格佛雷·肯 Geoffrey Keen

格佛雷·肯
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  • 星座:狮子座
  • 出生地:英国,牛津,沃灵福德
  • 职业:演员 / 配音

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Early life born in Wallingford, Berkshire, son of stage actor Malcolm Keen.He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre in Bristol for whom he made his stage debut in 1932. After a year in repertory he stayed for a year in Cannes before being accepted for a place at the London School of Economics. In a last-minute change of mind, he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal after only one year. He had just joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1939 when the war started. Keen enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, though also managed to appear in an Army instructional film for Carol Reed Career He made his full film debut in 1946 in Riders of the New Forest but soon appeared in better known films for Reed such as Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He quickly became one of the busiest character actors, typically doing five films a year. He also continued to perform on stage, for instance as Iachimo in Peter Hall's 1957 production of Cymbeline, and a sadistic Turkish General in Terence Rattigan's controversial play Ross (1960). Keen was cast mainly as establishment figures, including ministers, senior police officers and military figures, though he also appeared in working class roles in Chance of a Lifetime (1950) and Millions Like Us (1943). He often portrayed balding, cold-hearted, and sarcastic executives or lawyers. On television, he was one of the leads in *** TV's long-running drama about the oil industry, The Troubleshooters, between 1965 and 1972. On the big screen, he played the role of Minister of Defence Frederick Gray in six James Bond films between 1977-1987 He also appeared in notable films as The Spanish Gardener, Doctor Zhivago, Cromwell, and Born Free, as well as in numerous TV programmes. He even appeared in the Hammer Horror Film Taste the Blood of Dracula In all, Keen had appeared in 100 films before he retired in 1991

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