Tony Leary
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Tony Leary (born Essex, 21 June 1936) is a British actor. He was a member of the Student Group attached to Theatre Workshop Stratford East 1959-61 and received his formal training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art 1961-63 where his teachers included Michael MacCallion (voice), Anthony Cornish and Raphael Jago. He received the Rodney Millington Spotlight Award and the Margaret Rutherford Medal.
Tony spent some time in Rep including Lincoln, Chesterfield, Birmingham, Liverpool, Cheltenham and Sheffield, as well as one-off productions at Leatherhead and Guildford.
Between this theatre work Tony did much radio work for producers such as Christopher Venning and Anthony Cornish, as well as numerous appearances in TV drama including Compact, Z Cars, Dr. Who, The Gold Robbers, Sherlock Holmes, Crown Court, Special Branch.
In 1971 Tony joined the National Theatre company, then based at the Old Vic under Sir Laurence Olivier. The productions he appeared in included Coriolanus, The Captain of Kopenik, The National Health, and he played Rudyard Kipling in Tyger, directed by Michael Blakemore and John Dexter, which transferred to the West End.
Other West End appearances include The Merchant of Venice, understudying Milo Tindle in Sleuth, and he was cast as the Taxi Driver in a revival of Pygmalion, directed by John Dexter.
Tony moved away from London in the late 1980s, settling in the North East and has worked extensively in the region in theatre, film, TV, radio, voice-over and corporate productions. His TV appearances have included Byker Grove, Spender, Crocodile Shoes II, The Man Who Cried, The Richmond Sixteen, Harry and his film work has included The Dark Knight, The Northumberland Cross, Mrs. Buchan, and Killing Time. Tony was a founder member of The Actors Centre North East.
In recent years Tony has spent time studying with Open University where he graduated with a BA(Hons) in Humanities. Tony has a life-long love of music with an ever-expanding collection of CDs, and a large and much treasured collection of LPs and tapes.
