C.V.
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  • Date of birth January 28 1944
  • Until 1958 Educated at Mill Hill School, England.
  • 1959-1960 Arts Educational School, London. (Stage School). Television and Theatre work as a child actor.
  • 1961-1962 Central School of Speech and Drama, London. (Acting Course).
  • 1963-1970 Actor - Regular radio broadcasts for the BBC in drama, comedy and World Service. Numerous TV appearances for both BBC and ITV. Theatre - Royal Shakespeare Company 1965/66 seasons at London and Stratford on Avon. Repertory and West End theatre. Films. ADR looping, commentary and voice over. Accent and Dialect coaching for professional actors.
  • 1971-1978 Part time tutoring at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in Accent and Dialect. Continuing to broadcast for the BBC, ADR looping and coaching for actors.
  • 1979-1980 Full time tutor in Voice Production and Accent and Dialect at LAMDA, the London Studio Centre, the Guildford School of Acting and the Bush Davies School. Co-ran a drama workshop in Bangladesh for the British Council. Voice and Dialect teaching (founder tutor) at the Actors' Centre, London.
  • 1981-1985 Full time teaching and coaching at LAMDA, Syracuse University (London Centre) and the Actors' Centre. Frequent recordings of talking books' for the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the "St. Dunstans Review". Coach to the BBC Radio Competition (national champions 1982 and 1983). Dialogue and Accent and Dialect coaching in Film, Television and Theatre.
  • 1986-1987 Additional teaching and coaching with the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in London, the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco and at Ithaca College and Syracuse University (home campus). Also Dialect Workshops in New York.
  • 1988-Present Freelance Dialogue/Dialect Coach in Film, Television and Theatre. Voice over and ADR looping sessions. Workshop and lecture tour of Australia. Accent and Dialect workshops in Los Angeles. Consultancy with the Australian National University.  Acting appearances in the films Restoration, Nostradamus, 15, The Life and Death of Philip Knight, The Lost Lover and Kate and Leopold.