Harold Pinter

Herec, Scénárista, Režisér

10. října 1930 — 24. prosince 2008 (78 let)
Harold Pinter CH CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works.

Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980.

Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances, but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. His early works were described by critics as "comedy of menace". Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as "memory plays". He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film. He also undertook a number of roles in works by other writers. He directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in 2007.

Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008.

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Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • Francouzova milenka
    Francouzova milenka1981

Známý pro

  • Slídil
    Slídil2007
  • Sluha
    Sluha1963
  • Příběh služebnice
    Příběh služebnice1990
  • Francouzova milenka
    Francouzova milenka1981
  • Poslední magnát
    Poslední magnát1976
  • The Go-Between
    The Go-Between1971
  • Podivná pohostinnost
    Podivná pohostinnost1990
  • Agent z Panamy
    Agent z Panamy2001
  • The Pumpkin Eater
    The Pumpkin Eater1964
  • Mansfieldské sídlo
    Mansfieldské sídlo1999
  • Accident
    Accident1967
  • Hrdinové z Telemarku
    Hrdinové z Telemarku1965
  • Quillerovo memorandum
    Quillerovo memorandum1966
  • Betrayal
    Betrayal1983
  • Vtip
    Vtip2001
  • Proces
    Proces1993
  • The Birthday Party
    The Birthday Party1968
  • Modesty Blaise
    Modesty Blaise1966
  • The Guest
    The Guest1963
  • Butley
    Butley1974

Filmografie

2007
Sleuth · as Man On T.v.
2001
The Tailor of Panama · as Uncle Benny
2001
Wit · as Mr. Bearing
1999
Mansfield Park · as Sir Thomas Bertram
1997
Venice Report · as Sam Ross
1997
Mojo · as Sam Ross
1997
1996
Breaking the Code · as John Smith
1985
Turtle Diary · as Man In Bookshop
1985
Theatre Night · as Goldberg
1981
1978
Langrishe, Go Down · as Barry Shannon
1978
Langrishe, Go Down · as Barry Shannon
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week · as Barry Shannon
1976
Rogue Male · as Saul Abrahams
1975
Arena (1975) · as Nicolas
1970
1967
Accident · as Bell - Tv Producer
1964
The Wednesday Play · as Garcin
1964
Theatre 625 · as Stott
1963
The Servant · as People In Restaurant: Society Man
1963
The Guest · as Man
1956
Armchair Theatre · as Seeley
1955
1950
Sunday Night Theatre · as 1st Official

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