Grainger, Gawn 1937(?)- (Gawn Grainer)

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Grainger, Gawn 1937(?)- (Gawn Grainer)

PERSONAL

Born October 12, 1937 (some sources cite 1940), in Glasgow, Scotland (some sources cite Holywood, Ireland); son of Charles Neil and Elizabeth (maiden name, Gall) Grainger; married Janet McIntire, May, 1963 (divorced June, 1967); married Janet Key (an actress; died July 26, 1992); married Zoe Wanamaker (an actress), November, 1994. Education: Trained for the stage at Italia Conti School. Avocational Interests: Pool, poker, tennis.

Addresses:

Agent—Peters Fraser Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Career:

Actor and writer.

Member:

British Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Boy king, King's Rhapsody, Palace Theatre, London, 1950.

Airman and other roles, Nil Carborundum, Royal Shakespeare Company, New Arts Theatre Club, London, 1962.

Afore Night Come, Royal Shakespeare Company, New Arts Theatre Club, 1962.

Christy Mahon, The Playboy of the Western World, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, between 1964 and 1966.

Claudio, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, between 1964 and 1966.

Title role, Kean, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, between 1964 and 1966.

Laertes, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, between 1964 and 1966.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, between 1964 and 1966.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1967.

Jimmy, There's a Girl in My Soup, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1967-68.

Cyril Bishop, The Giveaway, Garrick Theatre, London, 1969.

James Boswell, The Douglas Cause, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1971.

Macduff, Macbeth, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1972.

McCue, The Front Page, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1972.

Jeremy Haynes, The Party, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1973.

Officer, The Bacchae, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1973.

Oronte, The Misanthrope, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1973.

Roberto, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1973.

Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1974.

Stephen Lloyd, Next of Kin, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1974.

Oronte, The Misanthrope, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1975.

Juggler, Force of Habit, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, London, 1976.

Osric, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, then Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1976.

Usumcasane, Tamburlaine the Great, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1976.

Tribute to the Lady, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1976.

Casca, Julius Caesar, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1977.

Corporal Stoddard, The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1977.

Mr. Dorilant, The Country Wife, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1977.

Soldier, The Passion, to Those Born Later, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1977.

Ajax, The Woman, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1978.

Charles I, The World Turned Upside Down, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1978.

Schoolmaster, Brand, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1978.

Wesley, Has "Washington" Legs?, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1978.

Doctor, squire, landlord, and rector, Lark Rise, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1979.

George and General Heller, Dispatches, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1979.

Jack and Nick, The Long Voyage Home, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1979.

Sir Timothy, Candleford, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1979.

Jimmy Tomorrow, The Iceman Cometh, National Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1980.

Reverend Hale, The Crucible, Comedy Theatre, London, 1981.

Douglas, Party Time, Almeida Theatre, London, 1991.

Prisoner, Mountain Language, Almeida Theatre, 1991.

No Man's Land, Almeida Theatre, 1992, Comedy Theatre, 1993.

A Month in the Country, Albery Theatre, London, 1994.

Uncle Vanya, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, Flintshire, Wales, c. 1994.

Second violinist, Taking Sides, Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, England, 1995.

Old man, Fool for Love, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1996.

Colin, Wishbones, Bush Theatre, London, 1997.

Garret Fitzmaurice, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1998-99, then Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000.

Aristocrats, Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva Theatre, 2000.

Thomas Mann, Tales from Hollywood, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, 2001.

Sing Your Heart Out for the Lads (also known as Sing Yer Heart Ouut for the Lads), National Theatre, London, 2002.

Husband, Absolutely! (Perhaps), Wyndham's Theatre, London, 2003.

Frank, Amy's View, Garrick Theatre, London, 2006.

Sorin, The Seagull, National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 2006.

Appeared in other productions, including an appearance as Sergeant Musgrave, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, and an appearance as Tony Lumpkin, She Stoops to Conquer, both Bristol Old Vic Theatre; as Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Devil, Theatre Royal, Bristol, England; in The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche, Hampstead Theatre Club; and in Mutabilitte, National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, London. Appeared in repertory productions in Dundee, Scotland, 1961, and Ipswich, England, 1962-64.

Major Tours:

Claudio, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, international cities, 1967.

Laertes, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, international cities, 1967.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, international cities, 1967.

Oronte, The Misanthrope, National Theatre Company, U.S. cities, 1976.

Knight, The Passion, international cities, 1981.

Frank, Amy's View, English cities, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Adolf Hitler, Private Schulz, BBC-2, 1981.

Jerry Reynolds, Missing from Home, BBC, 1984.

