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'''Godfrey William Kenton''' ([[April 13]], [[1902]] - [[April 27]], [[1998]])<ref name="Ind">Richard Bebb "[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-godfrey-kenton-1159159.html Obituary: Godfrey Kenton]", published in ''The Independent'', [[May 15]], [[1998]] </ref> was a stage actor, making only rare appearances on big and small screen.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448917/ Godfrey Kenton] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref> He also made three two-year periods with the [[BBC|BBC Drama Repertory Company]], the first being in World War II.<ref name="Ind"/> During the second, in [[1955]] and [[1956]], he was cast as [[ | '''Godfrey William Kenton''' ([[April 13]], [[1902]] - [[April 27]], [[1998]])<ref name="Ind">Richard Bebb "[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-godfrey-kenton-1159159.html Obituary: Godfrey Kenton]", published in ''The Independent'', [[May 15]], [[1998]] </ref> was a stage actor, making only rare appearances on big and small screen.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448917/ Godfrey Kenton] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref> He also made three two-year periods with the [[BBC|BBC Drama Repertory Company]], the first being in World War II.<ref name="Ind"/> During the second, in [[1955]] and [[1956]], he was cast as [[Aragorn]] in [[Terence Tiller]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref name="RT1672">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1672, [[November 25]], [[1955]]</ref> In the second half, of [[1956]], he also provided the voice of [[Mablung of Ithilien|Mablung]].<ref name="RT1725">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1725, [[November 30]], [[1956]]</ref> | ||
==Roles== | ==Roles== |
Revision as of 22:33, 7 August 2010
Godfrey William Kenton (April 13, 1902 - April 27, 1998)[1] was a stage actor, making only rare appearances on big and small screen.[2] He also made three two-year periods with the BBC Drama Repertory Company, the first being in World War II.[1] During the second, in 1955 and 1956, he was cast as Aragorn in Terence Tiller's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.[3] In the second half, of 1956, he also provided the voice of Mablung.[4]
Roles
- 1955: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Episode 3: "Aragorn" - Aragorn
- Episode 4: "Many Meetings" - Aragorn
- Episode 5: "The Moria Gate" - Aragorn
- Episode 6: "The Breaking of the Fellowship" - Aragorn
- 1956: The Lord of the Rings
- Episode 1: "Fangorn" - Aragorn
- Episode 2: "Rohan and Isengard" - Aragorn
- Episode 3: "Into the Dark" - Mablung
- Episode 4: "The Siege of Gondor" - Aragorn
- Episode 5: "Minas Tirith and Mount Doom" - Aragorn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Bebb "Obituary: Godfrey Kenton", published in The Independent, May 15, 1998
- ↑ Godfrey Kenton at IMDb
- ↑ Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1672, November 25, 1955
- ↑ Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1725, November 30, 1956