Tim Seely
| Tim Seely | |
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| Born |
10 June 1935 England, UK |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
Tim Seely (born 10 June 1935) is an English film, radio, television and theatre actor.
Early life and education
Seely studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[1] in 1964 Tim would visit a quiet village pub in Calverton
Career
In 1957, he gave his theatre debut in the play Tea and Sympathy at the London Comedy Theatre. Seely played the young Tom Lee, who fell in love with the senior Laura, played by Elizabeth Sellars.[2] He played the same role in the adaption at New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool.[1] There he also played Rodolfo in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge.[1] In 1958, he acted alongside Maggie Smith at the London St Martin's Theatre in an adaption of The Stepmother.[1]
Seely was member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, with whom he acted the title role in Pericles, Prince of Tyre.[1] He also had roles in various Shakespeare plays, including as Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Polonius in Hamlet, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing and the King of France in All's Well That Ends Well.[1]
In the late 1950s, he also took roles in film and television productions. One of his more prominent roles was Midshipmen Ned Young in the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, where Seely played alongside Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard.
Filmography and television work
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- 1958: Sally's Irish Rogue
- 1958-1960: Armchair Theatre (television series, three episodes)
- 1959: The Offshore Island (television film)
- 1960: Please Turn Over
- 1960: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (television series, five episodes)
- 1962: Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1979: Agatha
- 1979–1981: Play for Today (television series, three episodes)
- 1985: Laughterhouse
- 1985: Plenty
- 1990: Strike It Rich
- 1991: King Ralph
- 1993: Lipstick on Your Collar (television series, two episodes)
- 2004: Vanity Fair
- 2006: Tess: A Tale of Love and Darkness
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Staff (undated) "Tim Seely". calvertonvillage.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Staff (25 May 1957). "'The Doll' Makes London History". The Age (via Google News). Retrieved 10 January 2013. "...and Tim Seely, a 21-year-old actor straight from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as the boy."
External links
- Tim Seely at AllRovi
- Tim Seely at the Internet Movie Database
- Tim Seely at the TCM Movie Database
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