Acting
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William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor. Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs. In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You. In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012. This is his second appearance in this series, after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode "The Maid in Splendour". In May 2015, Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders. (Wikipedia)
Remembers…
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
A Woman of No Importance
2017
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2015
The Timber
2015
The Crucible
2014
Rufus Stone
2012
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
Without You
2011
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
King Lear
2008
The Vice
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Preventers
1996
The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
1996
Next of Kin
1995
Heartbeat
1992
G.B.H.
1991
Capstick's Law
1989
A Gentleman's Club
1988
Open Air
1986
Casualty
1986
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
The Far Pavilions
1984
Love and Marriage
1984
No Place Like Home
1983
Claire
1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
No Visible Scar
1981
The Enigma Files
1980
Nobody's House
1976
State of Emergency
1975
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Dial M for Murder
1974
Crown Court
1972
Holly
1972
The Ten Commandments
1971
Menace
1970
The Revolutionary
1970
Paul Temple
1969
The Champions
1968
The Wednesday Play
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Sergeant Cork
1963
The Saint
1962
Afternoon of a Nymph
1962
Solo for Sparrow
1962
Out of This World
1962
The Winter's Tale
1962
Z-Cars
1962
The Sinister Man
1961
The Avengers
1961
Armchair Theatre
1956