Kay Dotrice
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Roy Dotrice OBE |
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Roy Dotrice in 2014
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| Born |
26 May 1923 Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1945–present |
| Known for |
Brief Lives A Moon for the Misbegotten |
| Spouse(s) | Kay Newman (m. 1947; d. 2007) |
| Children |
Karen Dotrice Michele Dotrice Yvette Dotrice |
| Parent(s) | Louis Dotrice and Neva Wilton |
| Awards | 1 Tony Award 1 Drama Desk Award 1 British Academy Television Award |
| Website | www |
Roy Dotrice, OBE (born 26 May 1923) is a British actor known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten. Film audiences know him best for his role as Leopold Mozart in the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. He is also known for narrating the audio book versions of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Dotrice was born on Guernsey to Neva (née Wilton) (1897-1984) and Louis Dotrice (1896-1991). He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and was imprisoned in a German POW camp from 1942 to 1945.
Dotrice was the voice of "Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Gregory Pitkin" in the early episodes of BBC Radio's long-running comedy The Men from the Ministry. He was succeeded by Ronald Baddiley in the role.
He also played the caretaker Ramsay, alongside Patricia Hayes in the Radio 4 sitcom "Know Your Place".
Dotrice played the part of John Aubrey in the play devised and written by Patrick Garland of Brief Lives, a one-man show that saw Dotrice on stage for more than two-and-a-half hours (including the interval [intermission], during which he would feign sleep). Premiering in 1967 at the Hampstead Theatre in London, the play had two tours on Broadway. In 1968, it moved to the Criterion Theatre in the West End, where it would run for 400 performances before transferring to the Mayfair Theatre.
These runs, combined with extensive international touring, earned Dotrice a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of solo performances (1,782). In 1984, he starred opposite Rosemary Harris in a production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever. He appeared in the stage production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Lowry Theatre in Salford from November 2009 to January 2010.
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