Sidney Livingstone

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.^[2] 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 Hatton Garden: the Heist.^[3]

Theatre

Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1973) as Officer^[2]
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
Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (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
Hatton Garden: the Heist (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

^ Sidney Livingstone, jag-london.com, accessed 22 May 2022
^ ^a ^b RSC Performances Coriolanus 1973, shakespeare.org.uk, accessed 22 May 2022
^ Hatton Garden the Heist (2016), themoviescene.co.uk, accessed 21 May 2022
^ Arcadia (1993), National Theatre Archive, accessed 3 August 2021
^ Charles P. Mitchell, A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema (2001), p. 112
^ "Gail Potter (Helen Worth) hogs a lunch date with Roy Thornley (Sidney Livingstone)", Belfast Telegraph, 26 July 1976, p. 6
^ Terry Rowan, Whodoneit! A Film Guide (2014), p. 228
^ Chris Perry, The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013 (2016), p. 374