Christopher Ravenscroft

Christopher Ravenscroft
Ravenscroft in 2002.
Born	1946 (age 69–70) Hampstead, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Caroline Smith

Christopher Ravenscroft (born 1946) is an English actor, best known for his recurring role as DI Mike Burden in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, the ITV adaptation of Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford mysteries.

Biography

Ravenscroft was born in Hampstead, London, and was the star of a number of school plays. He went to London University to study law where he did some more theatre and soon decided that he would rather be an actor than a lawyer, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. While working at the Liverpool Playhouse in the early 1970s he met his future wife, Caroline Smith, who was associate director at the time. He currently lives in Chiswick, West London.^[1][2]

Filmography

Film

• Henry V (1989) as Mountjoy
• Tom and Thomas (2002) as Frederick Lord
• The Football Factory (2004) as Tamara's Father

Television

• John Halifax, Gentleman (1974) as Edwin
• Coronation Street (1978) as Police Sergeant
• The Fourth Arm (1983) as Kuper
• Twelfth Night (1988) as Orsino
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987-2000) as Det. Insp. Mike Burden
• Midsomer Murders (2002) as Dr. Rupert Bradshaw
• The Courtroom (2004) as Tim Portland
• The Shell Seekers (2006) as Colonel Mellaby
• Doctors BBC (2008)
• Doctors BBC (2012)

Stage

• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, an RSC production that was also recorded on DVD (1981-1982)
• The Woman in Black at the Apollo theatre London. (2001-2002) He played the lead role of Arthur Kipps.
• Educating Rita (2003)^[3] by Willy Russell in which he starred as Frank. Derby Playhouse and other theatres.
• The Tempest, in which he played Prospero, Liverpool Playhouse (2005)
• Bedroom Farce (2009), West Yorkshire Playhouse
• Alison's House (2009), Orange Tree Theatre
• Comedy of Errors (2010), Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
• The Conspirators (2011) by Vaclav Havel in which he played Dykl, Orange Tree Theatre Richmond.
• The Winslow Boy (2012), in which he played Arthur Winslow. Various theatres. He won a Manchester Theatre Award for this role.
• Good Grief (2012), in which he played The Suit, Kings Theatre, Edinburgh and various other theatres.
• Dances of Death (2013) by Strindberg in which he played Kurt, Gate Theatre London.
• The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (2014) by Arthur Wing Pinero in which he played Duke of St Olpherts, Jermyn Street Theatre London.

References

1. Christopher Ravenscroft profile on Coronation Street fansite
2. Christopher Ravenscroft interview on his work on the Tempest
3. Review of Educating Rita

External links

• Christopher Ravenscroft at the Internet Movie Database
• Christopher Ravenscroft at the Internet Broadway Database