony George Booth (born 9 October 1931, later known as Tony and Antony) is a retired English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part.
Booth was born into a working-class family in Jubilee Road, Liverpool, Lancashire. His father was a merchant seaman during World War II; his mother was of Irish descent. He attended St Edmund's Infants School and spent a year in hospital as a child with diphtheria. He then passed the Eleven-Plus examination and attended St. Mary's College, Crosby, where he was awarded a bursary to cover the cost of his books.
His hopes of being able to progress to university were dashed when he had to leave school and get a job after his father was badly injured in an industrial accident. He then worked as a clerk in a docklands warehouse and at the United States Consulate in Liverpool, before being called up for national service with the Royal Corps of Signals.
Booth developed a taste for acting when posted in the Army to SHAPE in Paris. He spent five years honing his acting skills in repertory theatre, before venturing into films and television in the 1960s. Since then he has worked in all three media. He has played roles in over twenty films, including The L-Shaped Room (1962), Corruption (1968), Brannigan (1975), Priest (1994) and Owd Bob (1997). He appeared in the popular British television series Coronation Street in 1960 and in an episode of The Avengers, but it was his role as the left-wing son-in-law in Till Death Us Do Part (1965) that brought him recognition.
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