Bob Loder, The Black Tower, Anglia Television, 1985, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1985.

Barry Hill, The Glass, Independent Television (England), 2001.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Henry, "Elizabeth Alone: Parts 1-3," BBC-2 Playhouse, BBC-2, 1980.

Murder of a Moderate Man, BBC, 1985.

Heart of the Country, BBC, 1987.

Charles Gill, Shadow of the Noose, BBC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Zamorsky, Red Monarch, [Great Britain], 1983.

Elegant man, The Brazilian Connection, syndicated, 1989.

William Malet, Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (also known as Blood Royal), 1990.

Misterioso, BBC, 1991.

First broker, A Christmas Carol, TNT, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Andrew, "Son of Man," Wednesday Play, BBC, 1969.

Pushkin, "The Marriage," BBC-2 Playhouse, BBC-2, 1981.

Tim Forrest, "Bavarian Night," Play for Today, BBC, 1981.

Ross, "Macbeth," BBC Television Shakespeare (also known as The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: "Macbeth"), BBC-2, 1983.

Ben Budge, The Beggar's Opera, BBC, 1984.

Fred Dyson, When We Are Married, BBC, 1987.

Douglas, Party Time, 1992.

Appeared in other programs, including She Stoops to Conquer, BBC.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Billy Boy, "Plain Salling," The Onedin Line, BBC, 1971.

Wilson, "In the Public Gaze," Softly Softly (also known as Softly, Softly: Task Force), BBC, 1971.

Gregoire, "A Thin Band of Air," Jason King, Independent Television (England), 1972.

"Strange Past," Crown Court, Independent Television, 1974.

Three Piece Suite, BBC, 1977.

Muck and Brass, Central Television (England), 1982.

Long-Wellesley, "The Iron Duke," Number 10, Yorkshire Television, 1983.

Malcolm Page, "Off Duty," Juliet Bravo, BBC, 1983.

Editor, Mitch, London Weekend Television, 1984.

Cockles, BBC, 1984.

Strangers and Brothers, BBC, 1984, later broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS.

George Stephenson, "The Mark of the Rani: Part 2," Doctor Who, BBC, 1985.

"I Gotta Horse," Big Deal, BBC, 1985.

"Last Lap," Travelling Man, Granada Television, 1985.

Tales of the Unexpected (also known as Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected"), Anglia Television, 1985.

(As Gawn Grainer) Tony Meacher, "Death Call," Taggart, Independent Television, 1986.

"Reflections of Evil," Worlds Beyond, 1988.

Chelworth, BBC, 1989.

Ralph Walton, "The King of Clubs," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot" and Poirot, Series One), Independent Television, 1989, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 1990.

Captain Perigo, "When the Green Woods Laugh: Part 2," The Darling Buds of May, Independent Television, 1991.

Mr. Govett, "Rumpole and the Quacks," Rumpole of the Bailey, Thames Television, 1991, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 1993.

Joseph Newsome, "Message in a Bottle," Boon, Independent Television, 1992.

Growing Rich, Anglia Television, 1992.

Duncan, "The Lottery Experiment," Crime Traveller, BBC, 1997.

Eden Thackeray, "Bones and Silence," Dalziel and Pascoe (also known as Dalziel and Pascoe: Bones and Silence), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

Eden Thackeray, "Child's Play," Dalziel and Pascoe (also known as Dalziel and Pascoe: Child's Play), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

Jack Branagan, "For Love nor Money," Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, BBC, 1998, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 2003.

Francis, Family Business, BBC, 2004.

Lesley Flux, "The House in the Woods," Midsomer Murders, Independent Television, BBC, and Arts and Entertainment, 2005.

David Thompson, "The Seed of Cunning," Inspector Lynley Mysteries (also known as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Seed of Cunning and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Series 5), BBC, 2005, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 2006.

Deputy chief sergeant David Fielding, "Bad Blood," Foyle's War, Independent Television and PBS, 2006.

Graham Orchard, "Erotomania," Doc Martin, Independent Television, 2006.

Appeared as a panelist, What's My Line?, CBS; appeared in other programs, including The Bill, Thames Television and Yorkshire Television; The Expert, BBC-2; Gentlemen and Players, Thames Television; Man at the Top, Thames Television; and Men Behaving Badly (also known as British Men Behaving Badly, Hopploesa typer, Huonosti kaeyttaeytyvaet miehet, Naar maend er vaerst, and Tous pareils), Thames Television.

Television Appearances; Other:

Appeared in other television productions, including The Contractor, BBC; Hail Caesar; Helping Hand; Merlin; Occupation Democrat; and Running Wild, London Weekend Television.