John Normington
| John Normington | |
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| Born |
John Stuart Normington 28 January 1937 Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Died | 26 July 2007 (aged 70) Kensington, London, England, UK |
John Normington (28 January 1937 – 26 July 2007) was an English actor who appeared widely on British television from the 1960s until the year of his death. Normington was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company performing in more than 20 RSC productions. He performed widely in the West End and at the National Theatre.
John (Nora) Normington was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, in 1937 where he resided in Montrose Avenue with his parents and two younger sisters Judith and Joan. He originally attended Victoria Road Infants School before transferring to Globe Lane County Primary then on to Crescent Road Boys School. He trained as an opera singer at the Northern School of Music. Following this, he did his national service and while stationed in Aldershot joined Farnham rep. Normington joined the Repertory Theatre in Oldham in 1950, and from 1959 to 1962 he worked at the Library Theatre in Manchester. After a short spell at the Oxford Playhouse, John Normington joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 and played many Shakespearean roles. He continued on stage for the rest of his life, with many memorable roles.
In 1963, he made his first appearance on television and appeared regularly on the small screen until 2007, the year he died. In the 1960s and 1970s, he appeared in programmes such as Murder Most English; The Caesars; Softly, Softly; Nearest and Dearest; The Edwardians; Crown Court; Upstairs, Downstairs (in the episode "Such A Lovely Man"), and ITV Playhouse. His film credits included roles in Inadmissible Evidence (1968), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), The Reckoning (1969), Stardust (1974), Rollerball (1975), The Medusa Touch (1978), The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), A Private Function (1984), Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985) as Himmler, Jack the Ripper (1988) and Wilt (1989).
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