His real name is David Jeeves-Bout. He was born on December 19, 1927 in Croydon, County Surrey. After graduation, he entered the army, from where he returned a few years later in the rank of captain. After the army he worked in the office of a diamond mining company, but already at that time he played in amateur theater. In 1954 he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After studying there for two years, he began a professional career in one of the small London theaters, where he met his future
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His real name is David Jeeves-Bout. He was born on December 19, 1927 in Croydon, County Surrey. After graduation, he entered the army, from where he returned a few years later in the rank of captain. After the army he worked in the office of a diamond mining company, but already at that time he played in amateur theater. In 1954 he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After studying there for two years, he began a professional career in one of the small London theaters, where he met his future wife Paula Delaney, who worked as an assistant director. 1956-1957. Booth spent in the famous Old Vic, where he worked as an extra, and in 1958 joined the experimental theater-workshop of Joan Littlewood. Working for Littlewood, he gained some fame thanks to his participation in the musicals of Lionel Bart.
He made his film debut, starring in the musical comedy Ken Hughes "Jazz Ship" (1959) as a gangster Spider Kelly, after which he played blackmailer Alfred Wood in his historical drama "Process over Oscar Wilde" (1960). In 1962, Booth briefly joined the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, where he took the stage as Edmond in King Lear (a production by Peter Brook). He then starred in the only film directed by his mentor Joan Littlewood, Sparrows Don't Sing (1963) and Ken Russell's first feature film, the comedy French Dress (1964). Soon Booth played his most famous role in the movie - the sullen and cruel Welsh shooter Henry Hook, a kind of "hero involuntarily" in the historical battle film Cy Endfield "Zulus" (1964).
Behind this Booth expected several more notable acting jobs, including the role of Inspector Langdon in the crime film "The Robbery" (1967, directed by Peter Yates) and Ambrose Tuttle, the secret lover of the wife of a successful businessman in the comedy "Happiness" (1968), however, he was invited to seven years in the film "Mrs. Not finding satisfaction from working in the film, the actor focused on theatrical career. In 1974, returning to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, he played in David Rudkin’s play Before Nightfall, as well as Shakespeare’s classic The Tempest and Measure for Measure. A year later, he appeared on Broadway as James Joyce in Tom Stoppard’s play Travesti.
Thereafter, Booth and his family moved to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, where he earned a living adapting and writing original scripts for film and television. They were mostly ordinary fighters. In addition to writing, Booth continued to star in small roles in both American and British films, TV series and television productions. His films include Airport 77 (1977, Jerry Jameson), Jazz Singer (1980, Richard Fleischer), Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981, Peter Medack), and Lady and the Robber (1989, John Hough). Also from 1990 to 1991, he played former prisoner Ernie Niles in the popular TV series Twin Peaks. A few years before his death, Booth and his family returned to Britain, where they settled in Essex. James Booth died on August 11, 2005. The last picture with his participation - the comedy "Silence" (Director Neill Johnson), which starred popular actors Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith, appeared on the screens in the same year.
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