Glyn Jones (South African writer)
| Glyn Idris Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 27, 1931 Durban, South Africa |
| Died | April 2, 2014 (aged 82) Vamos, Crete |
| Occupation | actor, writer, director |
Glyn Idris Jones (27 April 1931 – 2 April 2014) was a South African actor, writer and director.
Glyn Idris Jones, actor, director, writer, and teacher, born in Durban, South Africa on 27 April 1931, of Italian and Welsh parentage, died at his home Vamos, Crete, Greece on 2 April 2014. In a career spanning almost sixty years, his theatrical career encompassed work in the UK, on the continent, and in the United States.
After university and drama school he toured South Africa as an actor with the National Theatre of South Africa before hitch-hiking and working his passage to London. On arriving in England in 1953 he took a job with The Sunday Times, then Kemsley Newspapers, and starting writing plays in his spare time. His first acting engagement in the UK was in a summer season of weekly rep at the old Tivoli Theatre, New Brighton, extra work on television and a second summer season, this time on the Isle of Wight followed. Out of work periods saw him working in pubs, at Joe Lyons’ Cadby Hall, for a small-time publisher and cleaning people’s houses.
As an actor in London he appeared in "Reunion In Vienna" at The Piccadilly, "The Gorky Brigade" Royal Court, "The Great Society", "Something Burning", "Treasure Island", all at the Mermaid, "Streamers" at The Roundhouse, "A Coat Of Varnish" and "Captain Brassbound’s Conversion" at The Haymarket, "Measure For Measure" at The Open Space, "Tsafendas" at The Almost Free. He has also played leading roles in many provincial theatres, on tours and on the continent. His television appearances have been numerous and he has also worked in film and on radio, his credits being too lengthy to mention. His last UK television appearance was for the BBC when he gave a chilling performance as the pedophile murderer, Sidney Cooke in "The Lost Boys".
Whilst working as actor he continued to write and had sixteen plays produced, the first in England being "Oh Brother" in Ipswich. Others include, in London, "Early One Morning" at the Arts Theatre, "Champagne Charlie", based on the life of the great Music Hall star, George Leybourne, at the Mayfair Theatre, also on tour and in 2013 its final performance at Wilton’s Music Hall. Also "Women Around" at Worthing, "Tell me you Love me" (a.k.a. How do you like your Wagner?) at Perth.
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