Tom Fleming (actor)

Thomas " Tom" Kelman Fleming CVO OBE ( born June 29, 1927 in Edinburgh, † 18 April 2010) was a Scottish actor, director and poet, a wider public, especially as a longtime spokesman for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and commentator of the Euro Vision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh was known.

Life

Theater actor and director

Fleming began his acting career immediately after the Second World War and made ​​his debut as " Bruce McRae " in The Late Christopher Bean by Emlyn Williams during a tour in 1945 in India.

In 1953 he was one of the founders of the Gate Theatre in Edinburgh where he performed until 1962, not only as an actor, but also staged plays as a director. Subsequently, he was in 1962 a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and appeared there for the first time in the title role of " Cymbeline " in William Shakespeare's eponymous work on. In 1963 he returned to the RSC back to Stratford -upon -Avon and played this time the " Prospero " in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

In 1965 he was appointed the first director of the Edinburgh Civic Theatre Trust and justified further a new theater ensemble at the Royal Lyceum Theatre. For the Edinburgh Festival he took in 1984 and 1991 before new productions of David Lyndsays morality Ane satire of the Thrie Estaits. He also appeared as an actor and director in numerous other Scottish theaters.

Film actor, commentator and Awards

In addition to performing as a stage actor, he also starred in several feature films and television movies like 1971, the "Father Ballard " in Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland by Charles Jarrett and the " Kent " in the film adaptation of Shakespeare 's King Lear by Peter Brook.

He also worked as a commentator on radio and television programs since 1952 until his death and was not only 1966-2008 speaker at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, but also commentator on Euro Vision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh.

For his services Fleming has won several awards and in 1980 he received the Order of the British Empire and in 1988 the title of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He was also a member of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama since 1986.

Publications

Fleming was also also the author of poems, So That Was Spring ( 1954) and Sax Roses for a Luv Frae Hame (1961 ) published among others in the volumes of poetry.

External links and sources

  • Tom Fleming at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Biography ( scottish - places.info )
  • BBC NEWS: "Voice" of Edinburgh Military Tattoo this aged 82 (19 April 2010)
  • THE SCOTSMAN: Obituary: Tom Fleming, CVO, OBE (20 April 2010)
  • THE GUARDIAN: Tom Fleming obituary. A renowned Scottish actor and director, he commentated on state occasions Regularly for BBC television (20 April 2010)
  • THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Obituary: Tom Fleming (20 April 2010)
  • Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0 550 10051 2, p 536
  • Actor
  • Theater actors
  • Theater director
  • Radio presenter
  • TV presenter
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Person ( Edinburgh)
  • Scotsman
  • Born 1927
  • Died in 2010
  • Man
  • Briton
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