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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
- January 1, 1
- Arundel, Sussex, England, UK
In August 1614, at age twenty-one, Villiers caught the eye of King James I at a hunt in Apethorpe. Opponents of the King's favourite Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, saw an opportunity to displace Somerset and began promoting Villiers.
One of the country's most distinctive character actors, with ripe articulation and a flair for displaying supercilious arrogance that put him in the Vincent Price class of screen villains, James...
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.
- September 29, 1933
- January 18, 1998
May 9, 2023 · James Villiers was a quintessential English character actor who left an indelible mark on the world of cinema and theater. He was born on 29 September 1933 in London to parents Eric Hyde Villiers and Joan Ankaret Talbot.
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James Villiers was an English character actor known for his aristocratic lineage and the precise, even clichéd, articulation often associated with such supreme breeding.
