Jeffrey Perry (British actor) explained

Jeffrey Perry
Birth Name:	Jeffrey Harvey Perry
Birth Date:	16 November 1948
Birth Place:	Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Death Place:	Stanhoe, Norfolk, England
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1971–2012

Jeffrey Harvey Perry (16 November 1948 – 4 February 2012) was an English stage and screen actor. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he worked extensively for the Royal Exchange in Manchester. He may be best known to television audiences as Mr. Tumnus in the 1988 version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which was part of the BBC's Chronicles of Narnia TV miniseries.

In the 2000s, Perry's work included performances at the Mill at Sonning. In the summer of 2008, he played Mr. Mole in Love's a Luxury. He was also a director^[1] of NOT The National Theatre and toured with them, appearing in several productions.

Selected stage and screen credits

Television

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (as Mr. Tumnus), 1988
Micawber (as Clerk), 2001

Theatre

Hard Times, NOT The National Theatre, 1990-1991^[2]
Playing Sinatra (as Norman), NOT The National Theatre, 1999^[3]
Time and Time Again (as Leonard), The Mill at Sonning
All for Mary (as Humphrey Millar), The Mill at Sonning, 2001^[4]
Hysteria (as Sigmund Freud), NOT The National Theatre, 2002^[5]
Strictly Murder (as Josef), The Mill at Sonning, 2006^[6]
Love's a Luxury (as Mr. Mole), The Mill at Sonning, 2008^[1]

External links

- Review of Love's a Luxury at The Stage, retrieved 3 July 2008
Review of Love's a Luxury at The Oxford Times, retrieved 3 July 2008

Notes and References

Web site: Love's a Luxury . 3 July 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080527084556/http://www.millatsonning.com/Loves%20A%20Luxury.html . 27 May 2008 .
Web site: Hard Times, NOT The National Theatre. 19 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070907231918/http://www.notthenational.com/hardtimes.html. 7 September 2007. dmy-all.
Web site: Playing Sinatra, NOT the National Theatre. 19 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070911014942/http://www.notthenational.com/sinatra.html. 11 September 2007. dmy-all.
http://www.millatsonning.com/archives/images/All_For_Mary/All_For_Mary.html All For Mary, The Mill at Sonning
Web site: Hysteria, NOT The National Theater. 19 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070904001134/http://www.notthenational.com/hysteria.html. 4 September 2007. dmy-all.
http://www.millatsonning.com/Strictly_Murder.html Strictly Murder, The Mill at Sonning