Richard Cordery

Richard Cordery is a character actor[1] of film, television, and stage.

Richard Cordery
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present

Career

Film and television

Cordery's television credits include Rumpole of the Bailey, as a prosecution Barrister (Series 5 Episode 6 - 1988), Doc Martin as Dennis Dodds, Whitechapel as George Collier, Garrow's Law as Sir Sampson Wright, and Midsomer Murders as Dr John Cole,[2] and as Morris Bingham. He played the Duc De Raguse in the 2012 film Les Misérables.

In the 2013 film About Time, Cordery played Uncle Desmond, the "sweet but mentally-challenged" uncle of the protagonist Tim.[3]

Theatre

Much of Cordery's acting career has been in theatre. His body of work includes many Shakespeare performances, such as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1997),[4] the trilogy Henry VI (2000), the drama Richard III (2001), the tragedy Macbeth (2004), and the comedy The Winter's Tale.[5] In 2002, Cordery played Menenius in a Swan Theatre adaptation of the Shakespeare play Coriolanus.[6] Later that year, he appeared as Falstaff in another Shakespeare play, The Merry Wives of Windsor.[7] Cordery portrayed the steward Malvolio in a 2005 production of Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.[8]

In 2008, he played Russell Blackborough in the play Waste at the Almeida Theater[9] and the following year he appeared in the musical Spring Awakening at the Lyric Theatre.[10] Cordery appeared as Canon Chasuble in a 2011 production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. The Daily Telegraph praised the actor for giving a "performance of comic bliss as the amorous and sententious Canon Chasuble, baffled by each new turn of events while supporting his prodigious bulk on a surprisingly nifty pair of pins."[11]

Personal life

Cordery is a former teacher who once taught in an inner-London secondary school.[12]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1971Up PompeiiCenturianUncredited
1992Lorenzo's OilSuddaby's Senior Manager
2009Glorious 39Vet
2012Les MisérablesDuc De Raguse
2013About TimeUncle D
2014Mr. TurnerDinner Guest
2014Madame BovaryAbbé Bournisien
2014Breaking the BankBournville
2015Social SuicideLaurence Emerson
2016MonochromeJohn Hughes
2016Mum's ListBob
2017Dragonheart: Battle for the HeartfireEarl Robert
2017The WifeHal Bowman
2019JudyLouis B. Mayer
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References
  1. Spencer, Charles (3 May 2005). "A flying piano, a sinking heart". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. "Midsomer Murders Series 7 – 6. The Straw Woman - Part Two". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. Felperin, Leslie (8 August 2013). "Film Review: 'About Time'". Variety. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. Butler, Robert (9 November 1997). "The Critics: Death in Life with Marguerite Duras, Life in Death with Romeo and Juliet". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Highbeam. (subscription required)
  5. Smallwood, Robert Leo (2004). Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays. p. 184. ISBN 9780521840880.
  6. Taylor, Paul (4 December 2002). "Arts: The Profession of Violence; in the Royal Shakespeare Company's New Coriolanus, PAUL TAYLOR Hails Greg Hicks's Powerful Portrayal of the Tragic Warrior Who Has Outlived His Usefulness". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Highbeam. (subscription required)
  7. Edmonds, Richard (4 November 2002). "Reviews: Halloween Romp Ruins a Merry Night of Mirth; the Merry Wives of Windsor the Swan Stratford upon Avon". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Questia Online Library. (subscription required)
  8. Edmonds, Richard (4 May 2005). "CULTURE: Forgettable Night; Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Questia Online Library. (subscription required)
  9. Benedict, David (8 October 2008). "Waste". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Highbeam. (subscription required)
  10. David, Benedict (5 February 2009). "Spring Awakening". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2013 – via Highbeam. (subscription required)
  11. Spencer, Charles (10 October 2011). "The Importance of Being Earnest, Rose Theatre, Kingston, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  12. Coveney, Michael (4 July 2005). "Young bards". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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