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'''Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes''' ( | '''Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes''' ([[1929]]-[[2014]]) was a British-born American journalist, broadcaster, actor and author. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Mayes went to the [[Cambridge|University of Cambridge]] where he graduated ''cum laude'' in Ancient Languages. He joined the [[BBC]] and also became a priest in the Church of England. He later moved to the United States, where he was a founding chairman of the National Public Radio and held a parish near San Francisco. He was an active campaigner of civil welfare, setting up suicide counselling in California and campaigning for [[wikipedia:LGBT|LGBT]] rights, being a homosexual himself. | Mayes went to the [[Cambridge|University of Cambridge]] where he graduated ''cum laude'' in Ancient Languages. He joined the [[BBC]] and also became a priest in the Church of England. He later moved to the United States, where he was a founding chairman of the National Public Radio and held a parish near San Francisco. He was an active campaigner of civil welfare, setting up suicide counselling in California and campaigning for [[wikipedia:LGBT|LGBT]] rights, being a homosexual himself. | ||
Mayes became involved in radio plays when he, with his classic background, translated the works of [[wikipedia:Homer|Homer]], [[wikipedia:Aeschylus|Aeschylus]] and [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]] from the Greek. He later also did the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and Charles Dickens. | Mayes became involved in radio plays when he, with his classic background, translated the works of [[wikipedia:Homer|Homer]], [[wikipedia:Aeschylus|Aeschylus]] and [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]] from the Greek. He later also did the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and Charles Dickens. After a number of years as professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Mayes retired. He returned to San Francisco for his final years and died there in 2014. | ||
==Roles== | ==Roles== | ||
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Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes (1929-2014) was a British-born American journalist, broadcaster, actor and author.
History
Mayes went to the University of Cambridge where he graduated cum laude in Ancient Languages. He joined the BBC and also became a priest in the Church of England. He later moved to the United States, where he was a founding chairman of the National Public Radio and held a parish near San Francisco. He was an active campaigner of civil welfare, setting up suicide counselling in California and campaigning for LGBT rights, being a homosexual himself.
Mayes became involved in radio plays when he, with his classic background, translated the works of Homer, Aeschylus and Plato from the Greek. He later also did the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens. After a number of years as professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Mayes retired. He returned to San Francisco for his final years and died there in 2014.
Roles
- 1979: The Hobbit (1979 radio series): Gandalf
- 1979: The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series): Gandalf, Tom Bombadil
Bibliography
- 1979: The Hobbit (1979 radio series) (radio screenplay)
- 1979: The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series) (radio screenplay)
