John Edward Stride was an English actor best known for his television work in the 1970s.
10 Facts About John Stride
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John Stride attended Alleyn's School, Dulwich, and trained at RADA, where he met his first wife, Virginia Stride.
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John Stride played the role of Bob, the barman, in the film Bitter Harvest, based on the trilogy 20,000 Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton.
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John Stride made his West End debut in February 1959 in Five Finger Exercise.
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John Stride appeared at the Old Vic as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's long-running production of Romeo and Juliet, first staged in 1960, with Judi Dench, and as Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1.
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John Stride appeared in two Shakespeare production during the 1970s made for the large and small screen respectively.
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John Stride played one of the main parts in the BBC's adaptation of Kingsley Amis's novel The Old Devils.
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Up until that point John Stride was making the life of the production manager hell.
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John Stride was vital to the success of this mini-series.
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John Stride died on 20 April 2018, aged 81 in a care home after being discharged from Sandford Ward, at the Fulbrook Centre, Oxford.