Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor. He was also a left-wing activist, co-founding the Marxist Party with his sister Vanessa Redgrave.
Early life
Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. He was educated at Westminster School and King's College, Cambridge. which the two siblings founded.
Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham, expressed support for activist group Viva Palestina, led by British MP George Galloway, attempting to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip. He was also a defender of the interests of the Romani people.
Family
Redgrave was part of the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations. His parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave were his sisters. His first marriage was to Deirdre Deline Hamilton-Hill (1939–1997). They had a daughter, actress Jemma Redgrave, and a son. Redgrave and Hamilton-Hill divorced in 1975. Redgrave and Kika Markham married in 1985 in Wandsworth, London, and remained together until Redgrave's death. The couple had two sons.
He wrote a memoir about his strained relationship with his father, Michael Redgrave - My Father, which incorporates passages from Michael's diaries. It also reveals his father's bisexuality. In June 2005, his family said he was in critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex. In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson, who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident.
He died on 6 April 2010 in St George's Hospital, Tooting, south London. His funeral was held on 12 April 2010 at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London, and he was interred on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
His sister Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer on 2 May 2010, less than a month after her brother. Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.
Select stage work
- Henry IV Part I
- Anthony and Cleopatra
- The Seagull
- Not About Nightingales
- A Song at Twilight
- The General From America
- De Profundis
- Trumbo
- The Norman Conquests
Filmography
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| rowspan="3"| 1964
| Camera Three
| Pilot Officer
| TV series (1 episode: "Chips with Everything")
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| The Avengers
| Quentin Slim
| TV series (1 episode: "Lobster Quadrille")
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| Crooks in Cloisters
| Brother Lucius
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|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| A Study in Terror
| Rupert's Friend
| Uncredited
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| The Big Spender
| Copley
| TV series
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| 1966
| A Man For All Seasons
| Roper
|
|-
| 1967
| The Deadly Affair
| Terry
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|-
| rowspan="6"| 1968
| The Gambler
| Mr. Astley
| TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.1")
|-
| The Charge of the Light Brigade
| Cpt. Featherstonhaugh
|
|-
| Theatre 625
| Kelvin Walker
| TV series (1 episode: "The Fall of Kelvin Walker")
|-
| The Girl with the Pistol
| Frank Hogan
|
|-
| Mystery and Imagination
| Jonathan Harker
| TV series (1 episode: "Dracula")
|-
| The Magus
| Captain Wimmel
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1969
| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
| Arthur Huntingdon
| TV series (3 episodes)
|-
| Oh! What a Lovely War
| Bertie Smith
|
|-
| Tower of London: The Innocent
| Perkin Warbeck
| TV film
|-
| Canterbury Tales
| Nicholas
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.2")
|-
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre
| Willie Tatham
| TV series (1 episode: "Aren't We All?")
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1970
| David Copperfield
| James Steerforth
| TV film
|-
| The Wednesday Play
| Richard
| TV series (1 episode: "Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred")
|-
| Callan
| Amos Green
| TV series (1 episode: "Amos Green Must Live")
|-
| Paul Temple
| Rolf
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1971
| When Eight Bells Toll
| Hunslett
|
|-
| Von Richthofen and Brown
| Major Lanoe Hawker VC
|
|-
| La vacanza
| Gigi
|
|-
| Hassan
|
| TV film
|-
| 1972
| Thick as Thieves
| Trevor
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1974
| Anthony and Cleopatra
| Octavius
|
|-
| Between Wars
| Dr. Edward Trenbow
|
|-
|| 1976
| Sérail
| Eric Sange
|
|-
| 1976
| The Governor
| Governor George Grey
| New Zealand mini-series
|-
| 1981
| Excalibur
| Cornwall
|
|-
| 1982
| L'ombre sur la plage
| Harry
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| Eureka
| Worsley
|
|-
| Wagner
| Dr. Pusinelli
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.1")
|-
| 1990
| The Fool
| Sir Thomas Neathouse
|
|-
| 1993
| In The Name of The Father
| Robert Dixon
|
|-
| 1994
| Four Weddings and a Funeral
| Hamish
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1995
| Persuasion
| Sir Walter Eliot
|
|-
| Performance
| Angelo / Earl of Worcestor
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| Dangerfield
| Patrick Hooper
| TV series (1 episode: "The Unfaithful Husband")
|-
| Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret
| Harry Summers
| TV film
|-
| England, My England
| William of Orange
|
|-
| 1996
| Indecent Acts
| Oscar Wilde
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1997
| The Woman in White
| Dr. Kitson
| TV film
|-
| The Ice House
| D.C.I. George Walsh
| TV film
|-
| Prime Suspects
| Commissioner
|
|-
| Trial & Retribution
| Robert Rylands QC
| TV series (5 episodes: 1997–2002)
|-
| The Opium War
| William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
|
|-
| 1998
| Ultraviolet
| Dr. Paul Hoyle / John Doe
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1999
| The Vice
| Lord Buller
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| Kavanagh QC
| John Woodley
| TV series (1 episode: "The More Loving One")
|-
| The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin
| Judge
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| Honest
| Duggie Ord
|
|-
| Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
| Narrator
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2001
| Enigma
| Admiral Trowbridge
|
|-
| Gypsy Woman
| Devine
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| 2002
| Shackleton
| Lord Curzon
| TV film
|-
| Sunday
| Edward Heath
| TV film
|-
| Bertie and Elizabeth
| General Montgomery
| TV film
|-
| The Forsyte Saga
| Jolyon Forsyte Sr.
| TV mini-series (4 episodes)
|-
| Close Your Eyes
| Chief Inspector Clements
|
|-
| Waking the Dead
| Sir James Beatty
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003
| To Kill a King
| Baron Vere
|
|-
| Imagine
| Sir John Soane
| TV series (1 episode: "Entertaining Mr. Soane")
|-
| Foyle's War
| ACC Rose
| TV series (2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| Shameless
| Mr. Hammersley
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.5")
|-
| Enduring Love
| Professor
|
|-
| Spooks
| David Swift
| TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 3.4")
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| The Trial of the King Killers
| Sir Orlando Bridgman
|
|-
| The Girl in the Cafe
| Prime Minister
| TV film
|-
|| 2006
| Welcome to World War One
|
| short
|-
| 2007
| The Relief of Belsen
| Glyn Hughes
| TV film
|-
| 2008
| La rabbia
| Producer 1
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| The Calling
| The Bishop
|
|-
| Glorious 39
| Oliver
|
|-
| The Turn of the Screw
| Professor
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| Eva
|
|
|-
| Moving On
| Gabe
| TV series (1 episode: "The Test")<br/> (final appearance)
|}
See also
- List of British actors
References
External links
- BBC Radio Plays by Corin Redgrave
- Times obituary
- BBC News obituary
- Obituary in Socialist Worker
- Obituary on the World Socialist Web Site