Nicholas Pennell Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Nicholas Pennell (19 November 1938 – 22 February 1995) was an English actor who appeared frequently on film and television in the 1960s and emigrated to Stratford, Ontario, Canada, where he became a stalwart of the Stratford Festival.He was educated at Allhallows College, Lyme Regis, and trained at RADA. He then appeared in repertory theatre. On television he appeared in The Saint, The Flaxton Boys, The Forsyte Saga as Michael Mont and in six episodes of Doctor Who entitled Colony in Space.On film he appeared as an RAF pilot in Battle of Britain (1969) and in Only When I Larf (1968) as Spencer.In 1972, he joined the Stratford Festival company upon the urging of William Hutt. In his first season, he appeared as Orlando in As You Like It opposite Carole Shelley as Rosalind. The following year he returned to star as Pericles in 1973 in a production designed by Leslie Hurry and directed by Jean Gascon.When Robin Phillips became Artistic Director in 1975, he found a familiar face. The two had worked together in the film of David Copperfield, and Phillips too was also in The Forsyte Saga. Phillips recruited Pennell to join his young company and perform in The Comedy of Errors and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 1976 brought Hamlet and Ariel in The Tempest. He often said he worshipped Phillips as an actor.Pennell was now a leading member of the company and passionate about the festival and acting Shakespeare became his vocation. He was a generous company member speaking to student groups and mentoring young actors. In 24 seasons he played a wide range of characters from Stephano in The Tempest, Iago, Richard II, the Fool in Lear, Sassoon in Not About Heroes to King John.He can be seen on DVD in the role of Malvolio in a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1986) CBC Home Video, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, based on the 1985 Stratford Shakespeare Festival production.All featured his melodious voice, his supreme intelligence and his love of the language.Pennell died on 22 February 1995, of lymphatic cancer, at the age of 56.Little is known about Pennell's private life beyond his homosexuality. A biography was published in 2005 by Mary Z. Maher.
He was nominated for a 1994 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Not About Heroes" at the Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Pygmalion" at the Court Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Satie and Suzanne
1994
Erik Satie
The Comedy of Errors
1989
TV Movie
Aegeon
The Tempest
1983
TV Movie
Stephano
As You Like It
1983
TV Movie
Jaques
Full House
1973
TV Series
David in A Fair Day's Work
The Flaxton Boys
1971
TV Series
Rev. Albermarle Dobson Partridge
Cry of the Penguins
1971
Julien
Doctor Who
1971
TV Series
Winton
The Main Chance
1970
TV Series
Jeremy Upjohn
Armchair Theatre
1970
TV Series
Graeme
The Doctors
1970
TV Series
Roy Stewart
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970
TV Series
Gordon Whitehouse
David Copperfield
1970
TV Movie
Thomas Traddles
Who-Dun-It
1969
TV Series
Dr. Freddy Hamilton
Battle of Britain
1969
Simon
Isadora
1968
Bedford
ITV Playhouse
1968
TV Series
Acherson
Only When I Larf
1968
Spencer
Escape
1967
TV Series
Kortner
The Forsyte Saga
1967
TV Mini-Series
Michael Mont
The Woman in White
1966
TV Series
Walter Hartright
Theatre 625
1964-1966
TV Series
Edward Wannop / David / Deschamps / ...
BBC Play of the Month
1966
TV Series
Lieutenant Nicholl
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1966
TV Series
Robert Sinclair
The Liars
1966
TV Series
Young Man
A Tale of Two Cities
1965
TV Series
Charles Darnay
The Brothers Karamazov
1964
TV Mini-Series
Alyosha Karamazov
The Saint
1963-1964
TV Series
Intelligent Undergraduate / Officer Robbins
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964
TV Series
Captain Martyn / Lt. Martyn
A Choice of Coward
1964
TV Series
Nicky Lancaster
ITV Play of the Week
1963-1964
TV Series
Nicky Lancaster / Victor Blane / Clive / ...
Detective
1964
TV Series
Hoskins
House of Glass
1964
TV Movie
Private Henry
Maigret
1962-1963
TV Series
Pierre Ie Clinche / Julien
Emergency-Ward 10
1963
TV Series
Ben Barnes
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series
Martin Steele
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Late Night Line-Up
1967
TV Series
Himself
Middle Ages: A Wonderer's Guide to Life and Letters