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Richard Warwick (29 April 1945 – 16 December 1997) was an English actor.[1]

Richard Warwick
in If.... (1968)
Born	Richard Carey Winter (1945-04-29)29 April 1945 Meopham, Kent, England
Died	16 December 1997(1997-12-16) (aged 52) St John's Wood, London, England
Occupation	Actor

He was born Richard Carey Winter, the third of four sons, at Meopham, Kent, and made his film debut in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 production of Romeo and Juliet in the role of Gregory. Subsequent films included If...., Nicholas and Alexandra and the first film by Derek Jarman, Sebastiane.

On television, he was best known for his roles in the sitcom Please Sir!, as one of the main character's teaching colleagues, and in the London Weekend Television comedy A Fine Romance, as the brother-in-law of Judi Dench's character.[2][3] He also played Uncas in the television series The Last of the Mohicans (1971).[4] His last role was as John (the servant) in Zeffirelli's 1996 adaptation of Jane Eyre.[5]

He died in 1997 aged 52 from an AIDS-related illness. In an obituary, The Daily Telegraph quoted If... director Lindsay Anderson: "I never met a young actor like Richard! Without a touch of vanity, completely natural yet always concentrated, he illumines every frame of the film in which he appears."[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Romeo and Juliet	Gregory
1968	If....	Wallace: Crusaders
1969	The Bed Sitting Room	Allan
1969	The Vortex	Nicky	TV film
1970	First Love (German title: Erste Liebe)	Lt. Belovzorov
1970	The Breaking of Bumbo	Bumbo
1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Grand Duke Dmitry
1972	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	7 of Spades
1975	Confessions of a Pop Performer	Petal (Kipper)
1976	Sebastiane	Justin
1978	International Velvet	Tim
1978	Mannen i skuggan [sv]	Tornilla
1979	The Tempest	Antonio, his brother
1982	My Favorite Year	Technical Director
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Prisoner
1990	White Hunter Black Heart	Basil Fields, British Partner
1990	Hamlet	Bernardo
1992	The Lost Language of Cranes	Frank
1996	Jane Eyre	John	(final film role)

References

External links

• Richard Warwick at IMDb 

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