Ian Gelder obituary

The actor Ian Gelder, who has died of cancer aged 74, was a notable supporting player at the National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company, in the West End and in leading fringe theaters for decades before finding television fame as Kevan Lannister, brother of the feared patriarch Tywin (Charles Dance), who planned a Shakespearean … Read more

Joss Ackland obituary

There was something grand, grand and encompassing about the actor Joss Ackland, who has died at the age of 95. He was a fixture in British films for decades and a stalwart of the Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company – playing Falstaff in the opening RSC production of Henry IV, parts one and two, … Read more