Roy Dotrice was a British actor famed for his portrayal of the antiquarian John Aubrey in the record-breaking solo play Brief Lives.
20 Facts About Roy Dotrice
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Roy Dotrice was the voice of "Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Gregory Pitkin" in the early episodes of BBC Radio's long-running comedy The Men from the Ministry.
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Roy Dotrice was succeeded by Ronald Baddiley in the role.
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Roy Dotrice played the caretaker Ramsay alongside Patricia Hayes in the Radio 2 sitcom Know Your Place.
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Roy Dotrice played the part of John Aubrey in Brief Lives, a one-man play devised and directed by Patrick Garland in which he held the stage for almost three hours.
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Roy Dotrice revived the role in 2008, again under Patrick Garland's direction.
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Roy Dotrice appeared in the stage production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas at The Lowry theatre in Salford from November 2009 to January 2010.
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Roy Dotrice was known to North American audiences as "Father" in the 1980s TV series Beauty and the Beast and Father Gary Barrett, a Catholic priest, in the 1990s series Picket Fences.
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Roy Dotrice's acting career dates from 1945 in a revue called Back Home, performed by ex-POWs in aid of the Red Cross.
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In 1998 Roy Dotrice appeared in three episodes of the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zeus.
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Roy Dotrice was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1974 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Pinewood Studios.
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Roy Dotrice later withdrew from the part for medical reasons and Julian Glover was cast in his place.
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Roy Dotrice subsequently performed "The Islander", a stage version of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, to critical success at the Theatre Royal Lincoln.
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Roy Dotrice narrated many storybook adaptations for Disney Records, including The Little Mermaid and Pooh's Heffalump, for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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Roy Dotrice was married to Kay Newman, a television and stage actress, from 1947 until her death in 2007.
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Roy Dotrice was the father-in-law of actors Edward Woodward and Alex Hyde-White.
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Roy Dotrice particularly enjoyed baseball, fishing and football, and was a stalwart member of the Garrick Club.
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Roy Dotrice was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.
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Roy Dotrice died at the age of 94 on 16 October 2017 in London; no cause was given.
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Roy Dotrice was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours.