Richard Cordery

Cordery's television credits include Rumpole of the Bailey, as a prosecution Barrister (Series 5 Episode 6 - 1988), Doc Martin as Dennis Dodds, Whitechapel as George Collier, Garrow's Law as Sir Sampson Wright.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} He appeared in Midsomer Murders “The Straw Woman” as Dr John Cole in 2004,{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/9b6n/midsomer-murders--series-7---6-the-straw-woman---part-two |title=Midsomer Murders Series 7 – 6. The Straw Woman - Part Two |work=Radio Times |accessdate=1 December 2013}} as Morris Bingham in “The-Made-to Measure Murders” in 2010, and as Atticus Bradley in “The Killings of Copenhagen“ (2014, S16:E5). He played the Duc De Raguse in the 2012 film Les Misérables.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

In the 2013 film About Time, Cordery played Uncle Desmond, the "sweet but mentally-challenged" uncle of the protagonist Tim.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-about-time-1200575189/ |title=Film Review: 'About Time' |work=Variety |first=Leslie |last=Felperin |date=8 August 2013 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}

In the fifth season of The Crown, Cordery portrayed Marmaduke Hussey, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996.

Much of Cordery's acting career has been in theatre. His body of work includes many Shakespeare performances, such as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1997),{{Cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4892885.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201041337/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4892885.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2013 |title=The Critics: Death in Life with Marguerite Duras, Life in Death with Romeo and Juliet |work=The Independent |first=Robert |last=Butler |date=9 November 1997 |accessdate=1 December 2013 |url-access=subscription}} the trilogy Henry VI (2000), the drama Richard III (2001), the tragedy Macbeth (2004), and the comedy The Winter's Tale.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k55ZBp8OSfQC&q=%22Richard+Cordery%22&pg=PA184 |title=Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays |isbn=9780521840880 |last1=Smallwood |first1=Robert Leo |year=2004 |page=184}} In 2002, Cordery played Menenius in a Swan Theatre adaptation of the Shakespeare play Coriolanus.{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1720205.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201041306/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1720205.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2013 |title=Arts: The Profession of Violence; in the Royal Shakespeare Company's New Coriolanus, PAUL TAYLOR Hails Greg Hicks's Powerful Portrayal of the Tragic Warrior Who Has Outlived His Usefulness |work=The Independent |first=Paul |last=Taylor |date=4 December 2002 |accessdate=1 December 2013}} Later that year, he appeared as Falstaff in another Shakespeare play, The Merry Wives of Windsor.{{Cite news |url= |title=Reviews: Halloween Romp Ruins a Merry Night of Mirth; the Merry Wives of Windsor the Swan Stratford upon Avon |work=The Birmingham Post |first=Richard |last=Edmonds |via= |date=4 November 2002 |accessdate= |url-access=}} Cordery portrayed the steward Malvolio in a 2005 production of Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.{{Cite news|url= |title=CULTURE: Forgettable Night; Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |work=The Birmingham Post |first=Richard |last=Edmonds |via= |date=4 May 2005|accessdate=|url-access=}}

In 2008, he played Russell Blackborough in the play Waste at the Almeida Theater{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-187693081.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610060525/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-187693081.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2014 |title=Waste |work=Variety |first=David|last=Benedict |date=8 October 2008 |accessdate=1 December 2013}} and the following year he appeared in the musical Spring Awakening at the Lyric Theatre.{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194700098.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610065234/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194700098.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2014 |title=Spring Awakening |work=Variety |first=Benedict |last= David |date=5 February 2009 |accessdate=1 December 2013}} Cordery appeared as Canon Chasuble in a 2011 production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. The Daily Telegraph praised the actor for giving a "performance of comic bliss as the amorous and sententious Canon Chasuble, baffled by each new turn of events while supporting his prodigious bulk on a surprisingly nifty pair of pins."{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8817609/The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest-Rose-Theatre-Kingston-review.html |title=The Importance of Being Earnest, Rose Theatre, Kingston, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Charles |last=Spencer |date=10 October 2011 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}

Cordery is a former teacher who once taught in an inner-London secondary school.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jul/05/schools.teaching |title=Young bards |work=The Guardian |first=Michael |last=Coveney |date=4 July 2005 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}

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