Bruce Millar - Revision history

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 Bruce is also a familiar voice to the dying breed of radio listeners, having played Al Capone in ''Mr Scarface'' and Pip in ''Great Expectations''.
-'''TO BE ADDED''': Born Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Studied at Bristol University, then trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England. 1970 moved to South Africa. Played Jesus in Godspell and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He also had a very successful career as a pop singer. His international movies include Safari 3000 (with Stockard Channing & David Carradine), Oh Brother! and Rogue Lion. These days he is a radio broadcaster and producer of Radio Drama for SAfm Radio in Johannesburg, South Africa.
+'''TO BE ADDED''': Born Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Studied at Bristol University, then trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England. 1970 moved to South Africa. Played Jesus in Godspell and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He also had a very successful career as a pop singer. His international movies include Safari 3000 (with Stockard Channing & David Carradine), ''[[Oh Brother...!]]'' and Rogue Lion. These days he is a radio broadcaster and producer of Radio Drama for SAfm Radio in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 == Awards, etc. ==

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	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587657/bio/		https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587657/bio/
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		+	https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-millar-a7936430/?originalSubdomain=za

	[[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.		[[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.

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	[[Percival Tucker\|Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].		[[Percival Tucker\|Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].

		+	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587657/bio/

	[[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.		[[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.

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	Bruce is also a familiar voice to the dying breed of radio listeners, having played Al Capone in ''Mr Scarface'' and Pip in ''Great Expectations''.		Bruce is also a familiar voice to the dying breed of radio listeners, having played Al Capone in ''Mr Scarface'' and Pip in ''Great Expectations''.
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		+	'''TO BE ADDED''': Born Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Studied at Bristol University, then trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England. 1970 moved to South Africa. Played Jesus in Godspell and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He also had a very successful career as a pop singer. His international movies include Safari 3000 (with Stockard Channing & David Carradine), Oh Brother! and Rogue Lion. These days he is a radio broadcaster and producer of Radio Drama for SAfm Radio in Johannesburg, South Africa.

	== Awards, etc. ==		== Awards, etc. ==

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 [[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.
-Programme of Pieter Toerien's ''[[Isn't It Romantic]]'' in 1985.
+Programme of [[Pieter Toerien]]'s ''[[Isn't It Romantic]]'' in 1985.
-"Sanger en akteur Bruce Millar sterf", ''[[Die Burger]]'', 18 November, 2023: Aktueel p. 3.
+"Sanger en akteur [[Bruce Millar]] sterf", ''[[Die Burger]]'', 18 November, 2023: Aktueel p. 3.
 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588006/bio.

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 == Sources ==
-[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
+[[Percival Tucker|Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
 [[SACD]] 1973; 1974; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1981/82.

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 "Sanger en akteur Bruce Millar sterf", ''[[Die Burger]]'', 18 November, 2023: Aktueel p. 3.
-IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588006/bio].
+https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588006/bio.
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 He was first seen in South Africa as the blind boy in ''[[Butterflies are Free]]''.
-He also performed in
+He also performed in ''[[The Boy Friend]], ''[[Abelard and Heloise]]'', ''[[White Liars]]'', ''[[Lovers]]'', ''[[A Macbeth]]'', ''[[Best of Birds and Beasts]]'', ''[[Godspell]]'' (as “Jesus”, for which he won a Gallo award for Best musical performance 1974), ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' (as “Joseph” for which he was nominated for a Gallo Award), and ''[[Henry IV]]'' (as Prince Hal)
 He starred in an adaptation of  ''[[Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris]]'' directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and staged between 1975 and 1983. He starred in [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]’s ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1974, ''[[Grease]]''(1977), ''[[The Bed]]'' (1980), ''[[I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road]]'' (1980), ''[[Lennon]]'' (1981).

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	When [[SABC]] started its television service in January 1976 he sang on the opening night variety show ('thus becoming one of the first artists in the country to be switched off...'). Since then his TV appearances have included ''The Danny Bickett Show'', ''Along Came A Spider'' and he was the presenter of ''Follow That Star''.		When [[SABC]] started its television service in January 1976 he sang on the opening night variety show ('thus becoming one of the first artists in the country to be switched off...'). Since then his TV appearances have included ''The Danny Bickett Show'', ''Along Came A Spider'' and he was the presenter of ''Follow That Star''.
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		+	Film roles included ''[[Safari 3000]]''

	Bruce is also a familiar voice to the dying breed of radio listeners, having played Al Capone in ''Mr Scarface'' and Pip in ''Great Expectations''.		Bruce is also a familiar voice to the dying breed of radio listeners, having played Al Capone in ''Mr Scarface'' and Pip in ''Great Expectations''.

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Bulawayo and trained in Bristol, England, graduating with a B.A. Joint Honours Drama and English and then spent two years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
+Born in Bulawayo on 17 December, 1945, he trained in Bristol, England, graduating with a B.A. Joint Honours Drama and English and then spent two years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
 He passed away om Johannesburg on 16 November, 2023.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==