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Max Adrian (born Guy Thornton Bor; 1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was an Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Grandiose Irish stage, film and television character player Max Adrian, a noted classical performer and musical comedy revue star with a highly distinctive voice and "old school" acting style, was born Guy Thornton Bor on November 1, 1903, in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Max Adrian was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He was educated at the Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, whose past pupils also included Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett.He began his career as a chorus boy at a silent moving-picture house, coming on as part of the chorus line while the reels were being changed. In addition to his success as a ...
In 1940 Adrian was arrested for importuning at Victoria Station and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Few gay friends visited him inside, such was the climate of the time. However one who stood by him was Michael Redgrave, whose son, Corin, Max had stood godfather to. Redgrave visited him frequently in prison and tried unsuccessfully to find ...
Adrian died at age 69 from a heart attack, at his and Lister's home, Smarkham Orchard, Shamley Green, near Guildford, after returning from the television studios where he had been recording Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle for the BBC. At his memorial service the lessons were read by Alec Guinness and Laurence Olivierand the eulogy was given by ...
Partly based on a Wikipedia article. 1. Jump up "Adrian, Max", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 27 January 2009 2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Sheridan Morley, The Great Stage Stars(London: Angus & Robertson, 1986) page 3. 3. Jump up The Times, 20 January 1973, p. 16 4. Jump up The Times12 Ju...
Max Adrian was an Irish actor and singer who was active in the British theatre and film industry from the 1920s to the 1970s. He was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, UK, on 1 November 1902. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Max Adrian (1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was a Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Max Adrian. Actor: The Boy Friend. Grandiose Irish stage, film and television character player Max Adrian, a noted classical performer and musical comedy revue star with a highly distinctive voice and "old school" acting style, was born Guy Thornton Bor on November 1, 1903, in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Jan 20, 1973 · LONDON, Jan. 19 (AP)—Max Adrian, a versatile British actor who had appeared on the stage, in films and on television here and in the United States, died this evening. He was 69 years old.
