John Castle

John Castle

John Castle (born 14 January 1940 in Croydon, Surrey) is an English actor. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of "I, Claudius" and Geoffrey in "The Lion in Winter".

TV credits include: "I, Claudius", "Lily", "The Prisoner", "Softly, Softly", "The New Avengers", "1990", "The Professionals", "Strangers", "Reilly, Ace of Spies", "Tales of the Unexpected", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Miss Marple", "Lost Empires" (with Sir Laurence Olivier), "Inspector Morse", "Lovejoy", "Casualty", "The Three Hostages", "The Princes in the Tower", "Spooks".

Film credits include: "Blowup", "The Lion in Winter", "Man of La Mancha", "The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser" "Eagle's Wing", "Robocop 3", and "Gods and Generals".

Castle's first appearance was as Westmoreland onstage in "Henry V" on 5 June 1964, at the Open Air, Regent's Park. His first Broadway theatre appearance was in February 1970, as Jos in the short-lived musical Georgy.

Castle is married to the writer Maggie Wadey. In a biographical essay for Who's Who in the Theatre in 1981, he listed his favourite parts as Luther, Hamlet and O'Riordan.

References

* Who's Who in the Theatre, 17th ed, 1981

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