Cavan Kendall
{{short description|British actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cavan Kendall
| image = Actor_Cavan_Kendall.jpg
| caption = Kendall in 1963
| birth_name = Cavan Spencer Kendall McCarthy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|10|29|1942|5|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Gloucestershire, England
| occupation = Actor
| relatives = Kay Kendall (paternal half-sister)
{{nowrap|Marie Kendall (paternal grandmother)}}
}}
Cavan Spencer Kendall McCarthy (22 May 1942 – 29 October 1999) was a Scottish actor.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/114381|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028033457/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/114381|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2008|title=KENDALL, Cavan|publisher=bfi.org.uk|accessdate=30 July 2012}}
Life
Kendall was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother, Dora Wynne (née Spencer) (25 Oct 1913 - 18 Sep 1959), died when he was seventeen. His father, Terrence McCarthy (a.k.a. Terry Kendall) (20 Jan 1901 - 03 Jan 1994), was the son of music hall comedian and actress Marie Kendall (1873–1964).{{cite web|url=http://cavankendall.com/biography.html|title=Cavan Kendall - photographer 1942-1999|website=cavankendall.com|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814110622/http://cavankendall.com/biography.html|archive-date=2015-08-14|url-status=dead}} Through his father, Kendall was also a half-brother of actress Kay Kendall.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNGAgAAQBAJ&q=kay+kendall+cavan+kendall&pg=PT159|title=The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall|first=Eve|last=Golden|date=5 December 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813146560|via=Google Books}}
He died of cancer in Gloucestershire at the age of 57.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPQ3DgAAQBAJ&q=cavan+kendall+actor&pg=PT131|title=The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time|first1=George|last1=Anastasia|first2=Glen|last2=Macnow|date=27 September 2011|publisher=Running Press|isbn=9780762443703|via=Google Books}}
Career
Amongst his theatre work, Kendall appeared opposite Sarah Miles in the original West End production of Vivat! Vivat Regina! at the Piccadilly Theatre, and in Justice is a Woman at the Vaudeville (as well as its subsequent TV version opposite Margaret Lockwood).{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4wq/vivat-vivat-regina/production/paw|title=Production of Vivat! Vivat Regina! - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=2017-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023728/https://theatricalia.com/play/4wq/vivat-vivat-regina/production/paw|archive-date=2017-11-07|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7331f113|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107040451/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7331f113|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2017|title=Justice Is a Woman (1969)|publisher=}} He acted in many television series, including the BBC's 1957 version of The Railway Children, and the Doctor Who story The Myth Makers in the role of Achilles.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7dacb159|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107034632/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7dacb159|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2017|title=Saviours of the Train (1957)|publisher=}}{{Cite web |title=The Myth Makers ★★★★ |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/the-myth-makers/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}} He appeared in the films Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968), Eureka (1983), The Clandestine Marriage (1999) and Sexy Beast (2000).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/cavan-kendall-p37651|title=Cavan Kendall - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} Kendall died shortly after the filming of Sexy Beast and did not see the critically acclaimed film which has become a cult classic. {{cite web |title = Sexy Beast |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sexy_beast/ |work = Rotten Tomatoes |date = 13 September 2000 |access-date = 30 November 2022 }}
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0447576}}
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Category:Deaths from cancer in England
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:Male actors from Edinburgh
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