Paul Daneman
Acting
Born October 29, 1925, London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Daneman (29 October 1925 - 28 April 2001) was an English film, television, theatre and voice actor. Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington, London. He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic society. After training at RADA he joined Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep and the Old Vic for four years. In August 1955 he created the role of Vladimir in Waiting For Godot, at the Arts Theatre in Westminster. His film credits include: Zulu and Oh! What a Lovely War. Daneman's TV credits include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Persuasion (1960 series), Danger Man, Out of the Unknown, The Saint, Spy Trap, Blake's 7, The Professionals and Rumpole of the Bailey. The BBC's 1960 landmark production "||An Age of Kings]]," a fifteen part drama that combined Shakespeare's histories of the Kings of England and presented them in chronological order, featured Daneman as Richard III. Daneman played the husband of Wendy Craig in the original series of the popular BBC sitcom Not in Front of the Children before being replaced by Ronald Hines. He also played Bilbo Baggins in the 1968 BBC Radio dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. While recovering from a heart attack, he wrote the sitcom Affairs of the Heart. In 1995 Daneman published If I Only Had Wings, a novel inspired by his experiences in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Daneman died in 2001 and was buried at East Sheen Cemetery, South West London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Daneman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- G.B.H. — Mervyn Sloan
- 1991Thatcher: The Final Days — Douglas Hurd
- 1989Blore M.P. — Prime Minister
- Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again — Jean-Luc de Lancel
- 1988Tears in the Rain — Lord Richard Bredon
- Hold the Dream — David Amory
- 1987Roman Holiday — King
- 1986The Little Match Girl — Mr. Fairbrother
- 1986Theban Plays: Antigone — Chorus
- 1983The Two Gentlemen of Verona — Duke of Milan
- 1982Tishoo — Professor Frank Merrick
- 1980Jessie — Matthews
- Blake's 7 — Dr. Bellfriar
- The Professionals — Dawson
- Rumpole of the Bailey — Lord Chief Justice
- Spy Trap — Commander Paul Ryan
- The Adventurer — Stopford
- Play for Today — Frank
- 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Czar Nicholas II
- Plays of Today — Vignoles
- 1968Infidelity Took Place — Bill
- Journey to the Unknown — Stuart Crosbie
- Never A Cross Word
- 1967How I Won the War — Skipper
- ITV Playhouse — Alec
- Not in Front of the Children — Henry Corner
- 1966Too Many Cooks — Dr. Andrew Cook
- BBC Play of the Month — Henry Trebell
- Out of the Unknown — Dr. Andrew Cook
- Thirty-Minute Theatre — King of Egypt
- The Wednesday Play — Bill
- 1964Zulu — Sgt. Maxfield
- Corrigan Blake
- 1962Locker Sixty-Nine — Frank Griffiths
- The Saint — Dr. Ormsby
- 1961Clue of the New Pin — Rex Lander
- 1961The Fourth Square — Henry Adams
- An Age of Kings — Richard
- Armchair Mystery Theatre — Mark Lambert
- Danger Man — Dr. Bakalter
- Emma — George Knightley
- Persuasion — Captain Frederick Wentworth
- Our Mutual Friend — John Harmon/'John Rokesmith'
- 1957Time Without Pity — Brian Stanford
- Armchair Theatre — Morris Townsend
- 1956Peril for the Guy — Professor Picton
- 1955Fun at St. Fanny's — Fudge - The Porter