He was the narrator for a 21st anniversary BBC Radio 2 special broadcast of Cameron Mackintosh's musical Les Misérables, sung by the then West End cast at the Mermaid Theatre in London on Sunday 8 October 2006. Anthony Anderson, Actor: The Departed. The 35 Sexiest male celebrities of all-time ! Anthony Andrews Biography: An actor since 1967, eternally boyish leading man Anthony Andrews first gained notice as one of the teenaged protagonists of the Irish-filmed TV drama A War of Children. The Lighthorsemen (1987), Birthday: Andrews appeared as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in the 2010 film The King's Speech, for which he won a SAG Award along with Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush and Timothy Spall. Andrews played bits in a couple of films, then co-starred as Stephen Kelko in QB VII (1974), the first of his many TV miniseries appearances. 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He is also known for playing the lead roles in Ivanhoe, Operation Daybreak, Danger UXB and The Scarlet Pimpernel, and for portraying Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in The King's Speech (2010). Lewis Collins replaced Andrews in the part. [5], He played Professor Higgins in a stage version of My Fair Lady (2001), and Count Fosco in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White.[6]. 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Highest Rated: Watch Anthony Andrews exclusive videos, interviews, video clips and more at TVGuide.com. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! [4] Following that, in 1979, Andrews was the main star of the ITV television series Danger UXB, in which he played a British bomb disposal officer in the London Blitz. In the United States, Andrews is best known for his portrayal of the titular character in Ivanhoe as well as that of Sir Percy Blakeney in the 1982 film The Scarlet Pimpernel. At the age of eight he took dancing lessons, making his stage debut as the White Rabbit in a stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The King's Speech (2010), Lowest Rated: In 1974 he played Lord Robert, Marquis of Stockbridge in the TV series Upstairs, Downstairs. says: With James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern. Stanley Baldwin [1] He grew up in North Finchley London. While performing as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Andrews consumed up to eight litres of water a day. They have three children. 71%. He auditioned in 1968 for a production of Alan Bennett's new play, Forty Years On, which featured John Gielgud as the headmaster of a British public school during the First World War period. All rights reserved. Check out the lineup of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix this month, including The Trial of the Chicago 7. 80%, The Lighthorsemen Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett 's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. In June 1979 he was cast in the role of Bodie in the ITV series The Professionals. 94%, Haunted However, after three days of filming, the creator and producer Brian Clemens felt that the chemistry between Andrews and Martin Shaw (Doyle) did not work and that "the pair did not have the required undercurrent of menace to carry off the concept". He is also known for playing the lead roles in Ivanhoe , Operation Daybreak , Danger UXB and The Scarlet Pimpernel , and for portraying Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in The King's Speech (2010). Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews[1] (born 12 January 1948) is an English actor best known for his role as Lord Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 ITV miniseries Brideshead Revisited (1981). The condition has symptoms similar to those of dehydration, such as headaches, nausea and cramps. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in, Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel, ‘Impact Wrestling: Bash at The Brewery 2019′ Review, Production Kicks Off For Julian Fellowes’ Netflix Soccer Drama ‘The English Game’ With Cast Including ‘Kingsman’s Edward Holcroft, Film Review: Mel Gibson in ‘The Professor and the Madman’, Golden Globes: Best Actors in miniserie/tv movie leading roles.