Noel Willman

Noel Willman
Born	August 4, 1918 Derry, Ireland
Died	December 14, 1988 (aged 70) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Theatre director, actor

Noel Willman (August 4, 1918 in Derry, Ireland - December 14, 1988 in New York) was a Irish actor and theatre director of English descent..

His films included Androcles and the Lion (1952), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Across the Bridge (1957), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), The Kiss of the Vampire (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Reptile (1966) and The Odessa File (1974).

He was also a theatre director and actor, and won a Tony Award in 1962 for his direction of the original Broadway production of Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons. According to Bolt, he was instrumental in many aspects of the play's development, including the casting of Paul Scofield as Thomas More. He was also nominated in 1966 for the same category for James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, and he directed Katharine Hepburn and Christopher Reeve in A Matter of Gravity in 1976. He frequently collaborated with Bolt, also directing The Tiger and the Horse and Gentle Jack (and appearing in Zhivago, which Bolt scripted). One of his most famous theatrical roles was opposite Alec Guinness in the stage production of Bridget Boland's The Prisoner, later made into a film with Guinness and Jack Hawkins.

Selected filmography

• The Net (1953)
• Cone of Silence (1960)
• Never Let Go (1960)
• The Criminal (1960)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• The Girl on the Boat (1961)
• The Vengeance of She (1968)

External links

• Noel Willman at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Willman, Noel
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Date of birth	August 4, 1918
Place of birth	Derry, Ireland
Date of death	December 14, 1988
Place of death	New York City, New York, United States