Antony Holland

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Antony Holland

CM
Born(1920-03-28)28 March 1920
Tiverton, Devon, England
Died29 July 2015(2015-07-29) (aged 95)
Occupation actor, playwright, director

Antony Holland CM (28 March 1920 – 29 July 2015) was an English actor, playwright and theatre director who until his death in 2015 lived on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2]

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History

Holland completed his drama training at the Labour Stage in London. Shortly after, he was called into His Majesty's Armed Forces as a signalman at the onset of the Second World War. [1] While training at the coastal town of South Shields, he put on a play in a local abandoned theatre. Holland continued to mount productions in his spare time throughout the course of the war. He was granted the officers' lounge for rehearsals and cast approximately 100 men in a wide variety of roles, including parts that required playing women. His plays continued through the North African Campaign, crossed the desert, and made it to Cairo where he would mount productions at the Khedivial Opera House. [1] So successful were his plays that the military requisitioned stage materials for more elaborate productions. Holland was transferred into military intelligence where he served out the remainder of the war. [1]

In 1946, Laurence Olivier founded the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where Holland was vice principal for nearly a decade. Holland moved to Vancouver in 1957 and remained in British Columbia until his death in July 2015. In 1965, he founded a theatre arts program at the King Edward Campus of Vancouver Community College. The school relocated to Langara College and formally took on the name of Studio 58. Holland retired as artistic director in 1985, and returned to professional acting, directing and writing. Shortly after moving to Gabriola Island, he established a new theatre company at the Gabriola Theatre Centre. [1] [3]

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Hollander
1982 The Grey Fox Judge
1983 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Reverend Hopkins
1987 Housekeeping Mr. Wallace
1988 Backfire Judge Hardin
1988 The Accused Plea Bargain Lawyer
1989 Cousins Wedding Priest
1989 We're No Angels Doctor
1989MacGyverVincent Battaglia1 episode
1989-1991 Captain N: The Game Master Doctor LightVoice, 33 episodes
1990 Narrow Margin Elderly Man
1990-1991 The New Adventures of He-Man Master SebrianVoice, 65 episodes
1991 Bingo Circus Vet
1991 K2 Priest
1992 Impolite Jimmy
1995 Last of the Dogmen Doc Carvey
2004 Kingdom Hospital Lenny Stillmach5 episodes
2004 12 days of christmas eve Hank Carter
2002 King Lear King LearStudio 58
2006 Arts Club Theatre Company MorrieTuesday with Morrie
2006EurekaIrvin Horatio Thatcher1 episode
2008 The Merchant of Venice Shylock Studio 58 [4]
2009 Battlestar Galactica Julius Baltar1 episode
2011SupernaturalWestborough1 episode

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