Redmond Phillips
Introduction '''Redmond Bernard Phillips''' (5 June 1912 – 3 November 1993) was a New Zealand actor and writer, particularly of theatre and television, who worked in his native country, as well as in England and Australia.
Early life Phillips was born in Reefton, New Zealand and began acting in the theatre while a student at Victoria University of Wellington. After moving to Sydney, Australia in the late 1930s he performed with Doris Fitton's pioneering Independent Theatre group and wrote material for radio star Jack Davey. During the Second World War he served as a staff sergeant with the Entertainment Unit of the Australian Army for which he also wrote material.
Career He moved to Britain in 1948 where he became a successful character actor in the theatre, working with the Nottingham Playhouse, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1957 he started acting for television and appeared in many series such as ''Maigret'', ''Danger Man'', ''The Saint'' and ''The Avengers'' and in several plays produced by the BBC.In 1968 he returned to Sydney and continued performing on stage with the Old Tote Theatre Company. He remained active in television playing roles in many series and was part of the regular cast of ''Spyforce'' playing the ruthless Colonel Cato.
Filmography ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes1958 ''The Golden Disc''  1st Recording Manager  Feature film 1958 ''A Night to Remember''  Mr. Hoyle  Feature film1959 ''Naked Fury''  Inspector Stevens  Feature film1959 ''Left Right and Centre''  Mr. Smithson  Feature film1959 ''Blind Date''  Police Doctor  Feature film1960 ''The Angry Silence''  Ambulance Driver  Feature film1960 ''There Was a Crooked Man''  Padre  Feature film1960 ''The Criminal''  Prison Doctor  Feature film1963 ''Love Is a Ball''  Starcy  Feature film1963 ''Tom Jones''  Lawyer Dowling  Feature film1964 ''The Gorgon''  Hans  Feature film1971 ''Demonstrator''  Sir David Crawford  Feature film1978 ''Little Boy Lost''  Canon Pritchard  Feature film1980 ''The Earthling''  Bobby Burns  Feature film1983 ''With Prejudice''  Judge Nagle  Feature film1983 ''Hostage''  Priest  Feature film1983 ''Now and Forever''  Judge  Feature film 1983 ''Phar Lap''  Sir Samuel Hordern  Feature film 1984 ''Razorback''  Magistrate  Feature film 1985 ''Burke & Wills''  Commissioner May  Feature film ===Television=== Year Title Role Notes  ''Maigret''   TV series   ''Danger Man''   TV series   ''The Saint''   TV series   ''The Avengers''   TV series   ''Spyforce''  Colonel Cato  TV series  1972  ''Snake Gully with Dad and Dave''  Mayor  TV series 1975  ''Scattergood: Friend of All''   TV series
Theatre ===As actor=== Year Title Role Venue / Theatre Co. 1940  ''The Importance of Being Earnest''   Independent Theatre, Sydney 1941  ''The Life of the Insects''   Independent Theatre, Sydney  1947  ''The Country Wife''  Dorilant  Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney 1947  ''As You Like It''  Le Bleu  Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney 1947  ''Lady Windermere's Fan''  Lord Augustus Norton  Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney 1947  ''No Room at the Inn''   Minerva Theatre, Sydney  ''Henry VI, Part 1''  Vernon / Clerk of Chatham / Louis XI / Keeper  The Old Vic, London and Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company 1949  ''The Rivals''   Nottingham Playhouse 1951  ''Thieves’ Carnival''  Sergeant / Town Crier  Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company 1951  ''Princess of Pandemonia''  Mandelbaum, Jeweller  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1951  ''The Rent Day''  Hyssop  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1951  ''The Wild Duck''  Balding gentleman  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1951  ''Oliver Twist''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1951-53  ''Henry VI, Part 2''  Clerk of Chatham / Simcox  Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London 1951-53  ''Henry VI, Part 3''  Keeper / Louis XI  The Old Vic, London & Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company 1952  ''Sherlock Holmes''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''A Penny for a Song''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''Point of Departure''  The Manager  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''South Wind''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''Abraham Lincoln''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''A Month in the Country''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952  ''Emmy''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1952-53  ''The Tinder Box''  Kufuffle  Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Birmingham Repertory Company 1953  ''Miser''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1953  ''The Boy David''  Jesse  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1953  ''The Critic''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1953  ''Henry IV, Part 1''  Shepherd, father to Joan / Vernon of the White-Rose or York faction  Birmingham Repertory Theatre & The Old Vic, London 1954  ''The Private Life of Helen Eteoneus''    Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''The Moon in the Yellow River''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''Tartuffe''  Tartuffe  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''Pericles''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''Carrington, V.C.'' Bombardier Owen  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''Murder Will Speak''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''The Silver Curlew''  King Nollekens of Norfolk  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''Noah''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''You Never Can Tell''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''The Enchanted''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''Richard II''  Edmund of Langley  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''The Long Sunset''  Portius  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''Beauty in the Wood''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1955  ''Caste''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1954  ''Yellow Sands''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1956  ''Salad Days''   His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland 1956  ''The Queen and the Rebels''   His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland 1957  ''Slave of Truth''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1957  ''Sganarelle''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1957  ''The Beaux' Stratagem''  Scrub  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1957  ''Lizard on the Rock''  Arthur Canbery  Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1958  ''The Potting Shed''  Father William Callifer  Globe Theatre & Theatre Royal, Brighton 1960  ''Anna Christie''  Chris Christoferson  Oxford Playhouse with Meadow Players Ltd 1961-62  ''Much Ado About Nothing''  Leonato  Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company 1961-62  ''Hamlet''  Polonius  Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company 1961-62  ''Richard III''  Lord Stanley  Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company  1961-62  ''As You Like It''  Duke  Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company  1964  ''The Successor''   Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal 1966  ''Crack in the Ice''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1966  ''The Life of Galileo''   Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1968  ''Breath of Spring''   Independent Theatre, Sydney 1969  ''Hadrian VII''   Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 1969  ''Halfway Up the Tree''  Vicar  Theatre Royal, Sydney 1973  ''The Dragon, The Donkey and The Nightingale''  The Emperor  Bailey Hall, Sydney 1975  ''The Male of the Species''   Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Elizabethan Theatre 1976  ''Saturday Sunday Monday''   Independent Theatre, Sydney 1976  ''The Shoemaker's Holiday''  Sir Roger Otley  Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre 1977  ''The Magistrate''  Mr Bullamy  Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre 1977  ''The Alchemist''  Tribulation Wholesome  UNSW Parade Theatre 1977  ''The Ultimate Obscenity''   UNSW Parade Theatre 1977  ''The Time Is Not Yet Ripe''  An English Butler  Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre 1978  ''What Every Woman Knows''  Charles Venables  Marian Street Theatre 1980  ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''  Robert Shallow  Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre 1981  ''You Never Can Tell''  William  Marian Street Theatre 1982  ''The Importance of Being Earnest''  Lane  Marian Street Theatre===As crew=== Year Title Role Venue / Theatre Co. 1957-58  ''School''  Adaptation / lyrics  Birmingham Repertory Theatre & Princes Theatre, London with Birmingham Repertory Company
Radio  Year Title Role 1987  ''The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes''  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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