Richard Hope (actor)
Richard Hope
Richard Hope is a British actor.
Career
Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire and brought up in Norfolk, Richard Hope attended Oakham School in Rutland from 1967–71 and trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain from 1972-76. He is a member of the National Youth Theatre Association and an Associate Member of Complicite.
Theatre work
| Year | Play | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Romeo and Juliet | Peter & Acting ASM | Shaw Theatre |
| 1977 | The Seed | Jerry | Birmingham Rep |
| Mother Courage | Young Soldier and Young Peasant | Birmingham Rep | |
| 1978 | The End Is Nigh | Jesus | New End Theatre/Ken Campbell |
| The White Deer | Tocko | Unicorn Theatre | |
| The Warp | Dr. Snarkle/Ed Gale + many others | ICA and Roundhouse/Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool/ Guinness Book of Records - Longest play in the world | |
| 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Ford Prefect | ICA/Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool |
| Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Bertozzo | Belt and Braces Theatre Company/UK Tour | |
| 1980 | The Third Policeman | MacCruskeen | ICA/Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool |
| One Thousand and One Nights | Various roles | Le Grand Magic Circus/Shaftesbury Theatre | |
| 1981 | School for Clowns | Puff | Half Moon Theatre/Ken Campbell |
| Don Juan | Peter | National Theatre | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Second watch [1] | National Theatre | |
| 1982 | Candida | Lexy | National Theatre/British Council Tour of India |
| 1985 | The Government Inspector | The Postmaster | National Theatre |
| Pravda | Bill Smiley(1985)/Eaton Sylvester(1986) [2] | National Theatre | |
| 1986 | Hamlet | Horatio [3] | National Theatre |
| 1988 & 1991 | The Visit | The Mayor | Almeida Theatre/National Theatre/Complicite |
| 1990 | Don Gil of the Green Britches | Caramanchel | The Gate |
| 1991 | The Gentleman from Olmedo | Tello | The Gate |
| Street of Crocodiles | Father | National Theatre Studio/Complicite | |
| 1993 & 1998 | Anna Karenina | Levin/Associate Director | Shared Experience/UK & World Tours |
| 1994 | Betrayal | Jerry | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| 1995 | The Park | Wolf | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1996 | War and Peace | Pierre [4] | National Theatre/Shared Experience |
| 2000 | Hard Fruit | Sump [5] | Royal Court Theatre |
| 2001 | Cymbeline | Cymbeline [6] | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre |
| 2002 | Life After George | Duffy [7] | Duchess Theatre |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany | John Wheelwright [8] | National Theatre | |
| 2007 | Donkeys' Years | Norman Tate | Sonia Friedman Productions/UK Tour [9][10] |
| 2008 | The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other | The Wanderer + 25 other parts | National Theatre |
| Noises Off | Freddie Fellowes | Ambassador Theatre Group/UK Tour | |
| 2009 | When The Rain Stops Falling | Gabriel York | Almeida Theatre |
| 2010-2011 | Dirty Dancing | Max Kellerman | Aldwych Theatre |
| 2011 | The Swan | Russell | National Theatre |
| 2011 | There Is A War | Field Commander Goodman | National Theatre |
| 2012 | Democracy | Horst Ehmke | Sheffield Theatres/The Old Vic |
| 2012 | King Lear | Duke of Albany | Almeida Theatre |
| 2014 | Orlando | Queen Elizabeth I | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| 2015 | History Boys | Hector | Sell A Door Theatre Company/UK Tour |
| 2015-2016 | Queen Anne | Sydney Godolphin | Royal Shakespeare Company |
Television roles
| Year | Television Show | Role | Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Secret Army | Sgt. Hose | ||
| 1978 | Laurence Olivier Presents/Saturday,Sunday,Monday | Attilio | Produced by Laurence Olivier | |
| 1978 | People Like Us | Teacher | ||
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Lieutenant Hooper | ||
| 1988 | Piece of Cake | 'Skull' Skelton | ||
| Dogplant | Owen | |||
| 1993 | The Riff Raff Element | Mortimer Tundish | ||
| 1995 | Band Of Gold | Richard | ||
| 1997 | A Perfect State | Simon | ||
| 1998 | The Demon Headmaster | Professor Tim Dexter | ||
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Mr. Astley | ||
