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James Michael Hyde Villiers (29 September 1933 – 18 January 1998) was an English character actor. He was particularly known for his plummy voice and ripe articulation. He was a great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Clarendon.
James Villiers. Actor: Repulsion. Character actor James Villiers was of an aristocratic background - you could half tell, not only from his sardonic looks and precisely modulated voice, but from the roles he played.
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
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- Arundel, Sussex, England, UK
A tribute to the actor James Villiers, who died in 1998, with a summary of his film, theatre and television career. He was known for his roles in The Damned, Repulsion, The First Churchills and Private Lives.
James Villiers was a British actor of aristocratic background, known for his roles in films by Joseph Losey and TV adaptations of Pygmalion and The First Churchills. He died of cancer in 1998 and was a friend of Peter O'Toole and Peter Bowles.
- September 29, 1933
- January 18, 1998
Portraits of James and his most well-known favourites, L to R: James VI & I, Esme Stewart, Robert Carr, George Villiers. From the age of thirteen until his death, the life of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (1566–1625) was characterised by close relationships with a series of male favourites .
James Villiers was an English character actor known for his aristocratic lineage and the precise, even clichéd, articulation often associated with such supreme breeding.
James Villiers Biography (1933-1998) Born September 29, 1933, in London, England; died of cancer, January 18, 1998. Actor. Villiers is remembered for his roles on both the stage and on film and television screens.
