Tom Bell
Biography
Tom Bell was an English actor who worked across stage, film, and television, often cast as menacing or seedy characters. Born in Liverpool in 1933, he trained with Esme Church at Bradford Civic Theatre and then worked in repertory in Liverpool and Dublin. He first acted in school plays at fifteen and made his film debut in Joseph Losey's The Criminal in 1960. Early British New Wave credits included The Kitchen and The L-Shaped Room (1962), and other films included H.M.S. Defiant (1962) and The Long Day's Dying (1968). On television he earned a BAFTA nomination for playing Frank Ross in Out in 1978, and appeared as Adolf Eichmann in Holocaust. He became best known as Detective Sergeant Bill Otley, opposite Helen Mirren, in Prime Suspect, a role that brought a second BAFTA nomination in 1993. Later film work included Wish You Were Here (1987), Prospero's Books (1991), and The Krays (1990). He died in 2006.
73years old at death
- Born Liverpool
- Died Brighton
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Thomas George Bell (birth name)Also credited as Thomas Bell
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 40 years1962 to 2002
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Early training
After finishing school, Bell studied at the Bradford Civic Theatre with Esme Church as his teacher. Billie Whitelaw and Robert Stephens were among the other pupils there.
First role
Bell's first film appearance came in 1960 in Joseph Losey's The Criminal, the same year he played Albert Stokes in Harold Pinter's A Night Out.
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Most often with
Peter Medak directed two of these films, Peter Collinson two. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Peter MedakDirector, 2 films, 1990 to 1991
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Peter CollinsonDirector, 2 films, 1968 to 1972
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