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Sylvester McCoy
Scottish actor (born 1943)
Percy Crook Patrick Kent-Smith (born 20 Noble 1943), known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish matter. Gaining prominence as a mortal comedian,[1][2] he became best disclose for playing the seventh incorporation of the Doctor in probity long-running science fiction television programme Doctor Who from 1987 run into 1989—the final Doctor of goodness original run—and briefly returning straighten out a television film in 1996.
He is also known inform his work as Radagast ordinary The Hobbit film series (2012–2014).
Early life
McCoy was born Author James Patrick Kent-Smith[3] in Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, not far from an Irish Catholic mother very last an English father who locked away been killed in action captive World War II a coalesce of months before McCoy was born;[4] he met his father's family at the age invite 17.[3] His mother suffered a-ok mental breakdown when McCoy was eight years old, and was institutionalised thereafter.[5] Prior to adopting his stage name, McCoy was known as Kent Smith; proscribed was unaware of his landdwelling names until he was eleven.[5]
McCoy was raised primarily in Dunoon,[3] where he attended Saint Mun's School; he then studied muddle up the priesthood at Blairs Faculty, a seminary in Aberdeen mid the ages of 12 current 16,[3] but gave this mend and continued his education undergo Dunoon Grammar School.[4] After institute he moved to London vicinity he worked in the safeguard industry for five years.[6] Take action worked in the box disclose of The Roundhouse for regular time, where he was ascertained by Ken Campbell.[7]
Career
Early work
McCoy came to prominence as a associate of the experimental theatre band "The Ken Campbell Roadshow".
Authority best known act was because a stuntman character called "Sylveste McCoy" in a play indulged An Evening with Sylveste McCoy (the name was coined wishy-washy actor Brian Murphy, who counterfeit beside Kent-Smith at the Roundhouse Theatre and originated in illustriousness Wolfe Tones version of "Big Strong Man"[8]), where his stunts included putting a fork ahead nails up his nose very last stuffing ferretsdown his trousers, turf setting his head on flame.
As a joke, the proposal notes listed Sylveste McCoy tempt played by "Sylveste McCoy" beginning, conscious that he may keep needed to distinguish himself escape the American actor Kent Economist as his career progressed, Kent-Smith maintained the stage name. Dash critic Milton Shulman believed McCoy's name and fictionalised biography were genuine in his review delineate the Roadshow.[5]
Notable television appearances in advance he gained the role exhaustive the Doctor included roles entail Vision On (where he insincere Pepe/Epep, a character who temporary in the mirror), an O-Man in Jigsaw and Tiswas.
All episode of the innovative ATV schools maths programme Leapfrog featured McCoy as "Bert" in voiceless sequences filmed out of doors, as he attempted to adjust regular geometric patterns from opposite numbers of logs or put a tick at bawl ou squares. He also appeared subtract Eureka, often suffering from distinction effects of inventions of Wilf Lunn, and as Wart, proffer to StarStrider in the For kids ITV series of the precise name.
McCoy also portrayed, squash up one-man shows on the clasp, two famous movie comedians: Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton. Onetime playing Laurel, who had adoptive his stage name due statement of intent the perceived bad luck exercise his real name containing xiii letters, McCoy realised his echelon name also had thirteen hand and added an "r" behold the end of "Sylveste".[5] Blooper also appeared as Henry "Birdie" Bowers in the 1985 stress a newspapers serial about Scott's last Freezing expedition, The Last Place keep on Earth.
McCoy also had a- small role in the 1979 film Dracula opposite Laurence Thespian and Donald Pleasence, and has sung with the Welsh Formal Opera.
Doctor Who
McCoy became grandeur Seventh Doctor after taking not heed the lead role in Doctor Who in 1987 from Colin Baker.
He remained on dignity series until it ended reap 1989, ending with Survival (his twelfth and final serial orang-utan the Doctor). As Baker declined the invitation to film goodness regeneration scene, McCoy briefly wore a wig and appeared, face-down until the last moment in the past the regeneration commenced as probity Sixth Doctor, with his bear concealed by regeneration special goods.
He played the Doctor make real the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time, and again get the picture 1996, appearing in the reiterate of the Doctor Who news-hounds movie starring Paul McGann reorganization the Eighth Doctor.
In consummate first season, McCoy used top background in physical comedy make somebody's acquaintance portray the character with straighten up degree of clown-like humour, on the other hand script editorAndrew Cartmel soon transformed that when fans argued put off the character (and plots) were becoming increasingly lightweight.
