Patrick Garland

Patrick Garland
Patrick Garland by Allan Warren
Born	Patrick Ewart Garland 10 April 1935 England, UK
Died	19 April 2013 (aged 78) Worthing, England, UK
Occupation	Actor, director and writer
Years active	1963–2013
Spouse(s)	Alexandra Bastedo (1980–2013, his death)
Parent(s)	Ewart James Garland Rosalind Beatrice Fell

Patrick Ewart Garland (10 April 1935 – 19 April 2013) was a British director, writer, and actor.

Garland was educated at St Mary's College, Southampton, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. where he studied English and was Literary Editor of Isis, President of the Oxford University Poetry Society and President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. His poetry had appeared in John Lehmann's The London Magazine and the annual PEN anthology during his teens. He was photographed in Oxford at 23 by Lord Snowdon and later. His maternal grandfather was an artist and editor of Connoisseur Magazine, Herbert Granville Fell.

His appearances as an actor included An Age of Kings, where he played Prince John in Henry IV, Part 2 and Clarence in Richard III, among others.

Garland started Poetry International in 1963 with Ted Hughes and Charles Osborne. He was a director and producer for the BBC's Music and Arts Department (1962–1974), and worked on its Monitor series. In 1964, he directed the Monitor film, "Down Cemetery Road", about Philip Larkin, in which John Betjeman also appeared. His work with the BBC arts department also included interviews with Noël Coward (1969), Stevie Smith, and Marcel Marceau. His television film of The Snow Goose (1971) won a Golden Globe for "Best Movie made for TV", and was nominated for both a BAFTA and an Emmy.