Jack Gwillim
Jack William Frederick Gwillim (* December 15, 1909 in Canterbury, Kent, † July 2, 2001 in Los Angeles, California ) was a British film and stage actor.
Life
Jack Gwillim occurred in 1926 at the age of 17 years in the Royal Navy and spent the next two decades at sea. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was promoted to Commander and stationed in Hong Kong. At that time Gwillim operation a lot of sports, played rugby and was heavyweight champion boxing. After he got health problems - he suffered from arthritis, among others - he was honorably discharged in 1946 from the Navy.
Gwillim then focused on another passion - acting. After some minor theater roles, he joined in the 1950s, the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and walked three years with Anthony Quayle, at that time a well-established actor in teaching. Another three years later, Gwillim the Old Vic Company joined. He also stood in 1953 in the short-lived British sitcom Life with Father for the first time on camera.
Accepted as a stage actor Already in England, emigrated Gwillim 1969 in the United States, where in plays he stood with some famous actors today ( Rex Harrison, John Gielgud, James Earl Jones, Richard Burton ... ) on the Stage. Among the most famous included Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and Richard II.
In Gwillims filmmaking both appearances in television series, but also in even today known films were included. In 1959, he stood in the Bible adaptation Solomon and the Queen of Sheba before the camera, followed by a small appearance in the classic Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962). Later in his career Gwillim was in Patton - Rebell in uniform in 1970 before the camera and in the fantasy film Clash of the Titans from 1981, however, a major film role was always denied..
With his first wife Peggy Bollard, with whom he was married until 1959, he had two children, Sarah -Jane Gwillim (former actress and now University Professor at the University of Michigan ) and actor David Gwillim. 1969 married Gwillim again. With his second wife Olivia Selby he had another child, son Jaxon Duff Gwillim, the actor was also.
Jack Gwillim died in 2001, aged 91 years, a natural death.