Ralph Nossek
Biography
Ralph Nossek was a British actor whose work spanned stage, television and screen; he helped found the Mountview Theatre Club in Crouch End, North London, then began an independent professional career in 1955 that ran for 56 years. Born in London, he appeared in a wide range of theater productions, among them Murder in the Cathedral in Manchester in 1953 and A Woman of No Importance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2003. He was a regular presence in British television drama, often cast as sinister or shady characters but also as policemen, judges, ministers and clergymen, and he won the 1987 Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor for Curtains at the Hampstead Theatre. His film work ranged from a 1954 BBC version of Six Characters in Search of an Author to My Life in Ruins (2009).
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 13 years1996 to 2009
Every film, newest first
- 2009My Life in RuinsIMDb rating 6.0
- 2005Mrs Henderson PresentsIMDb rating 7.0
- 1996The Secret AgentIMDb rating 5.6
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First role
In 1945, after being refused entry to an army base amateur theater company because it was reserved for officers, Nossek set up a rival group, The Theatre Club, which opened with Sutton Vane's Outward Bound.
Getting ready for a role
Nossek played the Nazi Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, roles he handled convincingly especially in later years.
First role
Nossek played 'The Leading Man' in a BBC TV film of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1954, before he left the Mountview Theatre Club in 1955.
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Worked with
Ralph Nossek shares two films with Bob Hoskins, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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