Michael Irving

{{Short description|English actor (born 1943)}}

{{For|the American football player|Michael Irvin}}

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Michael Irving is an English stage and screen actor born on October, 19 1943 in Ipswich, Suffolk.

In 1972 he was one of the co-founders of the Half Moon Theatre{{cite web|title=Theatre Archives at Royal Holloway |publisher=Royal Holloway University of London |url=http://www.rhul.ac.uk/archives/theatre.html |accessdate=2010-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629100109/http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Archives/theatre.html |archivedate=29 June 2009 }} with Maurice Colbourne and Guy Sprung.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk/actors/michael-irving/|title=Michael Irving : Stages of Half Moon|website=www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-23}}{{cite web |title =How the sun finally set on the Half Moon Theatre |first =John |last =Rennie |publisher =Tower Hamlets Council |url =http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/news/east_end_life/1_march/how_the_sun_finally_set_on_the.aspx |accessdate =2010-07-05 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It became the [https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/ Half Moon Young People's Theatre] in 1990,{{Cite web|url=http://www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk/places/white-horse/|title=White Horse Road : Stages of Half Moon|website=www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-23}} a specialist theatre for young people. He performed in many productions there, including In the Jungle of the Cities, Will Wat, If Not, What Will?, Sawdust Caesar, Silver Tassie, Alkestis, The Mother and Female Transport. He directed and performed in Heroes of the Iceberg Hotel and Dan Dare (which he also wrote). In 1977 he played the Dame in Dick Whittington, or the City of Fear. In 2016 Michael became a patron of Half Moon Theatre (previously called Half Moon Young People's Theatre). This coincided with the launch of [http://www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk Stages of Half Moon], a digital archive of the theatre's history.{{Cite news|title=Half Moon Theatre Staff - Who We Are|language=en-US|work=Half Moon|url=https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/about-us/whoweare/#patrons|access-date=2018-04-23}}

In the theatre, his work includes performance in the play "Apart from George" {{cite web|title =Apart from George |publisher=The Guardian| first=Michael |last=Billington |url =https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/17/apart-from-george-finborough-review |date=2009-06-17 |accessdate =2010-07-06}} and "Rough Music" {{cite web|title =Rough Music|publisher=The Stage| first=Evelyn |last=Curtlet |url =http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/19158/rough-music |date=11 December 2007 |accessdate =2010-07-17}} in London. He appeared in the film "Personal Services" (1987).{{cite web|title =Personal Services |first=Mark|last=Deming |publisher=Allmovie |url =http://www.allmovie.com/work/personal-services-37805 |accessdate =2010-07-05}} He played a headmaster in an episode of The Bill. His played the father of Robert Pattinson's character in How To Be.{{cite web|title =How To Be |first=Jason|last=Buchanan |publisher=Allmovie |url =http://www.allmovie.com/work/how-to-be-427326 |accessdate =2010-07-05}}

From 1971 to 1981 Michael was married to Veronica Hamel.{{cite web |title=1981 Press Photo Actress Veronica Hamel and Actor Michael Irving |url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsf41155 |website=Historic Images |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=HILL STREET BLUES -- "Blood Money" Episode 202 -- Pictured: (l-r) Michael Irving as Lance, Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport -- (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/blood-money-episode-202-pictured-michael-irving-as-lance-news-photo/148294984 |website=Getty Images |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en-us}}