Gordon Massey Gostelow (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was an Australian actor. He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics.
Gostelow went to England in 1950 and worked in the theatre (regional repertory), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television. In Shakespeare he was especially associated with the role of the alcoholic reprobate Bardolph in the Henriad plays. He played the character on television in both An Age of Kings in 1960 and in the BBC Television Shakespeare's version of the plays in 1979. He also played several other roles in the former production, but was said to have been "born" to play Bardolph.BBC Television Shakespeare, DVD booklet.
He played the parts of Perks in the 1968 TV serial of The Railway Children, Milo Clancey in the Doctor Who serial The Space Pirates in 1969, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Elizabeth R.Deborah C. Mitchell & Elizabeth A. Ford, Royal Portraits in Hollywood: Filming the Lives of Queens, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY., 2009, p.265 Between 1969 and 1970 he also narrated in twelve episodes of BBC children's television series Jackanory. In 1984, he took the part of Alf Battle in the supermarket sitcom Tripper's Day. He appeared in a 1999 episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Death's Shadow".
His film career included roles in Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963), The Idol (1966), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Day Christ Died (1980, as Nicodemus), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), and How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989).
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1963 Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow Ben 1964 Gideons Way episode Fall High Fall Hard Thompson 1966 The Idol Simon 1966 The Spy with a Cold Nose Reporter Uncredited1969 In Search of Gregory Old Man 1970 Wuthering Heights 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Guchkov 1977 The Stick Up Farmer 1980 The Day Christ Died Nicodemus 1981Lady KillersCharles BurnhamEpisode: "My Perfect Husband"1982 The Scarlet Pimpernel Duval TV movie1989 How to Get Ahead in Advertising Priest
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Programs and related material in the National Library of Australia's PROMPT collection