Lovell, Dyson

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Lovell, Dyson
Date of birth
1940-08-28
Field of activity
Acting
Casting (Performing arts)
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Actors
Casting directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 19540603
Wikidata: Q1269303
Library of congress: nr 92009776
Sources of Information
  • IMDb, December 10, 2020:(Dyson Lovell; producer, actor, casting director; born on August 28, 1937 in Rhodesia as Dyson William Thain Lovell)
  • Hamlet [VR], 1991:credits (Dyson Lovell)

Wikipedia description:

Dyson Lovell (28 August 1936 – 11 January 2024) was a British film producer and actor. He produced amongst others, Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson (1990), and Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 box-office flop The Cotton Club, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane. He has received four Emmy Award, and three Golden Globe nominations for his work as a producer in television. Lovell originally trained as an actor at RADA, and his early stage work included appearances at The Old Vic and small roles on Broadway. He has played supporting roles in such films as Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Sampson. Lovell died from cancer on 11 January 2024, at the age of 87.

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