Tom Courtenay
Born: 1937-02-25
• Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
An English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years' service to cinema and theatre. Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University.
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Filmography
Queen at Sea
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
The Railway Children Return
Summerland
Cinderella: After Ever After
The Aeronauts
The Queen's Corgi
King of Thieves
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Grandpa's Great Escape
Dad's Army
The Legend of Barney Thomson
The First Film
45 Years
Night Train to Lisbon
Quartet
Gambit
The End of an Era
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
The Golden Compass
Flood
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Nicholas Nickleby
Last Orders
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
A Rather English Marriage
Famous Fred
The Boy from Mercury
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Let Him Have It
Redemption
The Last Butterfly
Leonard Part 6
Happy New Year
Me and the Girls
Absent Friends
The Dresser
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Catch Me a Spy
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Otley
A Dandy in Aspic
The Day the Fish Came Out
The Night of the Generals
Moscow in Madrid
Doctor Zhivago
King Rat
Operation Crossbow
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
King and Country
Billy Liar
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Private Potter