James Aubrey Tregidgo (28 August 1947 – 6 April 2010), known professionally as James Aubrey, was an English stage and screen actor. He trained for the stage at the Drama Centre London, some years after making his professional acting debut in a production of Isle of Children (1962) and his screen acting debut in the film adaptation of Lord of the Flies (1963). He later performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Early life and education Aubrey was born in 1947 in Klagenfurt, Austria. His parents were Major Aubrey James Tregidgo and Edna May Tregidgo (née Boxall). He was educated at the Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston, Jamaica, the Windsor Boys' School, at Hamm, in Germany, and St John's School, Singapore, before training for the stage at the Drama Centre London from 1967 to 1970.Ronald Bergan Obituary: James Aubrey, The Guardian, 12 April 2010Anthony Hayward Obituary: James Aubrey, The Independent, 16 April 2010
Stage work Aubrey made his first professional stage appearance at the Wilmington Playhouse in March 1962 in the role of Philip in Isle of Children. It was in this same role that he made his Broadway theatre debut, appearing in a 1962 production at the Cort Theatre which lasted only 11 performances. From 1970 to 1972, Aubrey performed at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow, appearing in such roles as Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and Theridamas in Tamburlaine.
Aubrey made his London stage debut at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973 as a police constable in the premiere of Howard Brenton's Magnificence. From 1973 to 1974, Aubrey toured with the Cambridge Theatre Company as Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer and again as Aguecheek. Aubrey performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 1974–75 season, appearing in such roles as Sebastian in The Tempest and Froth in Measure for Measure. He toured with the Cambridge Theatre Company again in 1979 in the roles of Mark in The Shadow Box and Tony in From the Greek. Other venues at which Aubrey appeared include the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Comedy Theatre and the Old Vic.
Screen work Aubrey first appeared in a film at the age of fourteen, in the film adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, released in 1963, taking the lead role of Ralph. He played Gavin Sorenson in the television adaptation of Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976) and its sequel, Another Bouquet (1977). He also worked with two British filmmakers, Norman J. Warren (Terror, 1978) and Pete Walker (Home Before Midnight, 1979), and played the ill-fated pop singer B.J. in the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980). In 1979 played the part of Graham Hurst in the popular TV series Minder ("The Bounty Hunter") and in 1974 played Horace Reynes in The Sweeney ("Selected Target").
In 1986, Aubrey starred in Forever Young, directed by David Drury. He portrayed Mark in three episodes of Lytton's Diary in 1986. In 1997, he appeared in an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch and was also a guest star in an episode of the TV series Brief Encounters in 2006.
During his final months, Aubrey worked with a group of local independent film-makers. Overseeing casting sessions for Shadows of a Stranger at the Hub in Sleaford in early 2010, Aubrey was also set to play the lead role in the production, but died a month before filming began.
Personal life In 1970, at St Pancras, Aubrey married Agnes Kristin Hallander,”TREGIDGO James A & HALLANDER Agnes K E” in Register of Martiages for St. Pancras Registration District, vol. 5d (1970), p. 2311 a marriage which later ended in divorce. His daughter is , a French actress.
Death Aubrey died at his home in Cranwell Village, Sleaford, on 6 April 2010, at the age of 62, suffering from pancreatitis.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1963 Lord of the Flies Ralph 1973 And All Who Sail in Her Len TV movie 1973 The Sex Thief 1st Reporter 1974 Z-Cars Skipton TV series, episode "Mugs" 1975 Galileo Monk-Scholar 1975 The ITV Play Franz Haufmann TV series, episode "A House in Regent Place: Why Weren't We Warned?" 1976 Bouquet of Barbed Wire Gavin Sorenson TV miniseries, 7 episodes 1976 Murder Mike TV series, episode "A Variety of Passion" 1976 The Sweeney Horace Reynes TV series, episode "Selected Target" 1977 Another Bouquet Gavin Sorenson TV miniseries, 7 episodes 1978–1983 BBC Play of the Month Lacroix / The Prince TV series, 2 episodes 1978 Terror Philip 1979 Return of the Saint Ingo TV series, episode "Appointment in Florence" 1979 Home Before Midnight Mike Beresford 1979 Minder Graham Hurst TV series, episode "The Bounty Hunter" 1979 Saint Joan Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) TV movie 1980 The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle B.J. 1982 Tales of the Unexpected Robert Simpson TV series, episode "Run, Rabbit, Run" 1982 Emmerdale Farm Rev. Bill Jeffries TV series, 12 episodes 1983 The Cleopatras Grypus TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1983 The Hunger Ron 1983 Forever Young James 1984 Mistral's Daughter Chase Arnold TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1985 The Last Place on Earth Ernest Shackleton TV miniseries, episode "Poles Apart" 1986 Lovejoy Michael TV series, episode "The March of Time" 1986 The American Way Claude 1986 Worlds Beyond Philip Bradwell TV series, episode "Voice from the Gallows" 1986 Lytton's Diary The Editor TV series, 3 episodes 1987 Shadow in a Landscape Roderic O'Conor TV movie 1987 Cry Freedom 2nd Passport Control officer 1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Frank Budgen TV miniseries, episode "James Joyce's 'Ulysses'" 1988 Thin Air Zac Diamond TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1988 Rockliffe's Folly DI Derek Hoskins TV series, 4 episodes 1989 Screen One Colonel Mitchell TV series, episode "The Mountain and the Molehill" 1989 Mission: Eureka Swann TV series 1990 The Rift Contek 1 1990 The Final Frame Paul Mandell TV movie 1990 TECX Wolf TV series, episode "Writing on the Wall" 1991 Buddy's Song Adrian 1991 Selling Hitler Congo Randy TV miniseries, episode "#1.1" 1991 A Demon in My View Brian Kotowsky 1991 The Men's Room Steve Kirkwood TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1992 Inspector Morse Pathologist TV series, episode "Absolute Conviction" 1992 The Barbara Vine Mysteries Dr. Swiftson TV series, episode "A Fatal Inversion: Part 1" 1992 Casualty Hugo TV series, episode "Will You Still Love Me?" 1993 V.I. Warshawski: BBC Radio Drama Collection Martin Bledsoe (voice) Radio series, episode "Deadlock" 1993 Full Stretch Morris Legge TV series, 3 episodes 1993 Harry Prosecuting Counsel TV series, episode "#1.6" 1995 The Choir Alan Ashworth TV miniseries, episode "#1.5" 1995 Brookside Mr. Stewart TV series, 4 episodes 1995–1999 The Bill Dr. Fowler-West / Mr. Sutton TV series, 2 episodes 1996 Silent Witness D.I. Hartley TV series, 2 episodes 1996 Circles of Deceit George Grant TV series, episode "Sleeping Dogs" 1997 The Apocalypse Watch Winston Ross TV movie 2001 The Cazalets Raymond Castle TV series, episode "#1.6" 2001 Spy Game Mitch Alford 2002 Heartbeat Gordon Purvis TV series, episode "Horses for Courses" 2005 Dalziel and Pascoe Lord 'Tiger' Harper TV series, episode "Dead Meat: Part 2" 2005 Doctors James Evelyn TV series, episode "A Rose for Delilah" 2005 The Government Inspector David Chidgey TV movie 2006 Brief Encounters Harry TV miniseries, episode "Lost & Found"
References
Bibliography Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 267.
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