Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice | |
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Dotrice in 2014 | |
| Born | 26 May 1923 |
| Died | 16 October 2017 (aged 94) London, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1957–2012 |
| Known for | Brief Lives A Moon for the Misbegotten |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3; including Michele and Karen |
| Awards | 1 Tony Award 1 Drama Desk Award 1 British Academy Television Award |
| Website | roydotrice |
Roy Dotrice OBE (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British stage and screen actor. He played the antiquarian John Aubrey in the solo play Brief Lives. He won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, also appearing as Leopold Mozart in the film version of Amadeus (1984), Charles Dickens in Dickens of London (1976), and Jacob Wells/Father in Beauty and the Beast.
Late in life, he narrated a series of audiobooks for George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, for which he holds the Guinness World Record for the most character voices by an individual for an audiobook.