Terence Rigby (1937 - 2008)

Mr Terence Rigby (Male)

Nationality: English

Born: 2 January 1937

Died: 10 August 2008

Actor. Rigby was a familiar face in British television mystery, thriller and police series. He was Dr Watson to Tom Baker's Sherlock Holmes in a four-part BBC1 miniseries version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982). He also had a distinguished career on the stage and excelled in the works of Harold Pinter, with the Guardian's Michael Billington describing him as 'the Pinter actor par excellence'. After having worked in Britain since the early 1960s Rigby re-located to New York in 1998, from where he undertook stage work, including plays by Edward Bond and Mike Leigh, and the Julia Roberts film Mona Lisa Smile (2003).

Training and Education

Drama school

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)   (Training & Education | Est. 1904)

62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, England

Other Names

No other Name have been added to this person record yet.

Productions

No productions have been added to this person record yet.

Appears In

The Homecoming (Premiere: Aldwych) (1965)
Joey (Age: mid twenties, Male)

Performer

Accident (1967)
Second Policeman (Accident) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer

The Homecoming (The Music Box, NYC) (1967)
Joey (Age: mid twenties, Male)

Performer

The Homecoming (Watford Palace Theatre) (1969)
Joey (Age: mid twenties, Male)

Performer

The Homecoming (1973)
Joey (Age: mid twenties, Male)

Performer

No Man's Land (Premiere: Wyndham's) (1975)
Briggs (Age: thirties, Male)

Performer

No Man’s Land (1978)
Briggs (Age: thirties, Male)

Performer

The Caretaker (Bristol Old Vic) (2003)
Davies (Age: old, Male)

Described as 'an old man'

Performer

Linked People

No Linked People have been added to this person record yet.

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this person record yet.

Resources

No resources have been added to this person record yet.

Sources

Wikipedia website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rigby

URL

Part of the biography provided and the information about the dates of birth and death and training and education have been taken from the sites webpage for Rigby.

The Stage

https://web.archive.org/web/20120921000450/http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/21587/terence-rigby

URL

Part of the biography provided has been taken from Patrick Newley's obituary for Rigby.

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/12/television.television

URL

Part of the biography provided has been taken from Dennis Barker's obituary for Rigby.