Redmond Phillips

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Redmond Phillips
Born
Redmond Bernard Phillips

(1912-06-05)5 June 1912
Reefton, New Zealand
Died3 November 1993(1993-11-03) (aged 81)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years activeLate 1930s-1991

Redmond Bernard Phillips (5 June 1912 – 3 November 1993) was a New Zealand actor and writer, particularly of theatre and television, who worked in his native country, as well as in England and Australia.

Early life[edit]

Phillips was born in Reefton, New Zealand and began acting in the theatre while a student at Victoria University of Wellington. After moving to Sydney, Australia in the late 1930s he performed with Doris Fitton's pioneering Independent Theatre group and wrote material for radio star Jack Davey. During the Second World War he served as a staff sergeant with the Entertainment Unit of the Australian Army for which he also wrote material.

Career[edit]

He moved to Britain in 1948 where he became a successful character actor in the theatre, working with the Nottingham Playhouse, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1957 he started acting for television and appeared in many series such as Maigret, Danger Man, The Saint and The Avengers and in several plays produced by the BBC.

In 1968 he returned to Sydney and continued performing on stage with the Old Tote Theatre Company. He remained active in television playing roles in many series and was part of the regular cast of Spyforce playing the ruthless Colonel Cato.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1958 The Golden Disc 1st Recording Manager Feature film
1958 A Night to Remember Mr. Hoyle Feature film
1959 Naked Fury Inspector Stevens Feature film
1959 Left Right and Centre Mr. Smithson Feature film
1959 Blind Date Police Doctor Feature film
1960 The Angry Silence Ambulance Driver Feature film
1960 There Was a Crooked Man Padre Feature film
1960 The Criminal Prison Doctor Feature film
1963 Love Is a Ball Starcy Feature film
1963 Tom Jones Lawyer Dowling Feature film
1964 The Gorgon Hans Feature film
1971 Demonstrator Sir David Crawford Feature film
1978 Little Boy Lost Canon Pritchard Feature film
1980 The Earthling Bobby Burns Feature film
1983 With Prejudice Judge Nagle Feature film
1983 Hostage Priest Feature film
1983 Now and Forever Judge Feature film
1983 Phar Lap Sir Samuel Hordern Feature film
1984 Razorback Magistrate Feature film
1985 Burke & Wills Commissioner May Feature film

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
Maigret TV series
Danger Man TV series
The Saint TV series
The Avengers TV series
Spyforce Colonel Cato TV series
1972 Snake Gully with Dad and Dave Mayor TV series
1975 Scattergood: Friend of All TV series

Theatre[edit]

As actor[edit]

Year Title Role Venue / Theatre Co.
1940 The Importance of Being Earnest Independent Theatre, Sydney
1941 The Life of the Insects Independent Theatre, Sydney
1947 The Country Wife Dorilant Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947 As You Like It Le Bleu Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947 Lady Windermere's Fan Lord Augustus Norton Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney
1947 No Room at the Inn Minerva Theatre, Sydney
Henry VI, Part 1 Vernon / Clerk of Chatham / Louis XI / Keeper The Old Vic, London and Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1949 The Rivals Nottingham Playhouse
1951 Thieves’ Carnival Sergeant / Town Crier Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1951 Princess of Pandemonia Mandelbaum, Jeweller Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951 The Rent Day Hyssop Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951 The Wild Duck Balding gentleman Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951 Oliver Twist Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1951-53 Henry VI, Part 2 Clerk of Chatham / Simcox Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London
1951-53 Henry VI, Part 3 Keeper / Louis XI The Old Vic, London & Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1952 Sherlock Holmes Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 A Penny for a Song Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 Point of Departure The Manager Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 South Wind Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 Abraham Lincoln Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 A Month in the Country Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952 Emmy Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1952-53 The Tinder Box Kufuffle Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company
1953 Miser Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953 The Boy David Jesse Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953 The Critic Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1953 Henry IV, Part 1 Shepherd, father to Joan / Vernon of the White-Rose or York faction Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London
1954 The Private Life of Helen Eteoneus Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 The Moon in the Yellow River Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 Tartuffe Tartuffe Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 Pericles Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 Carrington, V.C. Bombardier Owen Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 Murder Will Speak Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 The Silver Curlew King Nollekens of Norfolk Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 Noah Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 You Never Can Tell Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 The Enchanted Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 Richard II Edmund of Langley Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 The Long Sunset Portius Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 Beauty in the Wood Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1955 Caste Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1954 Yellow Sands Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1956 Salad Days His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1956 The Queen and the Rebels His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland
1957 Slave of Truth Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957 Sganarelle Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957 The Beaux' Stratagem Scrub Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1957 Lizard on the Rock Arthur Canbery Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1958 The Potting Shed Father William Callifer Globe Theatre & Theatre Royal, Brighton
1960 Anna Christie Chris Christoferson Oxford Playhouse with Meadow Players Ltd
1961-62 Much Ado About Nothing Leonato Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62 Hamlet Polonius Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62 Richard III Lord Stanley Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1961-62 As You Like It Duke Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company
1964 The Successor Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
1966 Crack in the Ice Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1966 The Life of Galileo Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1968 Breath of Spring Independent Theatre, Sydney
1969 Hadrian VII Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne
1969 Halfway Up the Tree Vicar Theatre Royal, Sydney
1973 The Dragon, The Donkey and The Nightingale The Emperor Bailey Hall, Sydney
1975 The Male of the Species Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Elizabethan Theatre
1976 Saturday Sunday Monday Independent Theatre, Sydney
1976 The Shoemaker's Holiday Sir Roger Otley Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1977 The Magistrate Mr Bullamy Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1977 The Alchemist Tribulation Wholesome UNSW Parade Theatre
1977 The Ultimate Obscenity UNSW Parade Theatre
1977 The Time Is Not Yet Ripe An English Butler Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre
1978 What Every Woman Knows Charles Venables Marian Street Theatre
1980 The Merry Wives of Windsor

Robert Shallow || Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre

1981 You Never Can Tell William Marian Street Theatre
1982 The Importance of Being Earnest Lane Marian Street Theatre

As crew[edit]

Year Title Role Venue / Theatre Co.
1957-58 School Adaptation / lyrics Birmingham Repertory Theatre & Princes Theatre, London with Birmingham Repertory Company

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Radio[edit]

Year Title Role
1987 The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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