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Corin Redgrave

Acting

Born July 16, 1939 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

Died April 6, 2010

Also known as Corin William Redgrave

Biography

English actor, far left activist and a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, Corin Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations, the only son and middle child of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and brother of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. He was the father of Jemma Redgrave and was married to Kika Markham from 1985 until his death in 2010.

Awards & recognition

  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actor in a Play · 1999 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1999 · nominated

Filmography35 titles

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999as Judge

The Man Who Drove with Mandela

1998as Cecil Williams - One Man Show sequence

Between Wars

1974as Dr. Edward Trenbow

The Forsyte Saga

2002as Old Jolyon Forsyte

In the Name of the Father

1993as Robert Dixon

Foyle's War

2002as Asst. Commissioner Rose

The Avengers

1961

Spooks

2002as David Swift

Shameless

2004as Mr. Hammersley

A Man for All Seasons

1966as William Roper (the Younger)

Waking the Dead

2001as Sir James Beatty

Persuasion

1995as Sir Walter Elliot

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962as Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)

Moving On

2009as Gabe

Ultraviolet

1998

Excalibur

1981as Cornwall

Callan

1967

Trial & Retribution

1997as Robert Rylands, QC MP

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994as Hamish

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969as Bertie Smith

The Woman In White

1997as Dr. Kidson

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002as General Montgomery

Enigma

2001as Admiral Trowbridge

The Deadly Affair

1967as David

Von Richthofen and Brown

1971as Major Lanoe Hawker VC

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968as Capt. Featherstonhaugh

The Ice House

as D.C.I. George Walsh

Glorious 39

2009as Oliver Page

Enduring Love

2004as Professor

When Eight Bells Toll

1971as Hunslett

The Vice

1999as Lord Butler

The Magus

1968as Captain Wimmel

Eureka

1983as Worsley

The Turn of the Screw

2009as Professor

Honest

2000as Duggie Ord