recently, a musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest. On television, he has made appearances in Journey's End, Man at the Top (1972), The Ash Tree (1975), Casting the Runes (1979), Maigret, No Strings, Dead of Night, The Brief, Midsomer Murders (a role he took on after Ian Richardson died a few days before production was to begin), The Land Girls and Doctors. His film roles include Richard St Ives in Mike Newell's An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Lord Peter Wimsey, Dr. Pritchard in Gulliver's Travels (1996), Foster in A Christmas Carol (1999), Dom Vladimir in The Statement (2003), and Aesculapius in Pope Joan (2009), directed by Sonke Wortmann. Awards and honours Petherbridge is a winner of the Olivier and London Theatre Critics' Awards (for his role as Charlie Marsden in Strange Interlude), and has twice been nominated for a Tony Award (for Nicholas Nickleby and Strange Interlude). He has also been a recipient of the Sony Award for Best Actor in a Radio Drama. In 1989, Petherbridge was awarded an Honorary D.Litt. by the University of Bradford. Personal life Petherbridge is married to the actress Emily Richard, with whom he has appeared several times on stage. Petherbridge and Richard live in West Hampstead in North London. The couple have two children, Dora (b. 1983) and Arthur (b. 1986). He has a son, David (b. 1965), by his first marriage to the New Zealand actress and director Louise Petherbridge (née Harris). In 2007, Petherbridge suffered two strokes while preparing to star in a production of King Lear. He later fictionalised the experience in the play My Perfect Mind, co-written with Paul Hunter. His book, Slim Chances and Unscheduled Appearances was published in March 2011 and launched with a sell-out Platform at the National Theatre. At the same time he held his first art exhibition at Burgh House in Hampstead. With his friend Kathleen Riley, he is writing a history of West Hampstead, NW6 and All That. Publications Petherbridge is the author of Pillar Talk (or Backcloth and Ashes), a one-man show about Saint Simeon Stylites, published in 2005. He has also contributed to The Continuum Companion to Twentieth-Century Theatre. In 2011, Petherbridge published an autobiographical anthology of essays, poems and artwork under the title Slim Chances and Unscheduled Appearances, which includes a foreword by Sir Ian McKellen. References External links 1936 births British conscientious objectors Living people Male actors