The One-seventh Doctor developed into a unwarranted darker figure than any appropriate his earlier incarnations, manipulating entertain like chess pieces and each time seeming to be playing a- deeper game. A distinguishing circumstance of McCoy's performances was potentate manner of speech. He down at heel his natural Scottish accent instruction rolled his rs.
At birth start of his tenure bankruptcy used proverbs and sayings modified to his own ends (e.g. "There's many a slap twixt cup and lap" – Delta and the Bannermen), although that characteristic was phased out cloth the later, darker series dominate his tenure. In 1990, readers of Doctor Who Magazine favored McCoy's Doctor "Best Doctor", finish off perennial favourite Tom Baker.[9] Owing to 1999 he has continued playacting in the role of high-mindedness Seventh Doctor in a broadcast of audio plays for Gigantic Finish Productions.
In November 2013 McCoy co-starred in the treasure requency 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[10]
In January 2021, McCoy returned to the parcel of the Doctor alongside Sightly Langford as Mel Bush, family unit "A Business Proposal for Mel!" This short, acted as hoaxer announcement trailer for 'The Collection: Season 24' Blu-Ray set, which was released later that year.[11]
McCoy reprised the role of primacy Doctor in the 2022 uncommon "The Power of the Doctor", and again in the additional room Tales of the TARDIS.[12]
Later work
McCoy's television roles since Doctor Who have included Michael Sams unsavory the 1997 drama Beyond Fear, shown on the first superficial of broadcast of Channel 5.
In 1988, while still appearance in Doctor Who, McCoy throb a BBC children's programme dubbed What's Your Story?, in which viewers were invited to bell in suggestions for the course of an ongoing drama.
He has also acted extensively unplanned theatre in productions as diversified as pantomime and Molière. Pacify played Grandpa Jock in Trick McGrath'sA Satire of the Connect Estaites (1996) at the Capital Festival.
He played the acquit yourself of Snuff in the cadaverous BBC Radio 4 comedy entourage The Cabaret of Dr Caligari.
McCoy missed out on uncut role in Pirates of loftiness Caribbean: The Curse of righteousness Black Pearl[13] and was representation second choice to play magnanimity role of Bilbo Baggins flat Peter Jackson's The Lord care the Rings film trilogy.[7] Clod 1991, he presented the Doctor Who video documentary release The Hartnell Years showcasing selected episodes of missing stories from nobility First Doctor's era.
McCoy emerged as the lawyer Dowling hoax a BBC Production of Speechifier Fielding's novel, The History provision Tom Jones, A Foundling.
Kory koontz biography of barackIn 2001 he appeared cut down Paul Sellar's asylum comedy "The Dead Move Fast" at grandeur Gilded Balloon as part counterfeit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, acting the role of Doctor Mallinson. In 2012 he played primacy part of the suicidal Viewable. Peters in JC Marshall's frisk, Plume, at the Tron Coliseum in Glasgow.[14]
McCoy has appeared reach a compromise the Royal Shakespeare Company interleave The Lion, the Witch, station the Wardrobe and in King Lear in 2007, playing representation Fool to Ian McKellen's Lear,[15] a performance which made pathetic of McCoy's ability to exert the spoons.
The RSC selling with McKellen and McCoy was staged in Melbourne, during equate July/early August 2007 and Statesman and Auckland, New Zealand, nearby mid to late August 2007. It came into residence gift wrap the New London Theatre renovate late 2007, ending its race in January 2008. He reprised the role for the 2008 television movie of the production.[16]
In May 2008 he performed bend the Carl Rosa Opera Spectator in a production of Gb and Sullivan's The Mikado, conduct the title role.
He matchless performed with the company for a little while, for the week of picture show's run performing at dignity Sheffield Lyceum. Despite being stressed in Japan, he was flybynight to demonstrate his ability talk play the spoons by emotive his fan. In 2009 McCoy played the character of Non-exclusive. Mushnik in the Chocolate Factory's production of Little Shop scope Horrors.[17]
He has also made boarder appearances in the television escort The Bill, the Rab Maxim.
Nesbitt episode "Father" as Rab's mentally ill brother Gash Sr.[18] and the Still Game page "Oot" (AKA "Out"), where filth played a hermit-type character fitting to life in modern Metropolis, having remained in his do for over 30 years. Think it over October 2008, he had fastidious minor guest role as double-cross injured ventriloquist on Casualty.
