# Denys Graham
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{{Short description|Welsh actor (1926–2024)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|06|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales), [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_(historic)), Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|24|1926|06|29|df=y}}
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'''Denys Graham''' (29 June 1926 – 24 October 2024) was a Welsh actor who appeared in the later series of ''[Rumpole of the Bailey](/source/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey)'' as the title character's many-daughtered colleague Percy Hoskins.[{{Cite web |title=Denys Graham |url=http://uk-tv-guide.com/celebrity/Denys+Graham/93252/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319002713/http://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Denys+Graham/93252/ |archive-date=19 March 2012 |website=digiguide.tv}}] Over a 70-year career he played a wide range of other roles on stage and screen.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.hawguk.org/denys.graham/index.html |title=RADA educated |access-date=6 March 2011 |archive-date=15 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315121057/http://www.hawguk.org/denys.graham/index.html |url-status=dead }}]
==Life and career==
Graham was born in [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales), [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_(historic)), Wales on 29 June 1926. An accomplished pianist, he was educated at [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford) and trained at the [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art).[{{cite web |url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/ |title=Home |website=rada.ac.uk}}]
His extensive and varied theatre work included playing in the original 1956 production of ''[Under Milk Wood](/source/Under_Milk_Wood)'' at the New Theatre, London and appearing in the original 1955 production of ''[Waiting for Godot](/source/Waiting_for_Godot)'' at the Arts Theatre, London, directed by [Peter Hall](/source/Peter_Hall_(theatre_director)). For two years he was a member of [John Gielgud](/source/John_Gielgud)’s company at the Phoenix Theatre, London, followed by a season with the [Royal Shakespeare Company](/source/Royal_Shakespeare_Company) at Stratford-upon-Avon. His final West End role was Victor Witt in ''Grand Hotel'' at the Dominion Theatre in 1992.
Graham's best known film roles were [Flying Officer L.G. Knight DSO](/source/Les_Knight) in ''[The Dam Busters](/source/The_Dam_Busters_(film))'' (1955), Private Fraser in ''[Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk_(1958_film))'' (1958), Private 716 Robert Jones in ''[Zulu](/source/Zulu_(1964_film))'' (1964) and [Kaiser Wilhelm II](/source/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II) in ''[All Quiet on the Western Front](/source/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1979_film))'' (1979).
Graham died on 24 October 2024, at the age of 98.[{{cite web |title=Denys Graham |url=https://actorsandwriters.london/denys.graham/ |website=Actors & Writers London |access-date=29 October 2024}}][{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jamie |title=British actor Denys Graham who starred in The Dam Busters, Dunkirk and Zulu has died aged 98 |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/obituaries/star-of-the-dam-busters-dunkirk-and-zulu-denys-graham-dies-at-98-4846810 |access-date=31 October 2024 |publisher=National World |date=30 October 2024}}]
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1953|| ''[Valley of Song](/source/Valley_of_Song)'' || Denzil – Miner || uncredited
|-
|1955|| ''[The Dam Busters](/source/The_Dam_Busters_(film))'' || Flying Officer [L. G. Knight](/source/Les_Knight), D.S.O. ||
|-
|1956|| ''[Fire Maidens from Outer Space](/source/Fire_Maidens_from_Outer_Space)'' || scientist || uncredited
|-
|1958|| ''[Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk_(1958_film))'' || Fraser ||
|-
|1964|| ''[Zulu](/source/Zulu_(1964_film))'' || [Private 716 Robert Jones](/source/Robert_Jones_(VC)) ||
|-
|1966|| ''[Modesty Blaise](/source/Modesty_Blaise_(1966_film))'' || Co-Pilot ||
|-
|1979|| ''[All Quiet on the Western Front](/source/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1979_film))'' || Kaiser [Wilhelm II](/source/Wilhelm_II)||
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name | 0334002}}
*{{discogs artist|Denys Graham}}
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Category:1926 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Male actors from Newport, Wales
Category:Welsh male stage actors
Category:Welsh male film actors
Category:Welsh male television actors
Category:People educated at Stanwell School
Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:20th-century Welsh male actors
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