Anthony Andrews

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AKA: Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 01/12/1948
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

biography

This tall, attractive blond Englishman has often been cast in aristocratic roles, many of which aired on public television in the USA. Anthony Andrews delivered what should have been a star-making turn as the charmingly charismatic but alcoholic Sebastian Flyte in the Granada TV miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (1980-81; aired in the USA on PBS in 1982). Yet, unlike his "Brideshead" co-star Jeremy Irons, he was unable (or unwilling) to capitalize on his small screen success.

The son of a bandleader and a dancer, Andrews decided early in his life he wanted to be an actor. Dropping out of school Continued

Credits

Squadron Leader McCormack
1988
Hugh Firmin
1984
Major Meinertzhagen
Josef Gabcik
Actor
Robert Mariell
Johann Tennyson
Producer
Andrei Miller/Cowboy
Major Hanlon

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Finchley, England
 
Quit school at age 17; supported himself doing odd jobs
 
Worked briefly as a journalist at WEST SUSSEX COUNTY TIMES
1967 
Began acting in provincial theater productions
1968 
Appeared in stage production, "Forty Years On" alongside John Gielgud
Continued

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