Fine Time Fontayne

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Ian Crossley, stage name 'Fine Time Fontayne' (also variously spelled Finetime Fontayne, Fine Time Fontaine and Finetime Fontaine) is an English character actor and stage director, including a successful production of Sleeping Beauty at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Essex, UK, in December 2007 and January 2008.[1]

Fontayne has played a variety of roles in many long-running British TV series such as All Creatures Great and Small, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, is a frequent voice in BBC Radio drama (including The Blackburn Files) as well as a stage actor and director, and has appeared in films including 24 Hour Party People and Butterfly Kiss.[2][3]

During 2011 he played the role of Claudius in the touring Northern Broadsides production of Hamlet. He also appears in the 2002 radio series "The Little World of Don Camillo".

He has frequently appeared in pantomime at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, dominating the stage with his magnificent presence and his splendid voice.

Early life

Fontayne's birth name is Ian Crossley. He was born at Wombwell, South Yorkshire in 1951. In the 1960s he moved with his parents and brothers to Sheffield where they took over a pub.[4] He took the stage name Fine Time Fontayne when he began singing and playing at a local folk club in South Yorkshire, early in his career.[5] He started acting in 1970s with the Crucible Vanguard Company, and since then has worked extensively in theatre, TV and radio.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Review of Fontayne's production of The Sleeping Beauty, The Stage
  2. ↑ "Fontayne CV". Retrieved 28 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ The Blackburn Files at radiolistings.co.uk
  4. ↑ "Fine Time Fontayne comes to Hepworth". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "In the name of success!". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Fine Time Fontayne biography". Townsend Productions. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 

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