Henry Stamper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Stamper

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jan-2009

Profession: actor

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Henry Stamper

  • Henry Stamper (2 March 1937 – 18 January 2009) was a Scottish actor known for his mastery of almost all British regional dialects.
  • He appeared in several small television roles, but was best known for performing in many radio plays.He earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for performing 56 parts in a radio play, They Came to Britain, which was broadcast in six parts by the BBC in 1971.
  • His most notable stage appearance may be his portrayal of Hugh MacDiarmid at the 1977 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which won him a Fringe First award.One of his earliest radio performances was in a radio adaptation of Felix Jackson's novel So Help Me God in 1961.
  • He portrayed Ebenezer Pitten in a 1964 radio serial based on John Buchan's The Free Fishers.
  • In 1966, he voiced Mr Mortimer in If You're Glad, I'll be Frank, a radio play by Tom Stoppard, and Viscount Devenham in a radio serial adapted from Jeffery Farnol's The Amateur Gentleman.
  • He was Long John Silver in a 1967 radio series based on Treasure Island.
  • An example of his work in the 1970s was his portrayal of Minister Donald Schooler in the 1977 radio series Aliens in the Mind by Robert Holmes.
  • In 1985, he voiced McAllister in the Blandings radio series.
  • Between 1985 and 1992, he portrayed Inspector Mackenzie in the Raffles radio series, adapted from the A.
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  • Raffles stories.His television credits include episodes of Redcap, Doctor Who, The Avengers, Z-Cars, The National Dream, BBC2 Playhouse, Birds of Prey, and Oliver Twist.He married Helen Redmond in 1968, and the marriage ended in an amicable divorce around ten years later.
  • He was later the partner of Betty Huntly Wright until her death in 1991.

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