William Gaunt
Born: 1937-04-03 in Pudsey, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor. Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs. In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You. In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012. This is his second appearance in this series, after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode "The Maid in Splendour". In May 2015, Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders. (Wikipedia)
Filmography
2017
- A Woman of No Importance as Reverend Daubeny
2015
- The Timber as Jebediah
- Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as John of Gaunt
2014
- The Crucible as Giles Corey
2012
- Rufus Stone as Rufus Stone
- Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Worcester
- Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Shallow
2008
- King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
2005
- Revelation Exhumed as Self
1999
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Michael Bannerman
1996
- The Preventers as Controller
- The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
1995
1992
- Heartbeat as Charles Robertson
1991
- G.B.H. as Hunningdon
1989
- Capstick's Law as Edward Capstick
1988
- A Gentleman's Club as Aubrey
1985
- Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as Orcini
1984
- The Far Pavilions as Commissioner
1983
- No Place Like Home as Arthur Crabtree
1981
- No Visible Scar as Patrick Witney
1980
- The Enigma Files as Bert (Blowtorch)
1975
- State of Emergency as Colonel Singleton
1974
1972
- Crown Court as Edward Cummings
- Holly as Gordon Godolphin
1971
- The Ten Commandments as Bill Williams
1969
1968
- The Champions as Richard Barrett
1966
1964
1963
- Doctor Who as Orcini
- Sergeant Cork as Bob Marriott
1962
- The Saint as Mike
- Z-Cars
- Solo for Sparrow as Detective Sergeant Reeve
- Out of This World as Bill Sheridan
- Afternoon of a Nymph as Romeo
1961
- The Avengers
- The Sinister Man as Mitch Hallam