# Dominic Guard

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{{Short description|British actor, writer and psychologist}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Dominic Guard
| image        =
| caption      = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|6|18}}
| birth_place  = [London](/source/London), England
| occupation   = Actor, author, child psychotherapist
| years_active = 1969–2000
| parents      = [Philip Guard](/source/Philip_Guard)<br>[Charlotte Mitchell](/source/Charlotte_Mitchell)
| relatives    = [Christopher Guard](/source/Christopher_Guard) (brother)<br>[Pippa Guard](/source/Pippa_Guard) (cousin) 
}}

'''Dominic Guard''' (born 18 June 1956) is an English [child psychotherapist](/source/Child_psychotherapy), author and former actor.

==Early life==
Guard was born in London on 18 June 1956. His father, [Philip Guard](/source/Philip_Guard), was an English stage actor, his mother, [Charlotte Mitchell](/source/Charlotte_Mitchell), an actress and poet. His older brother [Christopher](/source/Christopher_Guard), also an actor, was born in 1953. His sister is the animator [Candy Guard](/source/Pond_Life_(TV_series)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell|title=Charlotte Mitchell obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=7 June 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> His parents separated when he was twelve.

As a 14-year-old, in ''[The Go-Between](/source/The_Go-Between_(1971_film))'' (1971), Guard played Leo Colston, the title character who runs messages between two secret lovers and has a momentous 13th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Views of a Freudian Classic and an Arctic Adventure|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/30/79682862.pdf|access-date=3 June 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 July 1971}}</ref> For his performance he won a [BAFTA Award](/source/BAFTA_Award) in 1971 as [Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Most_Promising_Newcomer_to_Leading_Film_Roles). The film won the ''[Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or)'', the main prize at the [Cannes film festival](/source/Cannes_film_festival).

==Career==
Guard later appeared as ''[Huw Morgan](/source/Huw_Morgan)'' in ''[How Green Was My Valley](/source/How_Green_Was_My_Valley)'' (1975 TV series), ''[Picnic at Hanging Rock](/source/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock_(film))'' (1975), ''[The Count of Monte Cristo](/source/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(1975_film))'' (1975) with Richard Chamberlain, ''[Absolution](/source/Absolution_(1978_film))'' (1978) alongside [Richard Burton](/source/Richard_Burton) and [Billy Connolly](/source/Billy_Connolly),<ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |title=A Bit of Burton's Legacy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/movies/a-bit-of-burton-s-legacy.html |access-date=3 June 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 July 1988}}</ref> ''[Gandhi](/source/Gandhi_(film))'' (1982), and in [P. D. James](/source/P._D._James)'s ''[An Unsuitable Job for a Woman](/source/An_Unsuitable_Job_for_a_Woman_(film))'' alongside his cousin [Pippa Guard](/source/Pippa_Guard).<ref>{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet | author-link = Janet Maslin|title=Unsuitable Job for a Woman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/26/movies/film-unsuitable-job-for-a-woman.html|access-date=3 June 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 April 1985}}</ref>

In 1978 Guard voiced the role of [Pippin](/source/Peregrin_Took) in an [animated adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings''](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1978_film)). His brother Christopher Guard starred alongside him in the film, voicing [Frodo Baggins](/source/Frodo_Baggins). On stage he played Christopher in a 1982 production of ''[The Jeweller's Shop](/source/The_Jeweller's_Shop)'' by Karol Wojtyła, later [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II), at the [Westminster Theatre](/source/Westminster_Theatre), and appeared in a guest role in the 1983 ''[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)'' story ''[Terminus](/source/Terminus_(Doctor_Who))''. He continued acting regularly until 2000.

==Later career==
Guard is now a fully accredited [child psychotherapist](/source/child_psychotherapist) living in London and has written more than ten books for children,<ref>{{cite web|title=Certificate in Therapeutic Play|url=http://www.artspsychotherapy.org/artschild-psychotherapy/play-therapy/96|publisher=Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education|access-date=3 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224092543/http://www.artspsychotherapy.org/artschild-psychotherapy/play-therapy/96|archive-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> including ''Little Box of Mermaid Treasures'', ''Pirate Fun'', ''The Dragon Master's Tale'', and ''Secrets of the Fairy Ring''.

