James Aubrey (actor)

James Aubrey (born James Aubrey Tregidgo on 28 August 1947 Klagenfurt, Austria) is a British actor of the stage and screen. His first appearance was as a child actor, playing Ralph in Peter Brook's directorial adaptation of "Lord of the Flies" (1963). He trained at the Drama Centre in London and holds an MA in Creative Arts from Flinders University in Adelaide. He has directed productions of "Twelfth Night", "Cooking with Elvis", "Loot", "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me", "Europe, and Underpants", all at the Matthew Flinders Theatre and Studios in Adelaide.

Selected Filmography

* "Lord of the Flies" (1963).... Ralph
* "Bouquet of Barbed Wire" (1976).... Gavin Sorenson
* "The Sweeney" (1976).... Horace Reynes
* "Another Bouquet" (1977).... Gavin Sorenson
* "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" (1977, originally "Who Killed Bambi?" 1976) .... BJ
* "Terror" (1978) .... Philip
* "Home Before Midnight" (1979) .... Mike
* "Return of the Saint" (TV 1979) .... Dr.Christopher Swann
* "Minder" (TV 1979)....Graham Hurst
* "Tales of the Unexpected" (TV 1982) .... Robert Simpson
* "The Cleopatras" (TV 1983) .... Grypus
* "The Hunger" (1983) .... Ron
* "Cry Freedom" (1986) .... Col.Krau
* "The American Way" (US:Riders of the Storm)(film) (1987) ....Claude
* "Mission Eureka" (TV 1989) .... Dr. Christopher Swann
* "The Bill" (1995, 1999).... Dr. Fowler-West
* "The Choir" (TV) (1995) .... Alan Ashworth
* "Silent Witness" (1996)
* "The Apocalypse Watch" (1997) (TV film) .... Winston Ross
* "Spy Game" (2001) .... Mitch Alford
* "Dalziel and Pascoe" (2005) .... Lord 'Tiger' Harper
* "The Government Inspector" (TV 2005).... David Chidgey MP.

Selected Stage Works

* Dennis, "Loot", Royal Court, Theatre, London, 1975.
* Tom, "The Glass Menagerie", Shaw Theatre, London, 1977.
* Faustus, "Dr. Faustus", Lyric Studio, Hammersmith and Fortune Theatre,London, 1980.
* Faulkland ("The Rivals"), Edgar ("King Lear"), The Old Vic,London, 1979
* Sebastian ("The Tempest"), Froth ("Measure for Measure"), Ron ("Afore Night Comes") Royal Shakespeare Company.
* Ralph ("Hitting Town") Bush Theatre, London
* Rex ("City Sugar") Comedy Theatre, London.
* Marquess of Queensbery ("Gross Indecency, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde") Gelguid Theatre,London.
* Lord Byron ("Bloody Poetry") Hampstead Theatre, London.
* Narrator ("The Lindbergh Flight, The Second Hurricane") Adelaide Festival, Australia.
* Phillip ("Isle of Children") Cort Theatre, New York
* Macduff ("Macbeth") Cambridge Theatre Company tour of India.
* Shatov ("The Possessed") Almeida Theatre, London; Odeon, Paris and tour of Italy.

External links

* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/James-Aubrey.html Comprehensive Stage Listing for James Aubrey]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041405/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.movietome.com/people/74340/james-aubrey/index.html James Aubrey at Movietome]
* [http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=3589 Lord of the Flies DVD outline]
* [http://lordoftheflies.org/img/lotfboy3.htm Lord of the Flies picture gallery]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/263802/James-Aubrey/filmography New York Times Filmography of James Aubrey]