Monday, November 18, 2013

Peter Cartwright obit

 Actor Peter Cartwright  Has Died

He was not on the list.


Cartwright was a South African born British actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.

Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, and educated at St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown. He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA.

He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he was the face of Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager. He died of cancer at his home in London on 18 November 2013, aged 78.

He appeared in the British soap Emmerdale playing George Postlethwaite the fictional bishop of Skipdale.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he played a wizard, Elphias Doge, part of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place.

Other films include Wimbledon, Cry Freedom, Gandhi and The Fourth Protocol.

Selected TV credits

Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Z-Cars, Rumpole of the Bailey, Danger UXB, Yes Prime Minister, Casualty, Shackleton, Longitude, The Vicar of Dibley, Doctor Who.2007              Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix             Elphias Doge

Filmography

Year        Title        Role       Notes

1978     Let's Get Laid      Film Director      

1979     A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square     Major Treadwell               

1982     Gandhi  European Passenger       

1987     The Fourth Protocol        Jan Marais          

1987     Cry Freedom      Senior police officer        

1996     The Innocent Sleep          Gerald Phillips   

2004     Wimbledon         Elderly Man in Lift           

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