Geoffrey Hutchings
Geoffrey Hutchings ( born June 8, 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, † July 1, 2010 in London) was a British actor.
Life
Geoffrey Hutchings studied French and Sport at Birmingham University. He completed his training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
He joined as a theater actor in numerous theater productions at various UK venues. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968. There he played a number of serious and especially comic roles, including the Octavius Caesar in Julius Caesar, the Pisanio in Cymbeline, the Dromio in The Comedy of Errors, the Clown in Antony and Cleopatra, the Fluellen and the Dauphin in Henry V., the Simple and the Dr. Caius in the Merry Wives of Windsor, the Lavache in well that ends well, the celebrations in Twelfth Night, the Autolycus in the Winter's Tale, the Launce in Two Gentlemen of Verona and the bottom in A Midsummer night's Dream.
He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as Vasques in Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford. In 1971 he played the Bosola in a production of John Webster's play The Duchess of Malfi at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1982 he won for his performance travesty role as Lady Dodo in the musical Poppy the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy category. At the National Theatre in London he played in 1998 the role of the nonchalant actor Sid James in the comedy Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson, who took a look behind the scenes of the love story between Sid James and his actor colleague Barbara Windsor. In 2001 he played at the National Theatre, the role of Hans Luther, the father of Martin Luther, in the play by John Osborne, Luther. In 2004 he played the Nagg in Samuel Beckett's play Endgame, together with Sir Michael Gambon, Lee Evans and Liz Smith. In 2005 he took over the role of Mr. Elliott in John Osborne's early play Epitaph For George Dillon at the Comedy Theatre. From October 2006 to April 2007 he played the Jewish grocer Herr Schultz in the West End production of Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre. At the Wyndham's Theatre in London he played from September 2009 to February 2010 the role of the Brooksie in a stage version of the film The Shawshank Redemption.
Since the 1960s, Hutchings also took on television roles, first in the British television series. In 1982, he played under the direction of Alan Clarke together with Tim Roth in the television drama Made in Britain. In 1987 he drew, directed by David Leland, in the role of Hubert Mansell a remarkable acting Portrait of an embittered father of his movie daughter Emily Lloyd in the comedy drama Wish You Were Here - I wish you were here.
He had more film roles in the adventure film White Hunter, Black Heart ( Clint Eastwood ), in the history film Henry V ( Kenneth Branagh ) in the comedy Clockwise - Well done, Mr. Stimpson ( John Cleese ), in the costume drama Topsy Turvy - - upside Down ( with Jim Broadbent ), in the historical drama film the Affair of the Necklace ( with Hilary Swank ) and in the family film the Thief Lord.
He had other television roles in the multi-part mini-series, Our Friends in the North (1996 ), in which he played the corrupt contractor John Edwards, a figure that was very similar to the authentic case of real estate tycoon John Poulson. He had as Bobby Hollamby in the British crime series Bad Girls from 2000 to 2003. In 2006 he took over as Mr. Brown also has a role in the British television film adaptation of the Discworld novel Hogfather by Terry Pratchett A recurring episode role. In 2007 he had a guest role in the second season of the television series Wild at Heart. In 2008, he played a small role as pictures Leprechaun in the two-part British television film The Color of Magic - The Journey of the Sorcerer, again after a literary text by Terry Pratchett.
Since 2008, he starred in the comedy series Benidorm. In 2009, he starred in the soap opera EastEnders as Roger Clarke, the father of movie characters Jane and Christian.
Hutchings lived in London. He died in a London hospital from the effects of a viral infection.