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Roy Dotrice

Acting

Born May 26, 1923 · Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK

Died October 16, 2017

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2000
  • British Academy Television Awards
  • Drama Desk Awards
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1981 · nominated

Filmography44 titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Frederick (voice)

Game of Thrones

2011as Hallyne

Spider-Man

1994as Keene Marlowe / Destroyer (voice)

Babylon 5

1994as Frederick Lantz

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Major Nicholson

Amadeus

1984as Leopold Mozart

Angel

1999as Roger Wyndam-Pryce

Sliders

1995as Marc LeBeau / The Seer

Picket Fences

1992as Father Barrett

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. Howard Sorenson

The A-Team

1983as Charles Jourdan

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Simon Carne

Beauty and the Beast

as Jacob 'Father' Wells

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Harcourt

Touched by an Angel

1994as Micah

Heartbeat

1992as Mr Carter

The Cutting Edge

1992as Anton Pamchenko

L.A. Law

1986as Alex Vedder

Hunter

1984as Bishop Pine

Remington Steele

1982as Victor Janoff

Space: 1999

1975as Gerald Simmons

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

1995as Zeus

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971as General Alexeiev

Hart to Hart

1979as Courtney Perterson

The Heroes of Telemark

1965as Jensen

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008as King Balor

Arli$$

1996as Monsignor

Wings

1990as Pete

The Prince and the Pauper

1990as Narrator (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

1972as Charles Gregory

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Just Shoot Me!

1997as Jarvis Leeds

Swimming with Sharks

1994as Cyrus Miles

The Concrete Jungle

1960as Dandy Nicholls (uncredited)

The Lady Forgets

1989as Payton Massey

Casualty

1986as George Tunstall

The Scarlet Letter

1995as Rev. Thomas Cheever

These Foolish Things

2006as Lord Carter

Saturn 3

1980as Benson (uncredited) (voice)

Alien Hunter

2003as Dr. John Bachman

Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers

1984as The Evil Fuckaire / Ye Old Jailer

A Twist of Sand

1968as David Garland

Suburban Commando

1991as Zanuck

Played

2006as Jack Rawlings