Tom Courtenay (pronounced "Courtney") (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). (In the latter two, he appeared alongside Julie Christie). February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, as well as the name of the collection in which the story has been published. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Billy Liar (1960) is a novel by Keith Waterhouse and play by Waterhouse and Willis Hall. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Doctor Zhivago (Доктор Живаго) is a story of a man torn between two women, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, best known from the 1965 epic film adapted by Robert Bolt from the original novel by Boris Pasternak. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Julie Christie (born April 14, 1941) is a British actress, winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1965 film, Darling. ...

He was born Thomas Daniel Courtenay in Hull, England, and made his stage début in 1960 with the Old Vic company. His Hamlet at the Edinburgh Festival of 1968 marked him out as one of Britain's leading stage actors as well as a film actor. He showed his comic talent again by creating the role of Norman in Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy, The Norman Conquests. He was briefly married to the actress, Cheryl Kennedy. His television appearances have been relatively few, but have included She Stoops to Conquer on BBC and several Ayckbourn plays. He appeared in "I Heard the Owl Call My Name" on US television in 1973. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Old Vic is a theatre in the Waterloo area of London. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ... The Edinburgh Festival is a collection of various festivals in August of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Alan Ayckbourn (born April 12, 1939) is a popular and prolific English playwright. ... She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in 1773. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...

His best known film role after the 1960s is probably in The Dresser, (from Ronald Harwood's play of the same name, in which he also appeared), with Albert Finney. For reasons which remain obscure at this late date, he was cast as Bill Cosby's loyal valet in the notorious 1987 flop Leonard Part 6. In 2003 he appeared on the West End stage again in the one-man show Pretending To Be Me, as Philip Larkin. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actors personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charges life together. ... Ronald Harwood (born November 9, 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a playwright and writer. ... Albert Finney Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. ... Leonard Part 6 is a 1987 comedy film, directed by Paul Weiland and starring Bill Cosby, who also produced and co-wrote the film. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... Philip Arthur Larkin (August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ...

Sir Thomas Courtenay was knighted in 2001. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...