Michael Latimer

Michael James Latimer (6 September 1941 – 25 June 2011) was a British television stage and film actor who later in his career turned to writing, directing and producing.

Early life Latimer was born in Calcutta, where his father had a business, and was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge from 1955 to 1959, where he was a middle-distance runner and played rugby for the English Schoolboys Team. Upon leaving school, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) for two years, and on leaving began acting in cabaret revues. He stood in for Peter Cook in Beyond the Fringe when the original cast took the show to New York.

Latimer was the stage director for the first Johnny Nash and Bob Marley tours of the United Kingdom in 1972. He set up his own production company, Bedrock Productions; this had three top twenty hits in the German music charts for Hansa and Ariola Records.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1966 A Man for All Seasons Norfolk's Aide 1967 Prehistoric Women David 1969 Mosquito Squadron Clark (Pilot) Uncredited1969 Man of Violence Moon 1974 Got It Made David Tollemache 1977 Sweeney! P.P.S. 1990 Fatal Sky Beckwith (final film role)