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Biography

Andrews' father was a musical arranger and conductor and his mother a dancer. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey, Hertfordshire as his father had been a Freemason and died when Andrews was only 5 years old. The Royal Masonic School for Boys was an independent school for boys in England. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...

The Army was originally considered as a career but he instead took a job as a stagehand at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He married Georgina Simpson, heiress to the Piccadilly stores empire, Simpsons of Piccadilly, having fallen in love with her from a photo he saw. They married in 1971 and have three children; Joshua, Jessica and Amy-Samantha. Princess Anne is Amy-Samantha's godmother. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Theatrical_Technician. ... Chichester Festival Theatre is one of the UKs flagship theatres with an international reputation for creating magical live performances. ... Waterstones, Piccadilly is a branch of the Waterstones chain of bookshops, located at 203-206 Piccadilly in central London. ... The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British...

He recently (2001) played Professor Higgins in a stage version of My Fair Lady and Count Fosco in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White. [1] My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, based on George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Original logo for the musical The Woman in White. ...

He was the narrator for a 21st Anniversary BBC Radio 2 special broadcast of Cameron Mackintosh's musical, Les Misérables, sung by the (at the time) current West End cast at the Mermaid Theater in London on Sunday, October 8, 2006. BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... Sir Cameron Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a successful British theatrical producer. ... Les Misérables (translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

He has been a guest at many royal weddings. He attended Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday party. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ...

He recently said in an interview that "Remakes are often an excuse to associate young movie stars with a good title. They think it adds up to magic."

Anothony was the first choice to play "Remington Steele," but turned down the part.

Television roles

• Robert, Marquis of Stockbridge in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
• Reg Hogg in A War of Children (1972)
• Stephen Kelno in QB VII (1974)
• Lord Silverbridge in The Pallisers (1974)
• Marcus Carrington in "Lottie's Boy," an episode of The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
• Lieutenant Brian Ash in Danger UXB (1979)
• Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited (1981)
• Wilfred of Ivanhoe in Ivanhoe (1982)
• Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
• Tony Browne in Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
• Johnnie Aysgarth in Suspicion (1987)
• Edward VIII (The Prince of Wales) in The Woman He Loved (1988)
• Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Elliott Blake in Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989)
• Christopher Edwards in The Law Lord (1991)
• William Whitfield in Danielle Steel's Jewels (1992)
• Luke Crossland in Heartstones (1996)
• Robin in Mothertime (1997)
• Mr. Edward Murdstone in David Copperfield (2000)
• Tommy Beresford in Marple: By the Pricking of my Thumbs 2006

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Film roles

• Hugo Flaxman in Take Me High (1974)
• Catchpole in Percy's Progress (1974, also known as It's Not the Size That Counts)
• Josef Gabcik in Operation Daybreak (1976)
• Hugh Firmin in Under the Volcano (1984)
• Johann von Tiebolt in The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
• Richard Meinertzhagen in The Lighthorsemen (1987)
• McCormack in Hanna's War (1988)
• Andrei Miller in Lost in Siberia (1991)
• Robert Mariell in Haunted (1995)

Take Me High was a 1973 English feature film, directed by David Askey, written by Christopher Penfold and starring Cliff Richard, with Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith, George Cole and Anthony Andrews. ... Percys Progress a British film dating from 1974. ... Operation Daybreak is a 1975 2nd World War film starring Antony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw. ... Under the Volcano (1947) is a semi-autobiographical novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry. ... The Holcroft Covenant is a 1985 film based on the Robert Ludlum novel The Holcroft Covenant. ... Richard Henry Meinertzhagen (March 3, 1878 - June 17, 1967) was a British soldier and intelligence officer with an interest in birds, bird lice and Zionism. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

Producing roles

• Lost in Siberia (1991)
• Haunted (1995)

Theatrical roles

• Count Fosco in The Woman in White
• Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
• Pastor Manders in Ghosts
• Seasons with The New Shakespeare Company and Chichester Festival Theatre
• Somerset Maugham's The Letter at the Wyndham Theatre, London [2007]

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External links

• Anthony Andrews at the Internet Movie Database