Andy de la Tour

Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter.

In films he appeared in Plenty, Notting Hill, the Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, 44 Inch Chest, and The Confessions, and in television The Young Ones, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Bottom, Kavanagh QC and The Brief. On stage he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Alan Bennett's People.

His credits as a television writer include Boon, Lovejoy, Peak Practice, The Vet, Kavanagh QC and Clem. He wrote the stage play Safe In Our Hands (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award).[1]

As a stand-up comedian he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders.[2] In 2012 he wrote Stand-Up or Die about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York.[3]

He is the brother of actress Frances de la Tour.[4]

He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of Casualty "Not in Holby Anymore" and as General Hurst Romodi[5] in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

On 6 June 2018 he appeared as Ted, an aging mechanic with a heart defect in BBC1's lunchtime soap Doctors.

On 27 January 2019 he signed an open letter in The Guardian expressing opposition to the USA's handling of the situation in Venezuela and calling for more dialogue with the president, Nicolás Maduro. [6]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1981Burning an IllusionForeman
1985The BridePriest
1985PlentyRandall
1985Loose ConnectionsJournalist
1999Notting HillJournalist #1
1999Captain JackChandler
2000PandaemoniumAndrew Crosse
2005AsylumInspector Easton
2005Oliver TwistWorkhouse Master
200944 Inch ChestBiggy Walpole
2012National Theatre Live: PeopleThe Bishop
2015DoughSaul Goodwyn
2016The ConfessionsMinistro britannico
2016Rogue OneGeneral Hurst Romodi
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References
  1. Nobbs, David (2004) I Didn't Get Where I am Today, Arrow, ISBN 978-0099421641, p. 393
  2. "Andy De La Tour: Fringe summer with Rik Mayall", Edinburgh Evening News, 5 August 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2016
  3. York, Melissa (2013) "Andy de la Tour joins Miles Jupp to discuss adventure in Stratford", Newham Recorder, 15 April 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2016
  4. Double, Oliver (1997) Stand Up!, Methuen Publishing, ISBN 978-0413703200, p. 176
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209426/
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/putting-venezuelas-crisis-and-us-intervention-in-historical-context


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