Richard Cordery
Richard Cordery | |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Richard Cordery is an actor.[1]
Career
[edit]Film and television
[edit]Cordery's television credits include Rumpole of the Bailey, as a prosecution Barrister (Series 5 Episode 6 - 1988), Doc Martin as Dennis Dodds, Whitechapel as George Collier, Garrow's Law as Sir Sampson Wright.[citation needed] He appeared in Midsomer Murders “The Straw Woman” as Dr John Cole in 2004,[2] as Morris Bingham in “The-Made-to Measure Murders” in 2010, and as Atticus Bradley in “The Killings of Copenhagen“ (2014, S16:E5). He played the Duc De Raguse in the 2012 film Les Misérables.[citation needed]
In the 2013 film About Time, Cordery played Uncle Desmond, the "sweet but mentally-challenged" uncle of the protagonist Tim.[3]
In the fifth season of The Crown, Cordery portrayed Marmaduke Hussey, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996.
Theatre
[edit]Much of Cordery's acting career has been in theatre. His body of work includes many Shakespeare performances, such as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1997),[4] the trilogy Henry VI (2000), the drama Richard III (2001), the tragedy Macbeth (2004), and the comedy The Winter's Tale.[5] In 2002, Cordery played Menenius in a Swan Theatre adaptation of the Shakespeare play Coriolanus.[6] Later that year, he appeared as Falstaff in another Shakespeare play, The Merry Wives of Windsor.[7] Cordery portrayed the steward Malvolio in a 2005 production of Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.[8]
In 2008, he played Russell Blackborough in the play Waste at the Almeida Theater[9] and the following year he appeared in the musical Spring Awakening at the Lyric Theatre.[10] Cordery appeared as Canon Chasuble in a 2011 production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. The Daily Telegraph praised the actor for giving a "performance of comic bliss as the amorous and sententious Canon Chasuble, baffled by each new turn of events while supporting his prodigious bulk on a surprisingly nifty pair of pins."[11]
Personal life
[edit]Cordery is a former teacher who once taught in an inner-London secondary school.[12]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1971 | Up Pompeii | Centurian | Uncredited |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Suddaby's Senior Manager | |
| 2009 | Glorious 39 | Vet | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Duc De Raguse | |
| 2013 | About Time | Uncle Desmond | |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Dinner Guest | |
| 2014 | Madame Bovary | Abbé Bournisien | |
| 2014 | Breaking the Bank | Bournville | |
| 2015 | Social Suicide | Laurence Emerson | |
| 2016 | Monochrome | John Hughes | |
| 2016 | Mum's List | Bob | |
| 2017 | Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire | Earl Robert | |
| 2017 | The Wife | Hal Bowman | |
| 2019 | Judy | Louis B. Mayer | |
| 2022 | The Crown | Marmaduke Hussey |
References
[edit]- ^ Spencer, Charles (3 May 2005). "A flying piano, a sinking heart". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Midsomer Murders Series 7 – 6. The Straw Woman - Part Two". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (8 August 2013). "Film Review: 'About Time'". Variety. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Butler, Robert (9 November 1997). "The Critics: Death in Life with Marguerite Duras, Life in Death with Romeo and Juliet". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Smallwood, Robert Leo (2004). Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays. p. 184. ISBN 9780521840880.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (4 December 2002). "Arts: The Profession of Violence; in the Royal Shakespeare Company's New Coriolanus, PAUL TAYLOR Hails Greg Hicks's Powerful Portrayal of the Tragic Warrior Who Has Outlived His Usefulness". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Edmonds, Richard (4 November 2002). "Reviews: Halloween Romp Ruins a Merry Night of Mirth; the Merry Wives of Windsor the Swan Stratford upon Avon". The Birmingham Post.
- ^ Edmonds, Richard (4 May 2005). "CULTURE: Forgettable Night; Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon". The Birmingham Post.
- ^ Benedict, David (8 October 2008). "Waste". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ David, Benedict (5 February 2009). "Spring Awakening". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Spencer, Charles (10 October 2011). "The Importance of Being Earnest, Rose Theatre, Kingston, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (4 July 2005). "Young bards". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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