Roderick A. Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930) is an English actor.[1] He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's The Aristocats, where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); Unconditional Love; and Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart, playing Thompson.
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| Born | Roderick A. Maude-Roxby 2 April 1930 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961–2013 |
An early innovator at the Royal College of Art, RCA, alongside David Hockney and Peter Blake, he was one of the UK's first performance artists, before it was a recognized art form. At the RCA he edited ARK magazine in 1958 and was president of the college's Theatre Group.[1] He had a joint exhibition with Blake at the Portal Gallery in 1960.[1] He also collaborated in a pre-Monty Python series with Michael Palin and Terry Jones, called The Complete and Utter History of Britain. He also made theatrical and television appearances in, among other shows, The Goodies, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Not Only... But Also and The Establishment. He won the Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his work as a stand-up comedian.
Maude-Roxby has also worked with masks and improvisation for over 40 years and was a co-creator of improvisational games developed at the Royal Court Theatre, and then as "Theatre Machine" with Keith Johnstone.[citation needed] In 1992 Maude-Roxby starred as imprisoned alien Mercator in the experimental BBC1 Saturday morning children's magazine show Parallel 9. In 2012 Maude-Roxby appeared in Ibsen’s St John’s Night at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Dangerous Afternoon | Pug | |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Man | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Party's Over | Hector | |
| 1966 | Doctor in Clover | Tristram | |
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Edgar Balthazar, the Butler | Voice |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Olivestone | |
| 1985 | Plenty | Committee Chairman | |
| 1987 | Playing Away | Vicar | |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Dr. Gatty | |
| 1990 | White Hunter Black Heart | Thompson, British Partner | |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Arnold Dopliss | |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Minister | Final role |
References
edit- ^ a b c David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
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