Noel Willman
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- born: 04/Aug/1918 (Londonderry, Ireland)
- died: 24/Dec/1988 (New York, USA)
Biography
Noel Willman was a British actor and theatre director.
His films included "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), "Across the Bridge" (1957), "Carve Her Name with Pride" (1958), "The Kiss of the Vampire" (1963), "Dr. Zhivago" (1965) and "The Reptile" (1966).
He was also a theatre director and actor, and won a Tony Award in 1962 for his direction of the original Broadway production of Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons". He was also nominated in 1966 for the same category for James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter", and he directed Katharine Hepburn and Christopher Reeve in "A Matter of Gravity" in 1976. He frequently collaborated with Bolt, also directing on "The Tiger and the Horse" and "Gentle Jack" (and appearing in "Zhivago", which Bolt scripted). One of his most famous theatrical roles was opposite Alec Guinness in the stage production of Bridget Boland's "The Prisoner", later made into a film with Guinness and Jack Hawkins.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - cast: Woburn