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Lancashire-born Warren Clarke was an actor of immense presence and considerable versatility who turned his wide-shouldered, robust appearance and lived-in, hangdog facial features into an asset. For more than two and a half decades he had toiled in a wide variety of supporting roles before finding international success as the often crude, irascible, heavy-drinking Superintendant Andy Dalziel in TV's Dalziel and Pascoe (1996). When the series began, Clarke had summed up Dalziel as 'a beer-swilling chauvinist pig', but the character evolved and became more complex and endearing (in a curmudgeonly sort of way) over the show's eleven-year duration. There were also commonalities between the actor and his creation: impatience, a reputation for not tolerating fools gladly; a humorous, irreverent nature and a shared dislike for political correctness. In private life, Clarke was passionate about football (a lifelong Manchester City supporter) and golf.
The son of a hard-working stained glass maker, Clarke developed his love for the performing arts while in his teens. A frequent visitor to the cinema for Saturday morning and matinée screenings ("Flash Gordon" seemed to have been a particular favourite), he was actively encouraged by his parents to follow his chosen vocation. He performed in amateur theatrics, meanwhile earning his money as a copy boy, running errands for the Manchester Evening News, then working in a fruit and vegetable market before securing his first acting gig with Huddersfield Rep at the age of eighteen. Clarke once recalled his first performance, as an elderly German academic, which was marred by a make-up malfunction when the self-raising flour he had put in his hair to make it appear white mixed with perspiration, turned to dough and ran down his face. He would eventually master the stage (enacting, among other parts, Caligula in John Mortimer's 1972 adaptation of "I, Claudius" and Winston Churchill in "Three Days in May" at the West End, a performance the reviewer of The Guardian described as "utterly persuasive").
From the late 1960's, Clarke found more or less regular television work, at first with Granada in series like The Avengers (1961) and Callan (1967). For years he remained a struggling actor, earning barely enough to make ends meet. He performed on stage at the Royal Court in London, and, to improve his situation, earned a second income as a van driver. He finally attracted attention on the big screen as a violent, bowler-hatted thug in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). The turning point in Clarke's career was his role as a pig-headed manager of an engineering firm involved in a chalk-and-cheese relationship with a liberal-minded academic in Nice Work (1989). In the years between, his expressive features graced a succession of diverse leading and supporting parts in both comedy and drama: Churchill in ITV's Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); Quasimodo in the 1976 television version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; a mutinous Roman soldier in the epic miniseries Masada (1981); a surly East German STASI officer in the uproarious parody Top Secret! (1984); a pig-fixated Regency period industrialist in Blackadder the Third (1987); stalwart, bewhiskered Lawrence Boythorne in BBC's outstanding production of Bleak House (2005); "pathetically nice" market gardener Brian Addis in the first two seasons of Down to Earth (2000). Clarke's guest appearances were prolific: from Elsie Tanner's nephew in Coronation Street (1960) to a querulous diabetic patient in Call the Midwife (2012).
Always a welcome presence in period drama, he had been cast in Poldark (2015), a remake of the popular 1975 miniseries, based on the novels by Winston Graham. Filming had already begun in Bristol and Cornwall when Clarke died in his sleep at the age of 67.- Richard Pasco was born on 18 July 1926 in Barnes, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mrs. Brown (1997), The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and The Three Musketeers (1966). He was married to Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Greta Watson. He died on 12 November 2014 in Warwickshire, England, UK.
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Ravi Chopra was born on 27 September 1946 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Mahabharat (1988), Aaj Ki Awaz (1984) and Baghban (2003). He was married to Renu Chopra. He died on 12 November 2014 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Producer
Cathy Henderson was born in February 1948 in Inglewood, California, USA. She was a casting director and producer, known for UHF (1989), What's Cooking? (2000) and Infested (2002). She was married to Don Martin. She died on 12 November 2014 in Pismo Beach, California, USA.- Guy De La Berg was born on 6 March 1937 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Goda grannar (1987), Blockerat spår (1955) and Kungsleden (1964). He died on 12 November 2014 in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Gulliver Smith was a composer, known for John Farnham: A Touch of Paradise (1987), Australian Idol (2003) and The Go!! Show (1964). He died on 12 November 2014 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Dermot Grice was born in 1929. He was an actor, known for Wojeck (1966), Festival (1960) and McQueen (1969). He was married to Gerda Grice. He died on 12 November 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Director
Shûkichi Koizumi was a producer and director, known for The Sense of Wonder (2001), Vermilion Souls (2007) and Rokkasho Rhapsody (2006). He died on 12 November 2014 in Saku, Nagano, Japan.- Marketa Schartova was born on 20 April 1934 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Proc? (1987). She died on 12 November 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Andreas Pakull was born on 25 June 1981 in Bad Brückenau, Bavaria, Germany. Andreas was a director and writer, known for Anti Cupido (2014), Kirschkuchen (2010) and Das Korsakow Syndrom (2009). Andreas died on 12 November 2014 in Germany.- John Briscoe was born on 30 July 1948 in Brakpan, South Africa. He was married to Conceicao Araujo Andrade. He died on 12 November 2014 in Poolesville, Maryland, USA.
- Mary Burkett was born on 7 October 1924 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. She died on 12 November 2014 in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, UK.
- Henryka Stankiewicz was born on 6 October 1928 in Lodz, Poland. She was an actress, known for Jasne Lany (1947). She died on 12 November 2014 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Fabrizio Trifone Trecca was born on 19 August 1940 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Dragon Strikes Back (1973), Gamma (1975) and Un millón por tu historia (1980). He died on 12 November 2014 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Little Joe Washington was born on 1 March 1939 in Houston, Texas, USA. He died on 12 November 2014 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Leandro Konder was born on 3 January 1936 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was married to Vanilda Paiva. He died on 12 November 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Buddy Catlett was born on 13 May 1933 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for BBC Show of the Week (1965), In Between the Raindrops (2011) and Shindig! (1964). He died on 12 November 2014 in Seattle, Washington, USA.