Actor
15 June 1946 to 9 November 2021
A British actor, who made his big screen debut as a teenager in 1961’s Whistle Down the Wind. He went on to have a long career in film and television, working with Franco Zeffirelli three times, on The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and the Jesus of Nazareth mini-series (1977). Other big screen roles included The Land That Time Forgot (1974), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Robin Hood (2010) and War Horse (2011). On television he had notable roles in Sorry! (1981-1988), Doctor Who (‘The Caves of Androzani’, 1984), Outside Edge and Pride & Prejudice (both 1995).
Read Roy Holder's Guardian obituary
Read Roy Holder's Times obituary
