Edward Petherbridge Movies and Career Information

Edward Petherbridge (born on 3 August 1936 in Bradford) is a British actor. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in several screen adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels. A stalwart member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company in the 1960s, he created the role of Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. At the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, he was a memorable Newman Noggs in the company's adaptation of Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He has spent extended periods with both national companies since then, where he occasionally collaborated with Sir Ian McKellen. In the mid-'80s, he and McKellen formed an actor-centered troupe within the National Theatre; their first productions were Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. Edward Petherbridge first came to the attention of American audiences in the already mentioned play version of The Life And Times Of Nicholas Nickleby. First televised in 1982, this lengthy adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel had been performed on the London stage and later in New York. Petherbridge was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by