| A Is for Acid | Dr. Archie Henderson | |||
| 2003 | Canterbury Tales | Arty's father in The Pardoner's Tale | ||
| 2003 | Foyle's War | Frank Vaudrey in "Funk Hole" | ||
| 2003–2005 | MIT: Murder Investigation Team | DS Barry Purvis | ||
| 2005 | Heartbeat | James Vincent | ||
| 2006–2007 | The Bill | Rod Jessop | ||
| 2006–2008 | Poirot | Superintendent Harold Spence | ||
| 2006 | The Shell Seekers | George Chamberlaine | ||
| 2008 | EastEnders | Ted Hubbard | ||
| 2009 | Holby City | Christopher Gamble in "Running on Empty" | ||
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Malohkeh in "The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood" | ||
| 2011 | Doctor Who | Malohkeh in "The Wedding of River Song" | ||
| 2012 | Doctor Who | Bleytal in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" | ||
| 2013 | Doctors | Sebastion Norris in "House Arrest" | ||
| 2013 | Holby City | Father Mattew Sinclair in "Journey's End" | ||
| 2013 | The Smoke | Eric Springer in "Jamais KO" | ||
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | DCS Malcolm Fewtrell "The Copper's Tale" | ||
| 2014 | Father Brown | Sir St. John Pryde in episode 2.3 "Pride of the Prydes" | ||
| 2014 | The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies | Exam Board Official | ||
| 2015 | Poldark | Harris Pascoe | ||
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | Inspector Maine | ||
| 2016 | Poldark | Harris Pascoe |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Bloody Kids | Policeman #2 | |
| 1980 | Breaking Glass | Audition musician | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Third Assistant Director | |
| 1984 | Laughterhouse | Hubert | |
| Scandalous | Young Detective | ||
| 1985 | Plenty | Alistair | |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | Salto | |
| See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh | Malcolm (lead) | Director Mark Herman won Oscar for Best Short Film | |
| 1990 | Antonia and Jane | Norman Beer | |
| 1992 | Swords at Teatime | Dennis | Short film |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Squire Wyman | |
| 1998 | McLibel | Judge | |
| The Sea Change | Alistair | ||
| 2001 | My Brother Tom | Jessica's dad | |
| 2002 | The Honeytrap | Detective Fowler | |
| 2004 | Sergeant Pepper | Christopher Fröhlich | |
| Bloom | Richard Neap | Short film | |
| 2005 | Chromophobia | Simon Whitemore | |
| 2011 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | American philatelist | |
Radio work
| Year | Production | Character | Company | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | People Like Us | The Vicar ( Rev Andrew Treverton in The Vicar) | BBC | |
| 1996 | The Constant Prince | Don Juan de Silva | BBC | |
| 1997 | To the Wedding | BBC / Complicite | ||
| 2002 | Diary of a Provincial Lady | The Husband | Watchmaker Productions | |
| 2004 | Woman in Black | Jerome | Fiction Factory | |
| 2004 | What Hetty Did | Mr. Bertwistle | First Writes | |
| 2005 | Murder on the Leviathan | Dr. Truffo | Goldhawk Essential Productions | |
| 2007 | Man in the Water | Narrator | Pier Productions/BBC | |
| 2009 | Ruth | Guardian, Thomas, Mr. Jones | First Writes | |
| 2012 | Chronicles of AIT-The Saxon Stones | Thurgis | Fiction Factory / BBC | |
| 2013 | Chronicles of AIT-The Lotos Effect | Len (Norfolk), Paul the Vicar | Fiction Factory / BBC | |
| 2013 | 41 Rue Monge | Narrator | Christine Hall / BBC 4 | |
| 2014 | Counter Measures - Series 3 | William Heaton, Mason | Big Finish | |
| 2014 | Avengers - Lost Episodes - Volume 2 | Kollakis | Big Finish | |
| 2015 | Dr Who - Early Adventures - The Bounty of Ceres | Moreland | Big Finish | |
| 2015 | Counter Measures - Series 4 | William Heaton | Big Finish | |
| 2015 | Dr Who - Damaged Goods | Harry Harvey | Big Finish |
References
- ↑ Much Ado About Nothing, Gill/Chitty, National Theatre, August 1981
- ↑ National Theatre : Company Members : Richard Hope
- ↑ Hamlet, Berry/Dyer, National Theatre Touring, January 1986
- ↑ National Theatre : Company Members : Richard Hope
- ↑ The Royal Court Theatre / Hard Fruit
- ↑ Albemarle - Archive
- ↑ Life After George, a CurtainUp London review
- ↑ National Theatre : Productions : A Prayer for Owen Meany
- ↑ Sonia Friedman Productions - What's On
- ↑ The Stage / Listings / Productions
External links
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