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Brian Deacon Biography (1949-)

Born February 13, 1949, in Oxford, England; son of Robert Thomas and Eileen Mary (a nurse; maiden name, Maher) Deacon; married Rula Lenska (an actress), April 6, 1977 (divorced, 1982); children: Cara Elizabeth. Addresses: AGENT--Kate Feast Management, 43A Princess Rd., Regents Park, London NW1, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 13, 1949

Oxford, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--John, The Lion in Winter, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Glendinning, The Contractor, Troilus, Troilus and Cressida, Dauphin, Saint Joan, and Roland Maule, Present Laughter, all at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.
• With Bristol Old Vic: Mellefont, The Double Dealer, Lucentio, The Tamingof the Shrew, Crow, The Tooth of Crime, Len, Early Morning, and the son, London Assurance.
• A Bunch of Fives, Coal, and Fanny, all at the Soho Poly Theatre, London.
• Young Marlow, She Stoops to Conquer, Mercury Theatre, U.K.
• Hotspur, Henry IV, Part I, Redgrave Theatre, U.K.
• Guildenstern, Hamlet, Guildenstern, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Jerry, The Zoo Story, all with the New Shakespeare Company, U.K.
• Son, Shay, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
• Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, Leeds Playhouse, U.K.
• Edmund, King Lear, and As You Like It, both at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, Ludlow Festival, U.K.
• Son, Curse of the Starving Class, Royal Court Theatre, London.
• Otavius, Anthony and Cleopatra, Young Vic Theatre, London.
• Bluntschli, Arms and the Man, Regents Park Open Air Theatre, London.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Bernard and Bob, Great and Small, Triumph Tour with the W. E.
• Vaudeville Theatre.
• FILM DEBUT--Gunner Barton, The Triple Echo, Altura Films, 1973.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Title role, Jesus, His Life and Times, Warner Brothers, 1979.
• Also Vampires; Il Bacio; Oswald, A Zed and Two Noughts.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--The Guardians, LWT.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Title role, Love and Mr. Lewisham, BBC.
• Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC.
• Churchill's People, BBC.
• The Feathered Serpent, Thames TV.
• Country Dance, HTV.
• Good Girl, YTV.
• Oswald, Ghosts, YTV.
• The Emigrants, BBC.
• Centre Play-Risking It, BBC.
• Leap in the Dark, BBC.
• Frank Miles, Lillie, LWT.
• Shock of the New, BBC.
• Somerset and Oxford, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, BBC.
• Henry Richmond, Richard III, BBC.
• Charles, Separate Tables, HBO Cable Films.
• David, The Rewards of Virtue, Channel 4.
• Alan Woodcourt, Bleak House, BBC.
• Clive Grey, Mr. Palfrey of Westminster, Thames TV.
• Alex, Inappropriate Behaviour, BBC.
• Alan and Martin Yardly, Hammer Horror: And the Wall Came Tumbling Down.