Richard Easton (born March 22, 1933) is a Tony Award winning Canadian stage actor.

Biography

Richard Easton was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He has performed in a number of stage productions, as well as various film roles. He has had television guest appearances on Doctor Who, L.A. Law, Frasier, and Ed.

Easton underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia in 2006, briefly delaying the opening of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, in which he plays a central role. ^[1]

Selected works

Stage

• Hamlet - Claudius (1969 Lyceum Theatre production)
• The Invention of Love - A. E. Houseman, aged 77 (2001)
• Noises Off - Selsdon Mowbray (2001 Royal National Theatre production)
• Henry IV - Henry IV (2003 Lincoln Center production)
• The Coast of Utopia - Alexander Bakunin/Leonty Ibayev/Stanislaw Worcell (2006 Lincoln Center production)

Film

• Finding Forrester (2000) - Professor Matthews

Television

• Doctor Who in the serial Time-Flight (1981)

External links

• Richard Easton at the Internet Movie Database

Awards

Easton was awarded the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2001 for his role in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love.

References

1. ^ The Coast Is Clear: Stoppard's Utopia Opens on Broadway Nov. 27 from Playbill

External links

• Richard Easton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Richard Easton at the Internet Movie Database

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