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(****-****). Actor. Performed in ''[[The Payoff]]'', ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Abelard and Helöise]]'', ''[[Absence of a Cello]]'', ''[[You cant Take it with you]]'', ''[[Applause]]'' and in ''[[Grease]]''.  ([[SACD]] 1977/78)
 
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COX, Richard. (19*-) Actor. * He starred in Trevor Griffiths’ ''[[Comedians]]'' together with [[Michael Howard]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Bill Brewer]], [[Ian Hamilton]], [[Robert Whitehead]] and [[Anthony James]] which was staged at The [[Market Theatre]] in December 1976. It was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and designed by [[Anthony Farmer]]. He starred in [[Leslie Darbon]]’s ''[[Murder by Proxy]]'' together with [[Yvonne Banning]], [[James White]] and [[James Borthwick]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1981. (Tucker, 1997)
 
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Quoted from the ''[[Why Not Stay for Breakfast?]]'' programme notes in 1976 wherein he played the role of Davey: 'Hailing from London, this is Richard's second visit to South Africa, the first being in 1970 when he played in ''[[Wedding Fever]]'' with the late [[Sid James]]. Staying on he was seen in the Academy Theatre production of ''[[Stand By Your Bedouin]]''. Then, ''[[Applause]]'', ''[[Abelard & Heloise]]'', ''[[Absence of a Cello]]'', and ''[[You Can't Take It With You]]''. Richard returned last year to play Johnny Tomorrow in ''[[The Playoff]]''. He will be remembered for his recent portrayal of Ken Preston in the SATV's controversial war play ''[[Enemy]]''. His interests outside theatre are wild life, walking, and outdoor life generally. Hence his love for this country.'
 
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COX, Richard (19**-) Actor on stage, radio, television and film
 
COX, Richard (19**-) Actor on stage, radio, television and film
  

Revision as of 09:45, 5 September 2015

COX, Richard (19**-) Actor on stage, radio, television and film

Biography

He was born in England. He first came to South Africa in 1970 to act in Wedding Fever, returned in 1975 for another production and later settled on a farm outside Johannesburg.

His interests outside theatre are wild life, walking, and outdoor life generally.

Youth

Training

Career

Richard was previously a mechanical engineer. He spent some time in Libya excavating at an archaelogical site before turning to acting.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Wedding Fever (1970) with the late Sid James, the Academy Theatre production of Stand By Your Bedouin (1970), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and in Grease.

He starred in Trevor Griffiths’s Comedians. He starred in Leslie Darbon’s Murder by Proxy; Applause, Abelard and Heloise, Absence of a Cello, and You Can't Take It With You.

Performed as Johnny Tomorrow in The Playoff (1975), Why Not Stay for Breakfast? as Davey (1976), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1980).

He will be remembered for his portrayal of Ken Preston in the SATV's controversial war play Enemy.


Awards, etc

Sources

Why Not Stay for Breakfast? programme notes in 1976.

SACD 1977/78.

Tucker, 1997.


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