Sidney Livingstone Explained

Sidney Frederick Livingstone (born 29 March 1945) is an English stage, television, and film character actor. He has sometimes been credited as Sydney Livingstone.

Early life

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Livingstone was an apprentice chef, a salesman, and a plumber's merchant, before gaining a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and training as an actor. He graduated in 1969.^[1]

Career

Livingstone's acting career began on stage, and by 1973 he was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in several productions directed by Trevor Nunn, including Richard II, Hamlet, Timon of Athens and The Blue Angel. An early film role came in The Ragman's Daughter (1972).

In 1974 he played Mardian in the television film Antony and Cleopatra. His many other television credits include Jeeves and Wooster in which he played the role of Constable Oats, Crown Court, Shine on Harvey Moon, Minder, and Boon. In 2016, he starred as Brian Reader in the British film .^[2]

Theatre

• Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1973) as Officer^[3]
• Hindle Wakes as Sir Timothy Farrar
• Inherit the Wind (The Old Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bannister
• A Chorus of Disapproval (1985) as Jarvis
• Richard II (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bishop of Carlisle
• Hamlet (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Voltimand
• Timon of Athens (Young Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Lucullus
• Sitting Pretty as Max
• Oklahoma! (Royal National Theatre) as Andrew Carnes
• Arcadia (Royal National Theatre, 1993) as Richard Noakes ^[4]
• Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Provost
• The Blue Angel (Royal Shakespeare Company, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bombler
• (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2005) as Ken
• Crazy for You (West End, 2011) as Everett Baker

Films

• The Ragman's Daughter (1972) as Borstal Instructor
• Antony and Cleopatra (1974) as Mardian
• The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan
• Lifeforce (1985) as Ned Price^[5]
• Passion Killers (1999) as Fred
• Oklahoma! (1999) as Andrew Carnes
• (2016) as Brian Reader

Television

• Coronation Street (1976) as Roy Thornley^[6]
• Happy Since I Met You (television play, 1981) as Dennis
• Miss Marple

The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan

• The Crucifer of Blood (1991) as Roly Lamas Dir^[7]
• Jeeves and Wooster

Trouble at Totleigh Towers and The Ties that Bind (1993) as Constable Oates

• Midsomer Murders

Days of Misrule (2008) as Don Mitchinson^[8]

• The Devil's Hour (2022) as Gerald Bell

Notes and References

1. http://jag-london.com/clients/item/sid-livingstone.html Sidney Livingstone
2. https://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/hatton-garden-the-heist-2016/hatton-garden-the-heist-2016.html Hatton Garden the Heist (2016)
3. https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/cor197310 RSC Performances Coriolanus 1973
4. http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Roles&id=ROLE119145 Arcadia (1993)
5. Charles P. Mitchell, A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema (2001), p. 112
6. "Gail Potter (Helen Worth) hogs a lunch date with Roy Thornley (Sidney Livingstone)", Belfast Telegraph, 26 July 1976, p. 6
7. Terry Rowan, Whodoneit! A Film Guide (2014), p. 228
8. Chris Perry, The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013 (2016), p. 374