William Gaunt
William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor.
Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army.
After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London.
Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs.
In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You. In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012. This is his second appearance in this series, after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode "The Maid in Splendour". In May 2015, Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders. (Wikipedia)
Fotos
Filme (20)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
A Woman of No Importance
2017 · Reverend Daubeny
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2015 · John of Gaunt
The Timber
2015 · Jebediah
The Crucible
2014 · Giles Corey
Rufus Stone
2012 · Rufus Stone
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · Shallow
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · Worcester
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
King Lear
2008 · Earl of Gloucester
The Preventers
1996 · Controller
The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
1996
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985 · Orcini
Legend of the Champions
1983 · Richard Barrett
No Visible Scar
1981 · Patrick Witney
The Revolutionary
1970
Afternoon of a Nymph
1962 · Romeo
Solo for Sparrow
1962 · Detective Sergeant Reeve
The Winter's Tale
1962 · Dion
The Sinister Man
1961 · Mitch Hallam
Serien (37)
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Without You
2011 · Paul Manning
The Vice
1999 · Chivers
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Michael Bannerman, Ludo DeQuetteville
Next of Kin
1995
Heartbeat
1992 · Charles Robertson
G.B.H.
1991 · Hunningdon
About Face
1989 · Mr Sheridan
Capstick's Law
1989 · Edward Capstick
A Gentleman's Club
1988 · Aubrey
Open Air
1986
Casualty
1986 · Malc Stroud
The Far Pavilions
1984 · Commissioner
Love and Marriage
1984 · Phillip Merrick
No Place Like Home
1983 · Arthur Crabtree
Claire
1982 · Tony Hunter
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982 · Major Charles Wilbraham
The Enigma Files
1980 · Bert (Blowtorch)
The Foundation
1977 · Gareth Brown
Nobody's House
1976 · Peter Sinclair
State of Emergency
1975 · Colonel Singleton
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Dial M for Murder
1974 · Alex Ferguson
Crown Court
1972 · Edward Cummings
Holly
1972 · Gordon Godolphin
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Bill Williams
Menace
1970 · Lord
Paul Temple
1969
The Champions
1968 · Richard Barrett
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Peter
Doctor Who
1963 · Orcini
Sergeant Cork
1963 · Bob Marriott
The Saint
1962 · Mike
Out of This World
1962 · Bill Sheridan
Z-Cars
1962
The Avengers
1961
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Romeo