Max Adrian | |
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![]() Adrian in the TV series One Step Beyond, episode "Image of Death" (1959) | |
Born | Guy Thornton Bor 1 November 1903 Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
Died | 19 January 1973 Shamley Green, Surrey, England | (aged 69)
Resting place | Woking Crematorium, Woking, Surrey, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1925–1973 |
Max Adrian (born Guy Thornton Bor; 1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was an Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
In addition to his success as a character actor in classical drama, he was known for his work as a singer and comic actor in revue and musicals, and in one-man shows about George Bernard Shaw and Gilbert and Sullivan, and in cinema and television films, notably Ken Russell's Song of Summer as the ailing composer Delius.