Tom Fleming (actor)
- Tom Fleming (actor)
Tom Fleming, CVO, OBE, FRSAMD (born
June 29 ,1927 ) is a Scottish actor, director, and poet, and a television and radio commentator for theBBC .Fleming's acting career began in
1945 . He co-founded the Gateway Theatre inEdinburgh in1953 before joining theRoyal Shakespeare Company in1962 . That year he played the title role inWilliam Gaskill 's production of "Cymbeline ". In1965 , he founded a company at theRoyal Lyceum Theatre inEdinburgh .In 1983 Fleming played the part of
Lord Reith , the BBC's first Director General, in a two-part BBC production written byRoger Milner , entitled simply "Reith". [ [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1185781/ screenonline: Reith, Lord John (1889-1971) Biography ] ]Since 1966, he has been a commentator for the
Edinburgh Military Tattoo . He was the BBC commentator for theEurovision Song Contest 1972 inEdinburgh . [cite web | title=The Eurovision Song Contest (1972) (TV) | work=IMDB | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313359/ | accessdate = June 22 | accessyear=2008] He has also been a commentator onBBC coverage of state events, such as the annualRemembrance Sunday service and ceremonial funerals.External links
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* [http://www.eswsc.com/Presidents/President1999.htm The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club]
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst821.html Gazetteer for Scotland]References
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