Andy de la Tour

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Andy de la Tour
Born1948 (age 7677)
Colchester, England
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Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter.

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De la Tour has appeared in the films Plenty , Notting Hill , Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist , 44 Inch Chest , The Confessions and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , and on the television series The Young Ones , Filthy Rich & Catflap , Bottom , Kavanagh QC and The Brief . On stage, he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in 2001 and Alan Bennett's People in 2012.

His credits as a television writer include Boon , Lovejoy , Peak Practice , The Vet, Kavanagh QC and Clem. He wrote the stage play Safe In Our Hands (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award). [1]

As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders. [2] In 2012, he wrote Stand-Up or Die about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York. [3]

He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of Casualty "Not in Holby Anymore". On 6 June 2018 he appeared as Ted, an aging mechanic with a heart defect in BBC1's lunchtime soap Doctors .

Personal life

Andy de la Tour is the brother of actress Frances de la Tour [4] and partner of actress Susan Wooldridge.

The University of Kent holds an archive of material from de la Tour's career as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive. [5] The archive includes audiovisual recordings, promotional material, and photographs. [6]

On 27 January 2019, he signed an open letter in The Guardian expressing opposition to the USA's handling of the political situation in Venezuela and calling for more dialogue with the president, Nicolás Maduro. [7] In September 2025, he signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people." [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Burning an Illusion Foreman
1983 Loose Connections Journalist
Positions of PowerDoctorShort film
1985 The Bride Priest
Plenty Randall
1999 Notting Hill Journalist
Captain Jack Chandler
2000 Pandaemonium Andrew Crosse
2005 Asylum Inspector Easton
Oliver Twist Workhouse Master
2009 44 Inch Chest Biggy Walpole
2013National Theatre Live: PeopleThe Bishop
2014Don't Miss the CupMr. FitzgeraldShort film
2015 Dough Saul Goodwyn
2016 The Confessions Ministro britannico
Rogue One Hurst Romodi

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Flickers Clive3 episodes
Strangers GabrielEpisode: "Retribution"
Juliet Bravo MurdererEpisode: "The One That Got Away"
1982–84 The Young Ones Pilot/Man on TV/Prisoner on Ship3 episodes: "Demolition", "Cash", "Nasty"
1983 Bergerac MoberleyEpisode: "Prime Target"
Grange Hill Mr. RaynsfordEpisode 6.12
Nelly's Version Station PorterTelevision film
1984Driving AmbitionMaxwellEpisode: "Manifold Depression"
1985 Happy Families GeneralEpisode: "Cassie"
1987 Filthy Rich and Catflap Nightclub ImpresarioEpisode 1.5
A Perfect Spy Muspole3 episodes
1988 King and Castle Leonard JenkinsEpisode: "Kicks"
1988, 2016 Casualty Bill Potter/George PorterEpisodes: "Caring", "Not in Holby Anymore"
1989 ScreenPlay ValetEpisode: "The Act"
1990–94 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Various4 episodes
1990 Making News Studio DirectorEpisode: "The Border Limo"
1991 The Men's Room NickEpisode 1.1
1992 Bottom Chief Inspector GrobbelaarEpisode: "Parade"
Downtown LagosDetective Sergeant Sheaf2 episodes
WitchcraftMilk Float DriverEpisode 1.2
1994The Wimbledon PoisonerGraham Beamish2 episodes
1998 Kavanagh QC Michael ChlodiniEpisode: "Dead Reckoning"
1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel Marquis de St. CyrEpisode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
2003 A Touch of Frost Oscar ManningEpisode: "Close Encounters"
2004 Nighty Night Mr. BroneEpisode 1.5
2005 The Quartermass Experiment ChemistTelevision film
The Brief Malcolm Tebbott3 episodes
2007 The Bill Geoffrey GantEpisode: "Better Off Dead"
2011 Waking the Dead Doug SymesEpisode: "Waterloo: Part 1"
2012, 2014 Holby City Rod Evans/Roger SullivanEpisodes: "When the Hangover Strikes", "Crush"
2013, 2018 Doctors Martin Askey/Ted CastleEpisodes: "Floss", "Know When to Fold"
2017 Victoria FlitchEpisode: "Comfort and Joy"
2019 Good Omens Norman WeatheredEpisode: "The Book"
2022Blood, Sex & RoyaltyUncle NorfolkEpisode: "Somebody Wants Me Dead"
Strike Nico "Mucky" Ricci2 episodes
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Hurst RomodiVoice-over; episode: "The Summit"

References

  1. Nobbs, David (4 March 2004). I Didn't Get Where I am Today. Arrow Books. p. 393. ISBN   978-0099421641.
  2. "Andy De La Tour: Fringe summer with Rik Mayall". Edinburgh Evening News . 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
  3. York, Melissa (15 April 2013). "Andy de la Tour joins Miles Jupp to discuss adventure in Stratford". Newham Recorder . Archived from the original on 29 June 2016.
  4. Double, Oliver (16 October 1997). Stand-up!: On Being a Comedian. Methuen Publishing. p. 176. ISBN   978-0413703200.
  5. "British Stand-Up Comedy Archive". Special Collections and Archives - University of Kent. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. "Andy de la Tour Collection". University of Kent Special Collections & Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. "Letters | Putting Venezuela's crisis and US intervention in historical context". The Observer . 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. "Film Workers Pledge to End Complicity". Film Workers For Palestine. Retrieved 9 September 2025.