- John Castle
John Castle (born
14 January 1940 inCroydon ,Surrey ) is an English actor. He was educated atBrighton College andTrinity College, Dublin . He trained for the stage at theRoyal 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 " (withSir 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 musicalGeorgy .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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