Charles Laurence

Charles Laurence
Charles Laurence
Born January 10, 1931(1931-01-10)
Tangiers
Other names Carlos Felipes
Occupation Actor, Playwright

Charles Laurence is an actor and playwright who worked in films and television.

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Early life

Charles Laurence was born Carlos Felipes in Tangiers on 10 January 1931 when it was an International Zone, to a Swiss-Scottish mother and a Gibraltarian father of Spanish-Italian decent. Until the age of seven he spoke only French and Spanish. He learned English as well when the family moved to England. As a young boy he went to Taunton School in Somerset and then to the Actors Academy RADA.

Career

In the early 1950s after a spell at Guildford Repertoire (1953) he appeared in numerous stage plays and comedies in repertoire at the Oxford Playhouse and the Bristol Old Vic. In the West End he appeared in Ross at the Haymarket Theatre. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in films and on TV. He worked as a playwright from 1969 to 1999.

Work as an actor

  • Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
  • The Magnificent Two (1967)
  • Vendetta (1966)
  • 199 Park Lane (1965)
  • A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
  • The Third Man (1964)
  • Sierra Nine (1963)
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1962)
  • Hotel Imperial (1960)
  • ITV Play of the Week: (The Last Hours (1959) and The School for Wives (1958))
  • A Hill in Korea (1956)
  • Cross Channel (1955)

Work as a playwright

References

BBC, RADA, ITV, Guildford Rep, Samuel French, The Writers Guild of Gt. Britain

External links


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