==Personal life ==
Guard is the father of two children with the actress [Sharon Duce](/source/Sharon_Duce), with whom he appeared in ''Absolution'' (1978).<ref>Harvey Fenton, David Flint, ''Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s'' (FAB, 2001), p. 288</ref>

==Work==

===Films===
* ''[The Go-Between](/source/The_Go-Between_(1971_film))'' (1971) - Leo Colston
* ''[The Nelson Affair](/source/The_Nelson_Affair)'' (1973) - George Matcham Jr.<ref>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Genteel 'Nelson Affair' Opens|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/04/19/99142451.pdf|access-date=3 June 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 April 1973}}</ref> 
* ''[Picnic at Hanging Rock](/source/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock_(film))''  (1975) - Michael Fitzhubert
* ''[The Count of Monte Cristo](/source/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(1975_film))''  (1975) - Albert Mondego
* ''[The Lord of the Rings](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1978_film))'' (1978) - [Pippin Took](/source/Pippin_Took)
* ''[Absolution](/source/Absolution_(1978_film))''  (1978) - Benjamin Stanfield
* ''[One Fine Day](/source/One_Fine_Day_(1979_film))'' (1979) - Rycroft
* ''[An Unsuitable Job for a Woman](/source/An_Unsuitable_Job_for_a_Woman_(film))'' (1982) - Andrew Lunn
* ''[Gandhi](/source/Gandhi_(film))'' (1982) - Subaltern
* ''L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre'' (The Man who Lost his Shadow) (1991) - Paul<ref>{{cite news|title=L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/165567/L-Homme-qui-a-perdu-son-ombre/overview|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615201725/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/165567/L-Homme-qui-a-perdu-son-ombre/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|author=Clarke Fountain|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

===Television===
*  ''[The Hands of Cormac Joyce](/source/The_Hands_of_Cormac_Joyce)'' (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (1972) - Jackie Joyce<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=John J. |title=Irish Island Drama is No. 100 on 'Hall of Fame'|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/11/18/90730732.pdf |access-date=3 June 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 November 1972 |quote=The actors were all impressive, especially young Mr. Guard, who provided an attractively lean performance in a role that could have easily been overstuffed with theatrics.}}</ref> 
* ''[How Green Was My Valley](/source/How_Green_Was_My_Valley_(1975_TV_series))'' (1976) - Huw Morgan
* ''Maybury'' (1981) - Colin Gilbert 
* ''[Cousin Phillis](/source/Cousin_Phillis_(TV_series))'' (1982) - Paul Manning
* ''[Terminus (Doctor Who)](/source/Terminus_(Doctor_Who))'' (1983) - Olvir
* ''The Hello Goodbye Man'' (1984) - Glen Harris
* ''[A Woman of Substance](/source/A_Woman_of_Substance_(1985_TV_series))'' (1985) - Winston Harte
* ''[Big Deal](/source/Big_Deal_(TV_series))'' (series 3) 'Playing the ace' & 'The biggest deal' (1986) - Simon
* ''[All Creatures Great and Small](/source/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(1978_TV_series)) S7.Ep4 'A Friend for Life''' (1990) ''-'' Peter Shadwell
* ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill_(series_7)) - S7.Ep79 'Friday and Counting'''  (1991) - Robin Granger
* ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(series_6)) - S6.E15 'Cascade'''  (1992) - Tim Turner
* ''The Gingerbread Girl'' (1993) - David
* ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill_(series_10)) - S10.Ep71 'Lesson to be Learned'''  (1994) - Vernon Meredith
* ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(series_10)) - S10.E11 'Release'''  (1995) - Philip Hall
* ''[Wycliffe](/source/Wycliffe_(TV_series)) - S2.Ep6 Happy Families'' (1995) - Mick Brandon
* ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill_(series_12)) - S12.Ep147 'Black Money'''  (1996) - Tony Baker
* ''Annie's Bar'' (1996) - Alistair Read
* ''[Poirot](/source/Agatha_Christie's_Poirot) -  S7.Ep2 [Lord Edgware Dies](/source/Lord_Edgware_Dies)'' (2000) - Bryan Martin

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp.&nbsp;314–315.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0345297}}
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4SvzxfVVGfo THE GO-BETWEEN - Interview With Dominic Guard], YouTube
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Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:English psychologists

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