Alexander Doré

{{Short description|British actor, director and screenwriter (1923–2002)}}

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{{Infobox person

|name=Alexander Doré

|image = Alexander Dore First Spy.jpg

|caption= Alexander Doré as the First Spy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

|birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1923|08|28}}

|birth_place=Hampstead, London, England

|death_date={{Death date and age|2002|4|16|1923|8|28|df=yes}}

|death_place=London, England

|occupation=Actor, director, screenwriter

|yearsactive=1946–1988

|spouse={{marriage|Edna Gorring|1946}}

|children=1

}}

Alexander Joseph Doré (28 August 1923 – 16 April 2002) was a British actor, director and screenwriter. He was best known for his appearance as the First Spy in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.[https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150139008 Cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang], British Film Institute (BFI) database He also co-starred in the 1968 TV series Virgin of the Secret Service (as villain Karl Von Brauner) as well as playing Bertram Bright in Bright's Boffins (1970-1972).[https://web.archive.org/web/20171229231031/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4b1f175 Filmography of Alexander Doré] British Film Institute Database

Doré's other screen appearances include At the Stroke of Nine (1957), Tales from Dickens (1958), ITV Television Playhouse (1958), Emergency-Ward 10 (1960), Dixon of Dock Green (1964), Casino Royale (1967), ITV Playhouse (1968), and A Very Peculiar Practice (1986).[https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/a_very_peculiar_practice/cast_crew/full/ Cast of A Very Peculiar Practice], British Comedy Guide database

His credits as a screenwriter include Jungle Street (1961) and The Wind of Change (1961), while his directing credits include Hé... mag ik mijn echtgenote terug? (1975), {{Interlanguage link multi|Boem-Boem|nl}} (1982) and Privé Voor Twee (1988) for Dutch television.{{CN|date=January 2024}}

He directed the plays See How They Run at London's Vaudeville Theatre, The Sunday Man at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=14631 |title=Doré on the Internet Broadway Database |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |date=1964-05-13 |accessdate=2013-09-09}} in 1964, and the world premiere of We Who Are About To... (with Anton Rodgers) in 1968 at the Hampstead Theatre Club.{{cite web |url=http://countdown.alanayckbourn.net/Countdown_Productions.htm |title=Alan Ayckbourn's "Countdown" website |publisher=Countdown.alanayckbourn.net |accessdate=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113033545/http://countdown.alanayckbourn.net/Countdown_Productions.htm |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 1988 he directed the Dutch-language version of the play Never Judge a Book by Its Cover which undertook a successful fifty-city tour of the Netherlands and Belgium.[http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Blicker%2C%20Seymour Doré on the Seymour Blicker website]