Tony Tanner was a British stage, film and television actor and a Tony-nominated theatre director and choreographer.
10 Facts About Tony Tanner
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Tony Tanner spent five years in northern repertory companies, playing everything from Saint Peter to the front end of a cow in a British pantomime.
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Later Tony Tanner played the patsy in The Birthday Party, opposite Pinter himself, by this time known to everybody.
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Tony Tanner made numerous appearances in plays and variety shows on British television, including a stint as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, opposite Benny Hill's Bottom.
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Tony Tanner played the same role in Warner Brothers' film version of the show.
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Tony Tanner played Iago to Robert Guillaume's Othello at the National Sylvan Theater.
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Tony Tanner had many appearances with top opera companies in the comic roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
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Tony Tanner had a theatre company in Los Angeles to present his own written works.
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Tony Tanner was with his partner and eventual husband, Henry Selvitelle, for 50 years.
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Tony Tanner died at his home in Los Angeles, California in September 2020.