Emrys James

Emrys James was born on 1 September 1928 and became a Welsh Shakespearean actor performing in many theatre and TV parts between 1960 and 1989.

In 1958 he married the novelist Sian James, whom he had met while they were both students at the University of Wales. The couple set up home, firstly in London then in Warwickshire, when James began his lasting association with the RSC at Stratford

He became ill in 1988 with a brain tumour and passed away on the 5 February 1989.

Selected TV and Films

Z-Cars (1963)

Moulded in Earth (1965)

Talking to a Stranger (TV, 1966)

Wessex Tales (TV) Softly Softly (TV) Seven of One (TV) Pygmalion (TV) and Candide (TV) in 1973

Fall of Eagles (1974)

Days of Hope (TV, dir. Ken Loach, 1975)

The Man in The Iron Mask (1977)

Testament of Youth (TV, 1979)

Hammer House of Horror Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (TV, 1980)

Doctor Who