Mike Gwilym
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Mike Gwilym (born March 5, 1949), is a Welsh actor [1].
Born in Neath, Gwilym is the brother of actor Robert Gwilym, son of Arthur Aubrey Remington Gwilym and Renée Mathilde Eugénie Léonce Dupont[2]. His interest in acting began while at Wycliffe Preparatory School[3][4] , but he began his acting career while at university at Oxford with the Oxford University Dramatic Society, and went on to join the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.
He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and starred in many of their productions during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including King Lear (as Edgar), Troilus and Cressida, Love's Labour's Lost and The Comedy of Errors. He made his television debut in the BBC's 1975 adaptation of How Green Was My Valley. His most high-profile role was as Sid Halley in The Racing Game, a series based on the novels of Dick Francis. He subsequently returned to playing classical roles on stage and screen. In the BBC Television Shakespeare series, he starred in Coriolanus (as Aufidius), in Love's Labour's Lost (as Berowne), and Pericles, Prince of Tyre in the title role.
Gwilym retired from the professional stage to the South of Spain during the 1990s.
[edit] References
- ^ http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stratfordians/stgwimi.htm Dictionary of the RSC]
- ^ www.filmreference.com/film/87/Mike-Gwilym.html
- ^ Wycliffe College怀柯利福学院
- ^ Welcome to Wycliffe
