JULIAN CURRY

(8 December 1937 - 27 June 2020)

The actor Julian Curry, who has died aged 82, was well-known for his work on television, stage and film. He was a member of the RSC, the National, The Old Vic and Prospect theatre companies. On television he is particularly remembered for playing the rather prissy barrister Claude Erskine-Browne in John Mortimer’s Rumpole of the Bailey. His first film was Smashing Time in 1967. After twelve years of TV he played Mr Smith in The Brontë Sisters then Escape to Victory, The Missionary, Hollywood Monster, Loch Ness, Seven Days to Live and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, his last film in 2004. A wine expert, Curry toured the world in his one-man show and wrote books on Shakespeare, interviewing famous actors on their roles. He married the actress Shelia Reid, then Josephine Edmunds, with whom he has two sons, Finn and Patrick, and finally the actress and writer Mary Chater.

 
MICHAEL DARVELL