Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould; 25 June 1941) is an English
actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh
in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective
novels.Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and
spent four terms there. He attempted to unionise the students but was
thwarted.[clarification needed] After one argument he poured a bottle
of ink down the front of the director's suit. Marsden recalled, "Two
weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I
said no, so he arranged for me to start work at a theatre in
Nottingham, and who should be the student assistant manager there but
Anthony Hopkins. I persuaded him to go to RADA."In the early 1960s,
Marsden worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and began to
accumulate an extensive list of theatrical credits that include
everything from Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen to contemporary Soviet
playwright Alexander Vampilov. His preference was for the alternative
experimental theatres of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Birmingham
over London's commercial theatre.
actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh
in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective
novels.Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and
spent four terms there. He attempted to unionise the students but was
thwarted.[clarification needed] After one argument he poured a bottle
of ink down the front of the director's suit. Marsden recalled, "Two
weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I
said no, so he arranged for me to start work at a theatre in
Nottingham, and who should be the student assistant manager there but
Anthony Hopkins. I persuaded him to go to RADA."In the early 1960s,
Marsden worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and began to
accumulate an extensive list of theatrical credits that include
everything from Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen to contemporary Soviet
playwright Alexander Vampilov. His preference was for the alternative
experimental theatres of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Birmingham
over London's commercial theatre.
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