Guy Fithen Explained

Guy L. Fithen (born 1962 in Oxford) is a British actor and screenwriter best known for his roles as a pirate.

Career

A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Fithen worked as a stage actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in particular as the Keeper of the Tower in Antony Sher's 1985 staging of William Shakespeare's Richard III.[1]

His film career included roles as first mate Rhince in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, an adaptation of C. S. Lewis's novel of the same name and third in the 1989 BBC miniseries The Chronicles of Narnia,[2] and as the pirate Thatcher, playing alongside Gabriel Byrne in the 1990 Disney film Shipwrecked.[3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn TreaderRhinceMiniseries
1990Bergerac BrianEpisode: The Messenger Boy
ShipwreckedThatcher
1991King Ralph Bouncer
KafkaFriend of Kafka
1992The Darling Buds of MayKurtEpisode: The Season of Heavenly Gifts: Part 2

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rogerallam.co.uk/richard.html
  2. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H7J9NK Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  3. http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/4000303.html Shipwrecked