Guy Fithen

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Guy L. Fithen (born 1962 in Oxford) is a British actor and screenwriter best known for his roles as a pirate.

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Career

A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Fithen worked as a stage actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in particular as the Keeper of the Tower in Antony Sher's 1985 staging of William Shakespeare's Richard III. [1]

His film career included roles as first mate Rhince in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, an adaptation of C. S. Lewis's novel of the same name and third in the 1989 BBC miniseries The Chronicles of Narnia , [2] and as the pirate Thatcher, playing alongside Gabriel Byrne in the 1990 Disney film Shipwrecked. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Rhince Miniseries
1990 Bergerac BrianEpisode: The Messenger Boy
Shipwrecked Thatcher
1991 King Ralph Bouncer
Kafka Friend of Kafka
1992 The Darling Buds of May KurtEpisode: The Season of Heavenly Gifts: Part 2

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References

  1. [usurped] The Official Roger Allam Web Site. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  2. Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. DVD release. Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  3. Shipwrecked. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Retrieved 25 April 2008.