Peter Woodthorpe (25 September 1931 â€" 12 August 2004) was an English
film, television and voice actor who supplied the voice of Gollum in
the 1978 Bakshi version of The Lord of the Rings and BBC's 1981 radio
serial. He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult series Monkey
and was Max the pathologist in early episodes of Inspector Morse.In
the summer of 1955 he played Estragon in the first British production
of Waiting for Godot. He had then just finished his second year
reading Biochemistry at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and expected to
return after a run of a few weeks. When the play was successful, faced
with the choice of dropping out either from Cambridge or from the
play, he chose to stay with the play and his acting career. In 1960,
he played Aston in the first production of Harold Pinter's The
Caretaker at the Arts Theatre, in London, prior to transferring to the
West End's Duchess Theatre on 30 May 1960. He also starred as Oxford
in the Broadway musical Darling of the Day.Before going up to
Cambridge he was educated at Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School and
served as a national serviceman in the Royal Navy, training at the
Joint Services School for Linguists as a Russian interpreter.
film, television and voice actor who supplied the voice of Gollum in
the 1978 Bakshi version of The Lord of the Rings and BBC's 1981 radio
serial. He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult series Monkey
and was Max the pathologist in early episodes of Inspector Morse.In
the summer of 1955 he played Estragon in the first British production
of Waiting for Godot. He had then just finished his second year
reading Biochemistry at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and expected to
return after a run of a few weeks. When the play was successful, faced
with the choice of dropping out either from Cambridge or from the
play, he chose to stay with the play and his acting career. In 1960,
he played Aston in the first production of Harold Pinter's The
Caretaker at the Arts Theatre, in London, prior to transferring to the
West End's Duchess Theatre on 30 May 1960. He also starred as Oxford
in the Broadway musical Darling of the Day.Before going up to
Cambridge he was educated at Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School and
served as a national serviceman in the Royal Navy, training at the
Joint Services School for Linguists as a Russian interpreter.
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