Sidney Frederick Livingstone (born 29 March 1945) is an English stage, television, and film character actor. He has sometimes been credited as Sydney Livingstone.
Early life Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Livingstone was an apprentice chef, a salesman, and a plumber's merchant, before gaining a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and training as an actor. He graduated in 1969.Sidney Livingstone, jag-london.com, accessed 22 May 2022
Career Livingstone's acting career began on stage, and by 1973 he was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in several productions directed by Trevor Nunn, including Richard II, Hamlet, Timon of Athens and The Blue Angel. An early film role came in The Ragman's Daughter (1972).
In 1974, he played Mardian in the television film Antony and Cleopatra. His many other television credits include Jeeves and Wooster in which he played the role of Constable Oats, Crown Court, Shine on Harvey Moon, Minder, and Boon. In 2016, he starred as Brian Reader in the British film Hatton Garden: the Heist.Hatton Garden the Heist (2016), themoviescene.co.uk, accessed 21 May 2022
Theatre Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1973) as OfficerRSC Performances Coriolanus 1973, shakespeare.org.uk, accessed 22 May 2022 Hindle Wakes as Sir Timothy Farrar Inherit the Wind (The Old Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bannister A Chorus of Disapproval (1985) as Jarvis Richard II (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bishop of Carlisle Hamlet (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Voltimand Timon of Athens (Young Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Lucullus Sitting Pretty as Max Oklahoma! (Royal National Theatre) as Andrew Carnes Arcadia (Royal National Theatre, 1993) as Richard Noakes Arcadia (1993), National Theatre Archive, accessed 3 August 2021 Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Provost The Blue Angel (Royal Shakespeare Company, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bombler Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2005) as Ken Crazy for You (West End, 2011) as Everett Baker
Films The Ragman's Daughter (1972) as Borstal Instructor Antony and Cleopatra (1974) as Mardian The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan Lifeforce (1985) as Ned PriceCharles P. Mitchell, A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema (2001), p. 112 Passion Killers (1999) as Fred Oklahoma! (1999) as Andrew Carnes Hatton Garden: The Heist (2016) as Brian Reader
Television Coronation Street (1976) as Roy Thornley"Gail Potter (Helen Worth) hogs a lunch date with Roy Thornley (Sidney Livingstone)", Belfast Telegraph, 26 July 1976, p. 6 Happy Since I Met You (television play, 1981) as Dennis Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan The Crucifer of Blood (1991) as Roly Lamas DirTerry Rowan, Whodoneit! A Film Guide (2014), p. 228 Jeeves and Wooster: Trouble at Totleigh Towers and The Ties that Bind (1993) as Constable Oates Midsomer Murders: Days of Misrule (2008) as Don MitchinsonChris Perry, The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013 (2016), p. 374 The Devil's Hour (2022) as Gerald Bell
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