Donald Pelmear

Donald Pelmear (6 July 1924 – 11 January 2025) was a British actor on stage and screen. Among his notable performances were Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons in 1961, in Farnham, Salisbury and Southport,

Pelmear died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 100.

Selected stage performances Year Title Author Theatre Role Notes 1953 Will Any Gentleman? Vernon Sylvaine Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Dr. Smith Loraine Theatre Company Relative Values Noël Coward Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Loraine Theatre Company The White Sheep of the Family Lawrence du Garde Peach and Ian Hay Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Vicar Loraine Theatre Company The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan New Pavilion, Redcar Mr. Miller, ex-doctor North Riding Theatre Company 1956 The Duke in Darkness Patrick Hamilton Southport The Duke of Latteraine Southport Repertory Company We at the Crossroads Keith Winter Southport Author Southport Repertory Company 1957 Burdalane Winifred Bannister Scala, Southport Hew Kennedy Southport Repertory Company Separate Tables Terence Rattigan Scala, Southport Major Pollock Southport Repertory Company My Three Angels Bella and Samuel Spewack Scala, Southport Southport Repertory Company Family on Trial John Wiles Scala, Southport Schoolmaster Southport Repertory Company Ring for Catty Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale Scala, Southport Len White Southport Repertory Company Cuckoo in Clover Kate Lindsay Scala, Southport Richard Cavendish Southport Repertory Company 1960 The Father August Strindberg Castle Theatre, Farnham Dr. Ostermark Castle Theatre Repertory Company 1961 The Birthday Party Harold Pinter Castle Theatre, Farnham McCann Castle Theatre Repertory Company A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Castle Theatre, Farnham Sir Thomas More Castle Theatre Repertory Company A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Kings Theatre, Southsea Sir Thomas More Salisbury Arts Theatre 1962 Salad Days Julian Slade, Dorothy Reynolds Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Ambrose and Police Inspector Marlowe Theatre Company The Unexpected Guest Agatha Christie Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Michael Starkwedder Marlowe Theatre Company Separate Rooms Alan Dinehart and Joseph Carole Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Jim Stackhouse Marlowe Theatre Company 1963 Ross Terence Rattigan Guildford Theatre, Guildford Lawrence of Arabia Guildford Theatre Company 1964 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Malvolio Salisbury Arts Theatre Company 1965 You Never Can Tell George Bernard Shaw Phoenix Theatre, Leicester Walter, the waiter Phoenix Theatre Company The Fantasticks Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones Phoenix Theatre, Leicester Father Phoenix Theatre Company 1967 Next Time I'll Sing To You James Saunders Swan Theatre, Worcester The Hermit Worcester Repertory Company 1968 Juno and the Paycock Seán O'Casey Little Theatre, Bristol Joxer Daly Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols Little Theatre, Bristol Freddie Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company 1969 An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford Aslaksen Oxford Playhouse Company 1970 Toad of Toad Hall A. A. Milne, Kenneth Grahame Oxford Playhouse Mole Oxford Playhouse Company Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams Phoenix Theatre, Leicester Doctor Baugh Phoenix Theatre Company In Celebration David Storey Phoenix Theatre, Leicester Mr Shaw Phoenix Theatre Company Narrow Road to the Deep North Edward Bond York Theatre Royal Basho York Theatre Royal Company 1972 The Tempest William Shakespeare Hull New Theatre New Shakespeare Company Twelfth Night William Shakespeare York Theatre Royal New Shakespeare Company 1980 The Caretaker Harold Pinter The Capitol Theatre, Horsham Davies the tramp New Shakespeare Company 1981 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Theatre Royal, Lincoln Leonato, governor of Messina New Shakespeare Company 1984–1985 West Side Story Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim Her Majesty's Theatre, London Doc 1986 Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne, adapted by Peter Buckman Oxford Playhouse Uncle Toby Oxford Playhouse Company 1989 Habeas Corpus Alan Bennett Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead Dr Arthur Wicksteed 1990 Pack of Lies Hugh Whitemore Belgrade Theatre, Coventry MI5 Officer 1990–1991 The Rehearsal Jean Anouilh Almeida Theatre, London, then Garrick Theatre, London Monsieur Damiens Theatre Division 1998 Kafka's Dick Alan Bennett Nottingham Playhouse Father

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