William Gaunt became widely known for television roles such as Richard Barrett in The Champions, Arthur Crabtree in No Place Like Home and Andrew Prentice in Next of Kin.
18 Facts About William Gaunt
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William Gaunt has had many other roles on television and an extensive stage career as an actor and director, including performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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William Gaunt then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham after which he was in America for another year, later returning to the UK working on productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army.
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William Gaunt had appeared in a recurring role of Constable Bob Marriott in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London.
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Between 1983 and 1987, William Gaunt starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home.
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William Gaunt subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who two-part serial Revelation of the Daleks.
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From 1995 to 1997, William Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith.
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William Gaunt starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III.
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William Gaunt appeared in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs.
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William Gaunt played Charles Robertson in an episode titled Sins Of The Fathers.
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In December 2011, William Gaunt was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You.
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In February 2012, William Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012.
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In May 2015, William Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders.
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William Gaunt has extensive stage experience, both as an actor and a theatre director, including a notable success in playing the Micheal Mac Liammoir character in Gates of Gold by Frank McGuinness at the Finborough Theatre, London, and in the West End.
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William Gaunt appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Seagull, sharing the role of Sorin with Ian McKellen; and appeared in King Lear as Gloucester at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane, London, opposite McKellen in the title role following a United Kingdom tour.
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William Gaunt revived his performance as Gloucester in the TV film of the same name released in late 2008.
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William Gaunt appeared in the role of Dogsborough, a parody of Paul von Hindenburg in Bertold Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and in The Crucible at the Old Vic.
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In 2021, William Gaunt appeared as Duncan in Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre.