Patrick Ryecart
British actor
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::summary British actor ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Patrick Ryecart |
| birth_name | Patrick Geoffrey Ryecart |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Warwick, Warwickshire, England |
| occupation | Actor |
| spouse | |
| children | 3 |
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|image = | name = Patrick Ryecart | birth_name = Patrick Geoffrey Ryecart | birth_date = | birth_place = Warwick, Warwickshire, England | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = 3
Patrick Geoffrey Ryecart (born 9 May 1952) is an English actor.
Early life and career
Ryecart was born in Warwick, Warwickshire.
His first West End appearance was in Bernard Shaw's Candida at the Albery Theatre, playing the young poet Marchbanks opposite Deborah Kerr, directed by Michael Blakemore. Among a string of fine reviews, Bernard Levin in the Sunday Times described his performance as "supernova" and that he had not seen "such a talent in embryo since the young Richard Burton". Ryecart has continued working in theatre, television and film (his last film role Lord Wigram in The King's Speech) with lead roles in the classics of Shaw, Sheridan, and Shakespeare to light comedies, TV situation comedy, thrillers and musicals. Among his notable credits in London are Jack Absolute in The Rivals, with Michael Hordern as his father and Geraldine McEwan as Mrs Malaprop, and Lord Goring in Peter Hall's An Ideal Husband. He has acted on many British television shows since the mid-1970s including Lillie, Romeo and Juliet, The Professionals, Minder (Series 7 episode 5), Rumpole of the Bailey, Lovejoy, Coming Home and Holby City. In 1986 he appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord in the Mindwarp segment. He was one of the lead characters in the BBC TV comedy series The High Life playing Captain Hilary Duff. He played Hugo Latimer in the BBC series Trainer. In 1996 he appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, "Dumb Witness" as Charles, returning to the series in 2013 as Sir Anthony Morgan in "The Labours of Hercules". In 1996 he worked for the BBC in My Son My Son and in 1997 was in the Dalziel & Pascoe episode Ruling Passion. He played Mr. Crane-Bolder in Catherine Cookson’s Rag Nymph a TV Mini-Series (1997). He appeared in Midsomer Murders "The Night of the Stag" as Anthony Devereux (2011). He has appeared in many mini series for the U.S. He played Sir Hugh Bodrugan in the 2015 BBC series of Poldark. In 2016, he played the role of the Duke of Norfolk in the Netflix series The Crown.
His extensive theatre credits include The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B by J P Donleavy in London's West End, which he also produced, first playing Balthazar to Simon Callow's playing Beefy, (who was later replaced by Billy Connolly). Numerous tours include "Donkeys Years", "Rebecca", "Tunes of Glory" and "The Millionairess" opposite Raquel Welch. He also produced, at the Garrick Theatre London (and later redirected for tour and the Edinburgh Festival 2011) "Jus' like That!" the highly successful affectionate tribute to the great Tommy Cooper, written by John Fisher.
His film credits include A Bridge Too Far (1977), Silver Dream Racer (1980), Arthur the King (1985), Prisoner of Honor (1991), Parting Shots (1999) and The King's Speech (2010).
Personal life
Ryecart was married to English actress Marsha Fitzalan, the third daughter of 17th Duke of Norfolk, from 4 July 1977 until their divorce in 1995. The couple met at the drama school, The Webber Douglas Academy. They have three children. Ryecart lives in London.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | German Lieutenant | |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Benson | |
| 1985 | Silas Marner | Godfrey Cass | |
| 1986 | Tai-Pan | Captain Glessing | |
| 1991 | Twenty-One | Jack | |
| 1999 | Parting Shots | Cleverly | |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Lord Wigram | |
| 2016 | The Contract | Greg | |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Goodies | Cowboy | Episode: "Movies" |
| 1976-77 | The Cedar Tree | Klaus von Heynig | 4 episodes |
| 1978 | Lillie | Crown Prince Rudolf | Episode: "Let Them Say" |
| BBC Television Shakespeare | Romeo | Episode: Romeo and Juliet | |
| 1979 | My Son, My Son | Oliver Essex | 6 episodes |
| 1981 | Dick Turpin | Fytton | Serial: "Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure" |
| 1982 | The Professionals | Williams | Episode: "Spy Probe" |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Steinhardt | 4 episodes |
| 1986 | Doctor Who | Crozier | Serial: "Mindwarp" |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Jonathan Crashaw | 1 episode |
| Rockliffe's Folly | Andrew Reynolds | Episode: "The Greenhorn" | |
| Minder | Nigel | Episode: "The Last Video Show" | |
| 1988-89 | Theatre Night | Captain Absolute/Sergius Seranoff | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Ivar Bryce | TV movie |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Major Esterhazy | |
| A Perfect Hero | Tim Holland | 4 episodes | |
| 1991-92 | Trainer | Hugo Latimer | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Emperor Karl I of Austria | Episode: "Austria, March 1917" |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Lord Richard Sackbutt | Episode: "Rumpole and the Family Pride" | |
| 1993 | Heart of Darkness | De Griffe | TV movie |
| 1994 | Lovejoy | Lord Dunwich | Episode: "The Last of the Uzoks" |
| 1994-95 | The High Life | Captain Hilary Duff | |
| 1995 | Rik Mayall Presents | Green Knight | Episode: "Claire de Lune" |
| 1996-2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Anthony Morgan/Charles | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Anton Davenent | Episode: "Ruling Passion" |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Tommy Mortimer | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Posh Man | Episode: "A Blast from the Past" |
| 2000-01 | Holby City | Ewan Littlewood | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | Dr. Newell-Post | Episode: "Just a Minute" |
| 2004 | Doctors and Nurses | Mr. Barry | Episode: "Go West" |
| 2005 | Jericho | Lord Masefield | Episode: "A Pair of Ragged Claws" |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | Keith | Episode: Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Egypt | Hudson Gurney | Episode: "The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone" | |
| 2010 | Hustle | Sir Edmund "Piggy" Richardson | Episode: "And This Little Piggy Had Money" |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Anthony Deveraux | Episode: "The Night of the Stag" |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Gavin De Souza | 2 episodes |
| 2015-16 | Poldark | Sir Hugh Bodregun | 5 episodes |
| 2016-19 | The Crown | Duke of Norfolk | 6 episodes |
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Theatre
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph | Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch |
| The Piggy Bank Spree | Felix Renaudier | ||
| Havering on the Ridiculous | Company Member | ||
| My Fat Friend | James | ||
| Forty Years On | The Lectern Reader | ||
| Death of a Salesman | Stanley | ||
| She Stoops to Conquer | Marlow | ||
| 1977 | Candida | Eugene Marchbanks | Albery Theatre |
| 1977-78 | Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds | ||
| 1979 | A Life in the Theatre | John | Open Space Theatre |
| 1981-82 | The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B | Balthazar | Duke of York's Theatre |
| 1983 | The Rivals | Captain Jack Absolute | National Theatre, London |
| 1984 | Noel, A Theatrical Celebration | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | |
| The Importance | John Worthing | Ambassadors Theatre, London | |
| 1985 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon/Theseus | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| Ring Round the Moon | Hugo/Frederic | ||
| 1986-88 | High Society | Dexter | Victoria Palace Theatre and Haymarket Theatre |
| 1994-95 | The Millionairess | Adrian Blenderbland | Theatre Royal, Bath and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford |
| 1996 | That Good Night | Michael | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, New Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations |
| 2001 | Another Country | Vaughan Cunningham | Arts Theatre, London and Oxford Playhouse |
| 2002 | Naked Justice | Roddy | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations |
| 2003-04 | See U Next Tuesday | Just Leblanc | Albery Theatre |
| 2004 | Dinner | Lars | Cambridge Arts Theatre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and other locations |
| 2006 | Charley's Aunt | Colonel Chesney | Oxford Playhouse |
| 2009 | Untitled | Douglas the Butler/Edward VIII | Finborough Theatre |
| 2010 | Prescription: Murder | Dr. Roy Flemming | Connaught Theatre, Worthing, New Theatre, Cardiff, and other locations |
| 2010-11 | Me and My Girl | Sir John Tremayne | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2016 | The Dover Road | Mr. Latimer | Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 2018 | Monogamy | Mike | Park Theatre, London, Festival Theatre, Malvern, and other locations |
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