John Castle

John Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor.

Life and work

Castle was born in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr. Carrasco as well as the prisoner called The Duke in the film Man of La Mancha.

Other TV credits include: Lillie (1978), The Prisoner (1967), Softly, Softly (1973), The New Avengers (1976), 1990 (1977), The Professionals, Strangers, Reilly, Ace of Spies, Tales of the Unexpected, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Miss Marple, Lost Empires (with Laurence Olivier), Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, Casualty, The Three Hostages, The Princes in the Tower, Spooks, (Sherlock Holmes's episode) The Solitary Cyclist (as Carruthers).

Other film credits besides the ones already mentioned include: Blowup (1966), "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 musical Georgy.

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

External links

• John Castle at the Internet Movie Database

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