Charles Pemberton
Actor/Actriz
26
Películas
28
Series
Character actor Charles Pemberton had a long career in television but found theatrical fame with his one man entertainment, WS Gilbert - A Disagreeable Man? which he toured throughout the UK and Europe.
The two hour show, from a script by Brian Jones, traced the life of the 19th century popular composer and martinet.
Pemberton was born on September 19, 1939 in Leyland, Lancashire. He trained for the stage at the Rose Bruford Drama School and graduated with distinction in 1963. He joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company where he remained for two years before appearing in repertory at the Library Theatre, Manchester, Harrogate and Derby.
He made his television debut in 1964 as a detective sergeant in the soap Crossroads and went on to play a succession of policemen, military types and officials in countless dramas and sitcoms such as Callan, The Professionals, Minder, Juliet Bravo and Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective. He was in two storylines of Doctor Who, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The War Games and he played Johnny Mann in Coronation Street (1973).
He also had cameos in the award-winning drama The Naked Civil Servant (1975), John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy (1987), Great Expectations (1989) (as Mr Philbean 1989), Victoria Wood's Pat & Margaret (1994) and Foyle's War (2004).
On the West End stage he appeared with Ingrid Bergman in Sir John Gielgud's revival of The Constant Wife (Albery Theatre 1973) and he played Ormonroyd in Priestley's When We Are Married (Whitehall Theatre).
He also starred in several commercials including the award-winning series of John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter adverts. He later recorded his one man show on CD.
Pemberton was an accomplished magician and held the Inner Magic Circle Silver Star. He was vice president of the Catholic Stage Guild and a much revered member of the CAA. He had recently been elected to the Savage Club where he had performed his own man show to much acclaim.
A genial and kind man with a self effacing sense of humour he was a familiar figure in London's theatreland with his bewhiskered looks and jaunty smile. He will be much missed by his many colleagues in the profession.
Friend Barbara Angell said, "We were friends through thick and thin - we were sometimes rich together but mostly poor, at least financially. We shared a lot of laughs.
Pemberton had been suffering from cancer and died on May 13, 2007. He was survived by his mother.
Como Actor/Actriz
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Stooge
Minder
Policeman
The Professionals
Big Man
Foyle's War
Policeman
Screen Two
Pub Man
Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas
Reg Wilkey
Bread
DHSS Claimant
The Paradise Club
Charlie O'Neill
El Regreso del Santo
Security Man
The Upper Hand
Mr. Bradshaw
Shoestring
Court Officer
Terry and June
Man with dog
Hammer House of Horror
Policeman
Sapphire & Steel
Policeman
Centre Play
Sergeant
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Roger
Danger UXB
Police Sergeant
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Sergeant Rose
Dickens of London
Uncle William Dickens
Las cuatro plumas
Impressario
Romany Jones
Ron Bailey
Virtual Murder
PC
Not in Front of the Children
Ron
Big Deal
Fireman
The Box of Delights
Chief Constable
Shillingbury Tales
Sgt Phillips
Charters and Caldicott
Court Sergeant
Brannigan
Arthur (uncredited)
Gone to Seed
Don
The Naked Civil Servant
Court PC