Andy de la Tour
Andy de la Tour | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Colchester, England |
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Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter. He is the brother of actress Frances de la Tour[1] and partner of actress Susan Wooldridge.
de la Tour has appeared in films Plenty, Notting Hill, the Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, 44 Inch Chest, and The Confessions, and in television The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Bottom, Kavanagh QC and The Brief. On stage, he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in 2001 and Alan Bennett's People in 2012.
His credits as a television writer include Boon, Lovejoy, Peak Practice, The Vet, Kavanagh QC and Clem. He wrote the stage play Safe In Our Hands (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award).[2]
As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders.[3] In 2012, he wrote Stand-Up or Die about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York.[4]
He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of Casualty "Not in Holby Anymore" and as General Hurst Romodi in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. On 6 June 2018 he appeared as Ted, an aging mechanic with a heart defect in BBC1's lunchtime soap Doctors.
On 27 January 2019, he signed an open letter in The Guardian expressing opposition to the USA's handling of the political situation in Venezuela and calling for more dialogue with the president, Nicolás Maduro.[5]
The University of Kent holds an archive of material from de la Tour's career as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.[6] The archive includes audiovisual recordings, promotional material, and photographs.[7]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Burning an Illusion | Foreman | |
| 1982 | The Young Ones: "Demolition" | Pilot | |
| 1984 | The Young Ones: "Cash" | Man on TV | |
| 1984 | The Young Ones: "Nasty" | Prisoner on Ship | |
| 1985 | The Bride | Priest | |
| 1985 | Plenty | Randall | |
| 1985 | Loose Connections | Journalist | |
| 1992 | Bottom | Chief Inspector Grobbelaar | |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Journalist #1 | |
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Chandler | |
| 2000 | Pandaemonium | Andrew Crosse | |
| 2005 | Asylum | Inspector Easton | |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Workhouse Master | |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest | Biggy Walpole | |
| 2012 | National Theatre Live: People | The Bishop | |
| 2015 | Dough | Saul Goodwyn | |
| 2016 | The Confessions | Ministro britannico | |
| 2016 | Rogue One | Hurst Romodi | |
| 2023 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Hurst Romodi (voice) | Episode: “The Summit” |
References
[edit]- ^ Double, Oliver (16 October 1997). Stand-up!: On Being a Comedian. Methuen Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-0413703200.
- ^ Nobbs, David (4 March 2004). I Didn't Get Where I am Today. Arrow Books. p. 393. ISBN 978-0099421641.
- ^ "Andy De La Tour: Fringe summer with Rik Mayall". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
- ^ York, Melissa (15 April 2013). "Andy de la Tour joins Miles Jupp to discuss adventure in Stratford". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Letters | Putting Venezuela's crisis and US intervention in historical context". The Observer. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ University of Kent Special Collections & Archives (6 December 2021). "British Stand-Up Comedy Archive". Special Collections and Archives - University of Kent. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ University of Kent Special Collections & Archives. "Andy de la Tour Collection". University of Kent Special Collections & Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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