12 Facts About Peter Bridgmont

Peter Bridgmont was an English actor, acting professor and author who has had an extensive career on stage, film, and television spanning over 60 years.

Peter Bridgmont founded the Chrysalis Theatre Acting School in London in 1975 and has long taught 'voice' and 'gesture' at the Shakespeare's Globe.

Peter Bridgmont's father Leslie Bridgmont was a pianist for the silent movies, his mother was a cellist and both worked for the BBC where Leslie Bridgmont produced 4 episodes of The Goon Show.

Peter Bridgmont used to attend his parents' pantomimes as a child including one during which English musical theatre and operettas actress Jean Colin ironically promised him that she would marry him.

Peter Bridgmont was educated at the Wynstones School, a Steiner Waldorf school in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds.

Peter Bridgmont went on to compete in order to win a Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festivals as he was completing school.

Peter Bridgmont starred alongside Baron Richard Attenborough in the first West End production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap opening in 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre, which went on to become the world's longest running stage production.

Peter Bridgmont was introduced to and worked with one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe, Rudolf von Laban through his Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation and Laban Movement Study.

Peter and Barbara modelled their new company on the Theatre Workshop of Joan Littlewood in October 1961 The eight actors in the group were Peter Bridgmont, Barbara Rowen, Margaret Freeman, Paul Piercy, Carol Robby, Gillian Cater, David Scobie and Beryl Swinscoe.

Peter Bridgmont gave courses in both the United States and throughout Europe during the same period.

Peter Bridgmont supported the La Crisalida Studio, the first school focused on the 'Art of Speech' in Spain, founded by his pupils speech artist Luz Altamira and Goya Awards-nominated thespian Alvaro Ramos as well as actress and author Pilar Altamira member of the 'Anthroposophical Society of Spain'.

Peter had three sons with Barbara: Richard, Nicolas and Andrew Bridgmont who is an accomplished actor himself who notably starred in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service, James Marsh's The Theory of Everything or Penny Dreadful.