RIP Warren Clarke

[aeolium]

I was sorry to see that Warren Clarke has died. He inevitably became identified with the character of Dalziel in the TV detective series, though I thought that was a pity as his versatility as an actor was much wider than that, as the Guardian obituary shows. The roles of his I especially remember were that of Bradley Headstone in a BBC dramatisation of Our Mutual Friend and that of the corrupt policeman Bill Molloy in the Red Riding series. He was a fine character actor and will be much missed.

[french frank]

Thanks for giving the obit link. That's a lot of serious names in the writing/theatre worlds that he worked with at various times.

[Richard Tarleton]

And thanks from me too aeolium. A fine character actor.


A very full obit in today's Times as well. Apart from Dalziel and Pascoe (and, at the other end of his career, A Clockwork Orange, which I haven't seen ), he was excellent in the TV version of David Lodge's "Nice Work", playing opposite Haydn Gwynne. And a memorable part as a dustman in the second series of Lovejoy. I love this description - "His face was once described as looking like a damp sack full of stones"

RIP

[jean]

More about his time at the Liverpool Playhouse.

[aeolium]

And other roles included a choleric Boythorn in the fairly recent BBC Bleak House, a trio of parts in Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man and (now lost in the mists of time for me) parts in the 1960s TV series Callan.

Thanks for the description of his face, RT - it reminded me of Auden's description of his own face as "like a wedding-cake left out in the rain".

[cloughie]

And other roles included a choleric Boythorn in the fairly recent BBC Bleak House, a trio of parts in Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man and (now lost in the mists of time for me) parts in the 1960s TV series Callan.

Thanks for the description of his face, RT - it reminded me of Auden's description of his own face as "like a wedding-cake left out in the rain".

Perhaps MacArthur Park should be played at his funeral. He will be missed for the many roles he's had over the years. D&P was excellent but as mentioned Nice Work was also.

Too late now but he would have been a great choice for a Les Dawson biopic!

RIP Warren.

[kernelbogey]

I greatly enjoyed his performance in Sleepers, about two Russian agent sleepers 'awoken' by their agent - which I'm shocked to discover from the obit was screened as long ago as 1991 (since when I haven't stayed in much ).