John Castle

John Castle
Born 14 January 1940 (1940-01-14) (age 72)
Croydon, Surrey

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. Castle has acted in theatre, film and television. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called the Duke in the film Man of La Mancha.

Contents

Early life

Castle was born in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Work

Castle's first appearance was as Westmoreland onstage in Henry V on 5 June 1964, at the Open Air, Regent's Park. His first Broadway theatre appearance was in February 1970, as Jos in the short-lived musical Georgy.

He appeared as Carruthers, the more honourable of a trio of schemers in "The Solitary Cyclist", an episode of Granada's Sherlock Holmes television series starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes.

In 1990 Castle starred as Superintendent George Thorne in the BBC's full cast radio adaptations of John Penn's novels.

Personal life

Castle is married to the writer Maggie Wadey. In a biographical essay for Who's Who in the Theatre in 1981, he listed his favourite parts as Luther, Hamlet and O'Riordan.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links