Roy Dotrice

Born: 1923-05-26 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK

Died: 2017-10-16

Known For: Acting

Biography

Roy Dotrice (May 26, 1923 - October 16, 2017) was a British radio, stage, and screen actor. On stage, he won acclaim for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten and one person plays such as Brief Lives. On screen, he is best known as Leopold Mozart in Amadeus and as a regular on the 1987-1990 series Beauty and the Beast. Dotrice was also known for his voice work, including recording the books in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. He also appeared in the television adaptation as Hallyne the pyromancer.

Filmography

2006

Played as Jack Rawlings
These Foolish Things as Lord Carter

2004

Camp Hollywood as Himself

2003

Alien Hunter as Dr. John Bachman
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1 as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
The Afternoon Play as Charlie

2000

Madigan Men as Seamus Madigan

1999

Angel as Roger Wyndam-Pryce

1998

Like Father, Like Santa as Ambrose Booth

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Jarvis Leeds

1996

Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Mr. Big

1995

Sliders as Marc LeBeau / The Seer
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zeus
The Scarlet Letter as Rev. Thomas Cheever
Strange Luck

1994

Babylon 5 as Frederick Lantz
Touched by an Angel as Micah
Spider-Man as Keene Marlowe (voice)
Earth 2 as The Elder
Swimming with Sharks as Cyrus Miles
Children of the Dark as Dr. Burnham

1993

Stephen King's Golden Tales as Count Jeffrey Draco

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Frederick (voice)
Heartbeat as Mr Carter
Picket Fences as Father Barrett
The Cutting Edge as Anton Pamchenko
Going to Extremes as Dr. Henry Croft
The Lounge People as Jeeves

1991

The Good Policeman as Cardinal O'Bannon
Suburban Commando as Zanuck
For the Greater Good as Charles Truman, MP

1990

Wings as Pete
The Prince and the Pauper as Narrator (voice)

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Major Nicholson
Carmilla as Leo
The Lady Forgets as Payton Massey
Nightmare Classics as Leo

1987

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Peter Vanderdonk
The Dancing Princesses as The King
Young Harry Houdini as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Beauty and the Beast as Jaco Wells

1986

Casualty as George Tunstall
L.A. Law as Alex Vedder
Shaka Zulu as George IV
Eliminators as Abbott Reeves
The Wizard

1985

The Equalizer as Charlie McGuinness
The Corsican Brothers

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Professor Chandler Fitzpatrick
Hunter as Bishop Pine
Tales from the Darkside as Vampire Count Jeffrey Draco
Amadeus as Leopold Mozart
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers as The Evil Fuckaire / Ye Old Jailer

1983

The A-Team as Charles Jourdan

1982

1981

Family Reunion as Lester Fry
Family Reunion as Lester Frye

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Harcourt
Saturn 3 as Benson (uncredited) (voice)
Alien Attack as Commissioner Gerald Simmons

1979

Hart to Hart as Courtney Perterson

1978

Stargazy on Zummerdown as Israel Tonge

1977

BBC2 Play of the Week as Israel Tonge

1976

Hindle Wakes as Sir Timothy Farrar
Dickens of London as Charles Dickens / John Dickens
Laurence Olivier Presents as Sir Timothy Farrar

1975

Space: 1999 as Gerald Simmons
Space: 1999 as Commissioner Simmonds

1972

Sykes as Tramp
Hide and Seek as Mr. Grimes
Tales from the Crypt as Charles Gregory
Clochemerle as Curé Ponosse

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Simon Carne
Nicholas and Alexandra as General Alexeiev
One of Those Things as Henrik Vinther

1970

Toomorrow as John Williams
The Buttercup Chain
Bad Bad Jo Jo as Kayo Hathaway

1969

Lock Up Your Daughters as Gossip
Picture to Post as Narrator (voice)

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
The Jazz Age as Father
A Twist of Sand as David Garland
Late Night Horror as Douglas Stone

1967

Omnibus as Astronaut
Misleading Cases as Albert Haddock
I Am Osango as Aaron Toft

1966

The Liars as Fogerty

1965

The Heroes of Telemark as Jensen
The Wars of the Roses as King Edward IV
The Wars of the Roses as King Edward IV / Jack Cade / Edward

1964

The Wednesday Play as Dad
Theatre 625 as Robinson

1962

The Cherry Orchard as Firs

1958

The Government Inspector as Soldier

1956

Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Abraham Lincoln