Saul Reichlin obit

 

Saul Reichlin(1943-2023)

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Saul Reichlin was born in 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for The Knock (1994), Ali and the Lamp (2009) and War and Peace (2007). He died on December 22, 2023 in London.

Saul Reichlin, who has died aged 81, worked for six decades as an actor, writer, producer and director, but was most in demand for his rich, warm vocal tones, which he lent to many video games and audiobooks. He narrated more than 245 books, including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, voted best audiobook of the year in 2009.

Saul was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where he attended Wynberg boys’ high school and afterwards did various jobs until his antipathy towards apartheid prompted him to move to the UK in the late 1960s. Graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1972, he soon found work in theatre and television.

His TV career included appearances in Space: 1999, Crossroads and This Life, while on the stage he acted with the National Theatre in various roles. Later, he began writing for the stage, including the comedy Who’s the Daddy? in 2005. His theatrical adaptations of the tales of the Yiddish author and playwright Sholem Aleichem became very popular, and his first adaptation, Roots … Shmoots!, toured globally, clocking up 35 cities along the way.

Throughout his career he continued with his narrations and voiceovers, and when ill health interrupted his most recent run of one-man Sholem Aleichem performances, he fell back on his audiobook work, continuing determinedly.

To the end, he could often be seen in the cafes of Hornsey and Crouch End in north London, where he lived – working on his next narration and whiling away happy hours in idle chitchat with friends who popped in. A self-sufficient, warm and supportive man for whom nothing was too much trouble, he leaves behind an impressively diverse body of work, and a lot of happy memories for those who were fortunate to know him.

Actor

The Film with No Name

The New Boss

Post-production

 

Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)

Assassin's Creed: Origins

8.4

Video Game

Voice Talent (voice)

2017

 

Murder Maps (2015)

Murder Maps

7.5

TV Series

Fred's Defence

2015

1 episode

 

Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)

Risen 3: Titan Lords

6.9

Video Game

Mac (voice)

2014

 

Bloody Tales (2013)

Bloody Tales

6.9

TV Series

Count Thurzo

2013

1 episode

 

Goneril

Short

Mr. Mitchell

2012

 

Risen 2: Dark Waters (2012)

Risen 2: Dark Waters

6.8

Video Game

Mac (voice)

2012

 

Patient 17 (2011)

Patient 17

6.4

Pr Bernard

2011

 

Machines (2010)

Machines

Short

Mr. Bergman

2010

 

Ali and the Lamp (2009)

Ali and the Lamp

Short

Genie

2009

 

Borges and I (2009)

Borges and I

8.6

2009

 

Anno 1404 (2009)

Anno 1404

8.0

Video Game

Guy Forcas (English version, voice)

2009

 

Holiday of Lights (2008)

Holiday of Lights

Short

Aaron

2008

 

Caregiver (2008)

Caregiver

6.3

Mr. Morgan

2008

 

War and Peace (2007)

War and Peace

7.2

TV Mini Series

Vasilii Kuragin (voice)

2007

4 episodes

 

That Samba Thing (2007)

That Samba Thing

5.2

Antonio

2007

 

Christopher Lambert in The Point Men (2001)

The Point Men

4.3

Emil Zander

2001

 

Alex Kingston, David Morrissey, Enzo Squillino Jr., and Malcolm Storry in The Knock (1994)

The Knock

7.9

TV Series

Vlok

1999

3 episodes

 

Francesca Annis in Headhunters (1994)

Headhunters

6.9

TV Series

Howard Levy

1994

2 episodes

 

Screen One (1985)

Screen One

6.7

TV Series

David Guntzman

1993

1 episode

 

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

7.1

TV Movie

Dr. Maseryk

1991

 

Jeroen Krabbé in Melancholia (1989)

Melancholia

5.8

Dr. Adolfo Vargas

1989

 

Danny Glover and Alfre Woodard in Mandela (1987)

Mandela

6.5

TV Movie

Lawyer Bram Fischer

1987

 

John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

Inspector Morse

8.2

TV Series

Sheik of Al-Jamara

1987

1 episode

 

Six Into One: The Prisoner File (1984)

Six Into One: The Prisoner File

8.4

TV Movie

The Man

1984

 

Noele Gordon in Crossroads (1964)

Crossroads

4.4

TV Series

Michael Hislop

1979

11 episodes

 

Tony Britton, Paul Freeman, and David Robb in Scorpion Tales (1978)

Scorpion Tales

7.3

TV Series

Terrorist

1978

1 episode

 

Space: 1999 (1975)

Space: 1999

7.3

TV Series

Second Mining Engineer (uncredited)

1976

1 episode

 

Iain Cuthbertson in Sutherland's Law (1973)

Sutherland's Law

7.6

TV Series

Captain Tom Van Der Berg

1973

1 episode

 

Writer

Roswell: The Investigation Continues (2018)

Roswell: The Investigation Continues

Writer

2018