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Gareth Hunt
Life Time
7 February 1943 - 14 March 2007
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His real name is Alan Leonard Hunt. He was born on 7 February 1943 in London. Nephew of English actress Martita Hunt. Six years he served in the merchant fleet, after which he changed many professions: he was a salesman, a stage worker, an employee of British independent television (ITV). He studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began his acting career in repertory theaters in Ipswich, Coventry, the Bristol Old Vic and the London Royal Court Theatre. He later played at the Royal
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His real name is Alan Leonard Hunt. He was born on 7 February 1943 in London. Nephew of English actress Martita Hunt. Six years he served in the merchant fleet, after which he changed many professions: he was a salesman, a stage worker, an employee of British independent television (ITV). He studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began his acting career in repertory theaters in Ipswich, Coventry, the Bristol Old Vic and the London Royal Court Theatre. He later played at the Royal Shakespeare and National Theatres. He was engaged in leading roles in both classical Shakespearean plays and modern repertoire.
The actor began acting in the first half of the seventies. He appeared in one of the plots of the popular science fiction television series Doctor Who (1974), and soon played the footman Frederick in the series from the life of an aristocratic family and their servants Up, Down (1975). He then landed a major role in The New Avengers (1976-1977), a sequel to the cult adventure series The Avengers, which ran on British television in the sixties. In it, he played a former paratrooper major, agent Mike Gambit, helping his colleagues fight against all sorts of enemies and villains threatening the country. His partners in "The New Avengers" were Patrick McNee, who played in this series as early as the sixties and actress Joanna Lumley.
Unfortunately, despite the success of "The New Avengers", the work in this series did not become for Hunt a pass to a more prestigious acting category, and subsequently he was involved mainly in small roles. He starred with director Michael Winner in "In the Chorus of Disapproval" (1988, based on the play by Alan Aickburn) and "Fatal Shots" (1998), as well as in three adaptations of the novels of Barbara Cartland, staged on British television by John Hough - "On the hair from death" (1987), "Lady and the robber" (1989) and "The Phantom of Monte Carlo" (1990). He also co-starred with actor Joss Ekland in the Pet Shop Boys musical film It Couldn't Have Happened Here (1988, Jack Bond). In recent decades, the actor has been known mainly for his work in the theater and for his participation in various television series, including Night and Day (2001-2003). Also starred in one of the series of the popular series "East Enders".
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