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Brewster Mason is a Actor born on 30 august 1922
Brewster Mason (30 August 1922 – 14 August 1987) was an English stage actor who also made some notable film and television appearances.
He was born in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire and made his stage debut at the Finsbury Park Open Air Theatre in 1947. He then appeared on stage in repertory theatre, in London's West End and on Broadway. He was a particularly notable member of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1963 and 1987, and his parts included a memorable Earl of Warwick in The Wars of The Roses (1963 and 1964), Claudius in the David Warner 'Hamlet' (1965 and 1966), Sir Toby Belch (1966), Lafau (All's Well) and Banquo (Macbeth in 1967), Julius Caesar and Falstaff (The Merry Wives) in 1968, Women beware Women, Wolsey in Henry VIII, and Falstaff in 'When thou art King' (!969), Undershaft in Major Barbara (1970), Othello (1971), Falstaff in Henry IV (1975), and Gaunt in Richard II in 1986.
He made appearances in many British television plays and series including; The Affair (1962), The Pallisers (1974) and Quatermass (1979) and Tales of the Unexpected (1980–81). He also played Otto von Bismarck in both Edward the Seventh (1975) and Disraeli (1978). His film appearances included; The Dambusters (1954) as Guy Gibson's rear gunner Flt Lt R.D. Trevor-Roper and Private Potter (1962) as the Brigadier.
In 1957, he had a spell on the BBC's Radio Drama Repertory company when, after an accident in which he injured his leg, he was unable to undertake film or stage work. In the late 1960s and early 70s, he taught classical acting at the University of California, Irvine.
He died aged 64 following a fall when he was appearing in Richard II at the Barbican Theatre, London.
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Birth 30 august 1922
Death 14 august 1987 (at 64 years)
Death 14 august 1987 (at 64 years)
He was born in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire and made his stage debut at the Finsbury Park Open Air Theatre in 1947. He then appeared on stage in repertory theatre, in London's West End and on Broadway. He was a particularly notable member of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1963 and 1987, and his parts included a memorable Earl of Warwick in The Wars of The Roses (1963 and 1964), Claudius in the David Warner 'Hamlet' (1965 and 1966), Sir Toby Belch (1966), Lafau (All's Well) and Banquo (Macbeth in 1967), Julius Caesar and Falstaff (The Merry Wives) in 1968, Women beware Women, Wolsey in Henry VIII, and Falstaff in 'When thou art King' (!969), Undershaft in Major Barbara (1970), Othello (1971), Falstaff in Henry IV (1975), and Gaunt in Richard II in 1986.
He made appearances in many British television plays and series including; The Affair (1962), The Pallisers (1974) and Quatermass (1979) and Tales of the Unexpected (1980–81). He also played Otto von Bismarck in both Edward the Seventh (1975) and Disraeli (1978). His film appearances included; The Dambusters (1954) as Guy Gibson's rear gunner Flt Lt R.D. Trevor-Roper and Private Potter (1962) as the Brigadier.
In 1957, he had a spell on the BBC's Radio Drama Repertory company when, after an accident in which he injured his leg, he was unable to undertake film or stage work. In the late 1960s and early 70s, he taught classical acting at the University of California, Irvine.
He died aged 64 following a fall when he was appearing in Richard II at the Barbican Theatre, London.
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Macbeth (1964)
, 1h30Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Michael Hordern, Ian Bannen, Felix Aylmer, Jeremy Brett
Roles Angus
Rating81%
Deuxième version de la pièce classique de Shakespeare, avec les mêmes deux étoiles et le même réalisateur que sa première version, mais avec un casting différent.
Private Potter (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Casper Wrede
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser, James Maxwell, Frank Finlay, Ralph Michael
Roles Brigadier
Rating59%
The eponymous Private Potter is a soldier who claims that the reason he cried out leading to the death of a comrade was that he saw a vision of God. There is then a debate over whether he should be court-martialled.
The Dam Busters (1955)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Raymond Huntley
Roles Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Rating73%
In the early years of the Second World War, aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as doing his own job at Vickers, he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a bouncing bomb which would skip over the water to avoid protective torpedo nets. When it came into contact with the dam, it would sink before exploding, making it much more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low (150 feet (46 m)) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals.