Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam ( born March 20, 1909 in London, England; † September 29, 1989 ) was a British actor.
Life
Dignam grew up in Sheffield and studied journalism. Already at school, he appeared in numerous school plays. In 1930 he made his acting debut in a production of The Lonely House Country Theatre in St Albans. Two years later he had the Kingsway Theatre made its debut at the London theater stage in a production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 1933 he toured with A Cup of Happiness for the first time by the United Kingdom. In the 1930s he joined, among others, as Bernardo in Hamlet, Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion and Buckingham in Richard III at the Old Vic Theatre in London's West End. Between 1938 and 1939, he starred in based on the life of Oscar Wilde, the same Broadway production. In the 1940s, he still appeared primarily at London's theaters and toured with the Old Vic Company. Between 1947 and 1950 he was a permanent member of the Old Vic Company. From 1956 to 1958 he played in Stratford- upon- Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company in numerous Shakespeare productions like Othello, Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet.
After he had been scattered television appearances from 1938 onwards, his film career began in the 1950s. First, he played supporting roles that were not mentioned, such as in the film comedy But, sir ... in the credits. In a somewhat larger role, he was seen in the same year on the side of Peter Ustinov and Elizabeth Taylor in the film Beau Brummell drama. In 1959 he presented the British TV Vierteiler Heidi 's grandfather dar. In the 1960s he played among others in the feature films The Last Voyage of the Bismarck and The Taming of the Shrew and appeared as secret mission for John Drake, The Baron and Simon Templar in the British television series on.
In 1970, he was next to Frank Finlay, Gemma Jones and Joss Ackland seen in the excellent with the BAFTA BBC television production The Lie, had written the script for the Ingmar Bergman. In the 1970s, had Dignam recurring roles as Attorney General John Cross in the court series Crown Court and as Fairfax in the series The XYY Man. In the 1980s he was mostly seen in TV movies, including as Duncan in a television adaptation of Macbeth.
Dignam was married his third wife. His brother Basil Dignam and his wife, Mona Washbourne worked as an actor.