Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice
Born	26 May 1923 (1923-05-26) (age 86) Guernsey, Channel Islands
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957 - present
Spouse(s)	Kay Dotrice (1947-2007)

Roy Dotrice OBE (born 26 May 1923) is a British actor known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Life and career

Dotrice was born in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, the son of Neva (née Wilton) and Louis Dotrice.^[1] He served with the RAF from 1940 to 1945 during World War II, and was imprisoned in a German POW camp from 1942 to 1945.

He was married to Kay Newman from 1947 until her death in 2007, and they had three children together: Michele, Yvette and Karen, all of whom are actresses. He was also the father-in-law to the late Edward Woodward, a contemporary of his and husband to his daughter Michele.

Dotrice is arguably best known to North American audiences for playing the role of "Father" in the 1980s hit TV series, Beauty and the Beast, though his acting career dates back to 1945, in a revue called Back Home, performed by ex-prisoners of war, in aid of the Red Cross, after which he played in a number of repertory theatres. He appeared on BBC television in 1971 as Albert Haddock, in the televised version of A.P. Herbert's "Misleading Cases", a satire on the British legal system, also starring Alastair Sim as the Judge.

He is also known to fans of the Buffyverse in the role of Roger Wyndam-Pryce, the overbearing father of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Another Sci-Fi role was Commissioner Simmons in two episodes of season 1 of Space 1999. He played Father Gary Barrett in the TV series Picket Fences from 1993-1996.

In 1998, Dotrice appeared in three episodes of the cult television show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zeus, King of the Greek gods and father of Hercules, played by Kevin Sorbo.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

On tour in February 2008 in a revival of Brief Lives, the one-man play about author John Aubrey by Patrick Garland.

Filmography

Voice

1. Watership Down (audio book)
2. Robin Hood (TV series)
3. The Prince and the Pauper (audio book)
4. Batman: The Animated Series
5. A Postcard From Satan
6. The Death Gate Cycle Vol. 4: Serpent Mage (audio book)
7. Three volumes of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (audio books), voicing more than 500 different characters

References

External links

• Roy Dotrice official website
• Roy Dotrice at the Internet Broadway Database
• Roy Dotrice at the Internet off-Broadway Database
• Roy Dotrice at the Internet Movie Database
• Selected performances on the theatre archive, University of Bristol
• Brief Lives Revival!
• http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/477866/two-old-stagers-find-vigour-in-brief-lives.thtml