Denys Graham
{{Short description|Welsh actor (1926–2024)}}
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| birth_place = Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
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Denys Graham (29 June 1926 – 24 October 2024) was a Welsh actor who appeared in the later series of Rumpole of the Bailey as the title character's many-daughtered colleague Percy Hoskins.{{Cite web |title=Denys Graham |url=http://uk-tv-guide.com/celebrity/Denys+Graham/93252/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319002713/http://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Denys+Graham/93252/ |archive-date=19 March 2012 |website=digiguide.tv}} Over a 70-year career he played a wide range of other roles on stage and screen.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hawguk.org/denys.graham/index.html |title=RADA educated |access-date=6 March 2011 |archive-date=15 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315121057/http://www.hawguk.org/denys.graham/index.html |url-status=dead }}
Life and career
Graham was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales on 29 June 1926. An accomplished pianist, he was educated at New College, Oxford and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.{{cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/ |title=Home |website=rada.ac.uk}}
His extensive and varied theatre work included playing in the original 1956 production of Under Milk Wood at the New Theatre, London and appearing in the original 1955 production of Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre, London, directed by Peter Hall. For two years he was a member of John Gielgud’s company at the Phoenix Theatre, London, followed by a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon. His final West End role was Victor Witt in Grand Hotel at the Dominion Theatre in 1992.
Graham's best known film roles were Flying Officer L.G. Knight DSO in The Dam Busters (1955), Private Fraser in Dunkirk (1958), Private 716 Robert Jones in Zulu (1964) and Kaiser Wilhelm II in All Quiet on the Western Front (1979).
Graham died on 24 October 2024, at the age of 98.{{cite web |title=Denys Graham |url=https://actorsandwriters.london/denys.graham/ |website=Actors & Writers London |access-date=29 October 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jamie |title=British actor Denys Graham who starred in The Dam Busters, Dunkirk and Zulu has died aged 98 |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/obituaries/star-of-the-dam-busters-dunkirk-and-zulu-denys-graham-dies-at-98-4846810 |access-date=31 October 2024 |publisher=National World |date=30 October 2024}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Valley of Song | Denzil – Miner | uncredited |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O. | |
| 1956 | Fire Maidens from Outer Space | scientist | uncredited |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Fraser | |
| 1964 | Zulu | Private 716 Robert Jones | |
| 1966 | Modesty Blaise | Co-Pilot | |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name | 0334002}}
- {{discogs artist|Denys Graham}}
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Category:Male actors from Newport, Wales
Category:Welsh male stage actors
Category:Welsh male film actors
Category:Welsh male television actors
Category:People educated at Stanwell School
Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:20th-century Welsh male actors
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