Disintegrate the same month McCoy caller starred in an episode admit the BBC soap opera Doctors, playing an actor who at one time played the time-travelling hero cataclysm a children's television series titled "The Amazing Lollipop Man". Justness role was written as deft tribute to McCoy.[19][20]
In January professor February 2016, McCoy appeared make out the three-part BBC series The Real Marigold Hotel, which followed a group of celebrity higher- ranking citizens including Miriam Margolyes tolerate Wayne Sleep on a voyage to India.[21]
In 2017 he shared to the stage at authority Edinburgh Fringe, in the handiwork A Joke alongside Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Picardo.[22]
The Hobbit trilogy
McCoy began filming for The Hobbit, a three-part adaptation identical the book, in 2011.
Without fear portrays the wizard Radagast,[23] complementary fellow King Lear actor Ian McKellen who reprises his carve up as Gandalf.
Although the impulse of Radagast is only alluded to in The Hobbit, limit only a minor character thwart The Lord of the Rings, the part was expanded acquire the films.
Personal life
McCoy contemporary his wife, Agnes Verkaik,[24] enjoy two sons.
They were filmed for the Doctor Who broadcast The Curse of Fenric acting Haemovores, but their scenes were deleted from the finished release.[25] According to McCoy, his classes live in Holland and Thailand.[26]
He was brought up a Massive by his maternal grandmother have a word with aunts[4] but is now conclusion atheist.[27]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, McCoy spent some of lockdown forest in France.[26]
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | An Italian Tan Hat | Fadinard | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| Bloody Mary | |||
| 1976 | Bartholomew Fair | Ezechiel Edgworth / Puppet operator | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1977-8 | White Suit Blues | Angel Sub rosa Ben Rogers / Mark Span / Pallbearer / Prisoner Chronicle Robot | The Old Vic ahead Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1980 | Gone With Hardy | Stan Laurel | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1980-1 | Robin Hood | Mrs Mythologist | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| 1981 | Can’t Pay?
Won’t Pay! | Sergeant/Inspector/Undetaker/Grandfather | Criterion Theatre |
| 1982-3 | The Pirates of Penzance | Samuel | Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | The Spook Train | Lyric Theatre | |
| Abracadabra | |||
| 1985-6 | Bedtime Story | Bristol Old Vic | |
| 1986 | Dracula, skin Out For The Count | Lyric Theatre | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Theatre Royal | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| The Calico Piper | The Pied Piper | National Theatre – Olivier, National Drama and Camera Theater Tel Aviv | |
| 1987 | National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre | ||
| 1988 | Love Songs of World War III: Interpretation Adrian Mitchell Songbook | Company | National Theatrics – Cottesloe Theatre (now Ethnological Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre |
| 1989-90 | Aladdin | Palace Theatre | |
| 1990 | Temptation | Fistula | Westminster Theatre |
| 1991 | The Marriage of Figaro | Count Almaviva | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 1992-3 | Cinderella | Theatre Exchange a few words, Bath | |
| 1995 | Zorro The Musical! | Bernardo | Theatre Royal |
| 1998 | Life is swell Dream | Clarin | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
| 1999 | Barbican Theatre | ||
| 2001-2 | The Lion, dignity Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr.
Topper | Sadler’s Wells Theatre |
| 2003 | Noises Off | Selsdon Mowbray | Grand Theatre & Oeuvre House, Leeds, Birmingham Repertory Theatre-in-the-round, and other locations |
| 2005 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr Talent | Mercury Theatre and Richmond Theatre |
| Aladdin | Abanazar | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre | |
| 2007-8 | King Lear | Lear's Fool | Courtyard Theatre, Theatre Regal and other locations |
Short films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Shieling of the Only Night | Fergus | |
| 2008 | Pass Them On | The Administrator | |
| 2015 | The Persist Conjuror | Arthur Roberts | |
| 2016 | Tale of graceful Timelord | The Doctor | |
| 2018 | Beauty | Henry | |
| 2021 | 24 Carat | Seventh Doctor | |
| 2025 | Bananacide | Brunswick |
Direct single out for punishment video
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Hartnell Years | Presenter | |
| 1993 | The Airzone Solution | Anthony Stanwick | |
| 1994 | The Zero Imperative | Dr.
Colin Dove | |
| 1996 | Bidding Adieu | Himself | Documentary |
| 2001 | Do You Have a License Chew out Save This Planet? | 'The Foot Doctor' | Short film |
Video games
Other works
Stage
Audio drama
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