Patrick Bedford (May 30, 1932, Dublin, Ireland â€" November 20, 1999;
New York City, United States) was an Irish stage and television
actor.He began his career in the 1950s at the Gate Theatre in Dublin,
including productions of Chekhov, Shaw and Shakespeare, and later
worked on the stage and in television in England. In London he
appeared on stage and TV in Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre and in TV
plays.He was in the original stage production of Brian Friel's
Philadelphia, Here I Come! at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, in the
transfer to the West End at the Criterion Theatre, and in its transfer
to Broadway. His performance earned him a Tony Award nomination in
1965 for Best Actor (with Donal Donnelly). and an Outer Circle Critics
Award.Bedford was a key figure in episode four ("A Death In England")
of the ABC Weekend Television sci-fi drama Undermind on UK TV in 1965.
He had a small part in Orson Welles's film Chimes at Midnight (1965)
and then starred with Sandy Dennis in the 1967 film Up the Down
Staircase about life in a NYC high school, and in The Next Man (1976).
New York City, United States) was an Irish stage and television
actor.He began his career in the 1950s at the Gate Theatre in Dublin,
including productions of Chekhov, Shaw and Shakespeare, and later
worked on the stage and in television in England. In London he
appeared on stage and TV in Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre and in TV
plays.He was in the original stage production of Brian Friel's
Philadelphia, Here I Come! at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, in the
transfer to the West End at the Criterion Theatre, and in its transfer
to Broadway. His performance earned him a Tony Award nomination in
1965 for Best Actor (with Donal Donnelly). and an Outer Circle Critics
Award.Bedford was a key figure in episode four ("A Death In England")
of the ABC Weekend Television sci-fi drama Undermind on UK TV in 1965.
He had a small part in Orson Welles's film Chimes at Midnight (1965)
and then starred with Sandy Dennis in the 1967 film Up the Down
Staircase about life in a NYC high school, and in The Next Man (1976).
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