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Profile of James Booth
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James Booth |
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19th December 1927 |
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Croydon, Surrey, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
James Booth (19 December 1927- 11 August 2005) was the stage name of David Geeves. He was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter, who was born in Croydon, Surrey on 19 December 1927, the son of a probation officer.
He was educated at Southend Grammar School, which he left aged 17 to join the army. He rose to the rank of captain. He was trained at RADA and he made his first professional appearance as a member of the Old Vic company, before joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East in 1958. He married Paula Delaney in 1960 and they had two sons and two daughters. He died in Hadleigh,Essex on 11 August 2005 aged 77.
Selected filmography
- Jazzboat (1959)... as Spider Kelly
- Let's Get Married (1960)... as Photographer
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)... as Alfred Wood
- French Dressing (1963)
- Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)... as Charlie Gooding
- Zulu (1964)... as Private Henry Hook VC
- Robbery (1967)... as Inspector George Langdon
- The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968)... as Ambrose Tuttle
- Revenge (1971)... as Jim Radford
- Rentadick (1972)
- That'll Be The Day (1973)... as Mr MacLaine
- Percy's Progress (1974)... as Jeffcott
- Brannigan (1975)... as Charlie the Handle
- Airport '77 (1977... as Ralph Crawford
- Bad Guys (1986... as Lord Percy
- Twin Peaks (1990) (TV series)... as Ernie Niles
- Keeping Mum (2005)... as Mr. Brown
Selected stage work
- The Hostage (1958)... as an IRA officer at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop
- A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit for the Theatre Workshop
- Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be... as Tosher
- The Hostage (1959)... as an IRA officer at Wyndham's Theatre
- The Fire-Raisers... for the Royal Court Theatre
- The Caretaker (1962)... as Mick
- The Comedy of Errors (1962)... for the RSC at Stratford-on-Avon
- King Lear (1962)... as Edmund for the RSC at Stratford-on-Avon
- A Thousand Clowns
- Twang! (Shaftesbury (1965)... as Robin Hood
- The Entertainer... as Archie Rice
- Travesties (1975)... as Tristan Tzara
External Links
- James Booth at The Internet Movie Database
- A Tribute to James Booth
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