Roddy Maude-Roxby

Biography

Roddy Maude-Roxby is a retired British actor and an early British performance artist who was born in London in 1930 and trained at the Royal College of Art, where he edited ARK magazine in 1958. He worked alongside David Hockney and Peter Blake at the college and exhibited with Blake at the Portal Gallery in 1960. He voiced the butler Edgar Balthazar in Disney's The Aristocats (1970), played Thompson in Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart (1990) and appeared in Unconditional Love. His television work included the recurring role of Professor Weaver in The Complete and Utter History of Britain, The Goodies and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, and in 1992 he played the alien Mercator in Parallel 9. He won a Theatre of the Year Award for stand-up comedy in 1968 and worked with masks and improvisation for decades, co-creating improvisational games with Keith Johnstone.

96years old

Turns 97 on April 2in 169 days

Born April 2, 1930London
Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 28 years1965 to 1993

Every film, newest first

1993ShadowlandsIMDb rating 7.3
1990White Hunter Black HeartIMDb rating 6.5
1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesIMDb rating 6.4
1970The AristoCatsIMDb rating 7.1
1965The Party's OverIMDb rating 6.3

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A first
At the Royal College of Art, Roddy Maude-Roxby worked with David Hockney and Peter Blake. He became an early innovator there, counted among the UK's first performance artists before the art form was recognized.
Behind the camera
Maude-Roxby spent more than 40 years working with masks and improvisation. He helped create improvisational games at the Royal Court Theatre, which became known as "Theatre Machine" with Keith Johnstone.