Gordon Gostelow

Gordon Massey Gostelow[1] (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was an Australian actor.[2] He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics.[3]

Gordon Gostelow
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Born
Gordon Massey Gostelow

(1925-05-14)14 May 1925
Wellington, New Zealand
Died3 June 2007(2007-06-03) (aged 82)
London, England
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1964; his death 2007)
Children1

Gostelow went to England in 1950 and worked in the theatre (regional repertory), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television.[4] In Shakespeare he was especially associated with the role of the alcoholic reprobate Bardolph in the Henriad plays. He played the character on television in both An Age of Kings in 1960 and in the BBC Television Shakespeare's version of the plays in 1979.[2] He also played several other roles in the former production, but was said to have been "born" to play Bardolph.[5]

He played the parts of Perks in the 1968 TV serial of The Railway Children, Milo Clancey in the Doctor Who serial The Space Pirates in 1969, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Elizabeth R.[6] Between 1969 and 1970 he also narrated in twelve episodes of BBC children's television series Jackanory. In 1984, he took the part of Alf Battle in the supermarket sitcom Tripper's Day.[7] He appeared in a 1999 episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Death's Shadow".[8]

His film career included roles in Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963), The Idol (1966), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Day Christ Died (1980, as Nicodemus), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), and How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989).[2]

In the 1980 episode of Nova "It's About Time", Gostelow, as St. Augustine, appears from the past to game contestant Dudley Moore when Moore is stumped by the question of what happened before the beginning of time.[9] St. Augustine remarks, "What was God doing before He created Heaven and Earth? (and time)... If God was doing anything, He was perhaps devising punishments for people who pry into mysteries." He points out to Moore the absurdity of using the concept of 'before' "to frame a question about the one event in the universe to which it is inappropriate, namely the beginning of time."

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1963Dr. Syn, Alias the ScarecrowBen
1966The IdolSimon
1966The Spy with a Cold NoseReporterUncredited
1969In Search of GregoryOld Man
1970Wuthering Heights
1971Nicholas and AlexandraGuchkov
1977The Stick UpFarmer
1980The Day Christ DiedNicodemus
1982The Scarlet PimpernelDuvalTV movie
1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingPriest
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References
  1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1555846/Gordon-Gostelow.html
  2. "Gordon Gostelow". BFI.
  3. Gaughan, Gavin (20 July 2007). "Obituary: Gordon Gostelow" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Gordon Gostelow". www.bafta.org. 11 May 2012.
  5. BBC Television Shakespeare, DVD booklet.
  6. Deborah C. Mitchell & Elizabeth A. Ford, Royal Portraits in Hollywood: Filming the Lives of Queens, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY., 2009, p.265
  7. "Leonard Rossiter's Last Work - Tripper's Day". 1 December 2016.
  8. "Death's Shadow (1999)". BFI.
  9. "TV Guide entry for Nova - It's About Time".


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