Alexander Doré
British actor, director and screenwriter (1923–2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British actor, director and screenwriter (1923–2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Joseph Doré (28 August 1923 – 16 April 2002) was a British actor, director and screenwriter. He was best known for his appearance as the First Spy in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.[1] He also co-starred in the 1968 TV series Virgin of the Secret Service (as villain Karl Von Brauner) as well as playing Bertram Bright in Bright's Boffins (1970-1972).[2]
Alexander Doré | |
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Alexander Doré as the First Spy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | |
| Born | 28 August 1923 |
| Died | 16 April 2002 (aged 78) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1946–1988 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Doré's other screen appearances include At the Stroke of Nine (1957), Tales from Dickens (1958), ITV Television Playhouse (1958), Emergency-Ward 10 (1960), Dixon of Dock Green (1964), Casino Royale (1967), ITV Playhouse (1968), and A Very Peculiar Practice (1986).[3]
His credits as a screenwriter include Jungle Street (1961) and The Wind of Change (1961), while his directing credits include Hé... mag ik mijn echtgenote terug? (1975), Boem-Boem (1982) and Privé Voor Twee (1988) for Dutch television.[citation needed]
He directed the plays See How They Run at London's Vaudeville Theatre, The Sunday Man at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway[4] in 1964, and the world premiere of We Who Are About To... (with Anton Rodgers) in 1968 at the Hampstead Theatre Club.[5] In 1988 he directed the Dutch-language version of the play Never Judge a Book by Its Cover which undertook a successful fifty-city tour of the Netherlands and Belgium.[6]
Doré married actress Edna Gorring in 1946 in Pancras, London, and the two of them ran their own company for five years at the Little Theatre in Aberystwyth.[7] They had a son, Michael. Alexander Doré died in London in 2002, aged 78.[7]
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