{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1978–present | spouse = }} '''Richard Cordery''' is a British actor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3641425/A-flying-piano-a-sinking-heart.html |title=A flying piano, a sinking heart |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Charles |last=Spencer |date=3 May 2005 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>
==Career== ===Film and television=== Cordery's television credits include ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', as a prosecution Barrister (Series 5 Episode 6 - 1988), ''Doc Martin'' as Dennis Dodds, ''Whitechapel'' as George Collier, ''Garrow's Law'' as Sir Sampson Wright.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} He appeared in ''Midsomer Murders'' “The Straw Woman” as Dr John Cole in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/9b6n/midsomer-murders--series-7---6-the-straw-woman---part-two |title=Midsomer Murders Series 7 – 6. The Straw Woman - Part Two |work=Radio Times |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref> as Morris Bingham in “The-Made-to Measure Murders” in 2010,<!--The made to measure Murders, S13, 12 May 2020.--> and as Atticus Bradley in “The Killings of Copenhagen“ (2014, S16:E5). He played the Duc De Raguse in the 2012 film ''Les Misérables''.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
In the 2013 film ''About Time'', Cordery played Uncle Desmond, the "sweet but mentally-challenged" uncle of the protagonist Tim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-about-time-1200575189/ |title=Film Review: 'About Time' |work=Variety |first=Leslie |last=Felperin |date=8 August 2013 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>
In the fifth season of ''The Crown'', Cordery portrayed Marmaduke Hussey, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996.
===Theatre=== Much of Cordery's acting career has been in theatre. His body of work includes many Shakespeare performances, such as the tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1997),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4892885.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201041337/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4892885.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2013 |title=The Critics: Death in Life with Marguerite Duras, Life in Death with Romeo and Juliet |work=The Independent |first=Robert |last=Butler |date=9 November 1997 |accessdate=1 December 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> the trilogy ''Henry VI'' (2000), the drama ''Richard III'' (2001), the tragedy ''Macbeth'' (2004), and the comedy ''The Winter's Tale''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k55ZBp8OSfQC&q=%22Richard+Cordery%22&pg=PA184 |title=Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays |isbn=9780521840880 |last1=Smallwood |first1=Robert Leo |year=2004 |page=184}}</ref> In 2002, Cordery played Menenius in a Swan Theatre adaptation of the Shakespeare play ''Coriolanus''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1720205.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201041306/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1720205.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2013 |title=Arts: The Profession of Violence; in the Royal Shakespeare Company's New Coriolanus, PAUL TAYLOR Hails Greg Hicks's Powerful Portrayal of the Tragic Warrior Who Has Outlived His Usefulness |work=The Independent |first=Paul |last=Taylor |date=4 December 2002 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref> Later that year, he appeared as Falstaff in another Shakespeare play, ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''.<ref>{{Cite news |url= |title=Reviews: Halloween Romp Ruins a Merry Night of Mirth; the Merry Wives of Windsor the Swan Stratford upon Avon |work=The Birmingham Post |first=Richard |last=Edmonds |via= |date=4 November 2002 |accessdate= |url-access=}}</ref> Cordery portrayed the steward Malvolio in a 2005 production of ''Twelfth Night'' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news|url= |title=CULTURE: Forgettable Night; Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |work=The Birmingham Post |first=Richard |last=Edmonds |via= |date=4 May 2005|accessdate=|url-access=}}</ref>
In 2008, he played Russell Blackborough in the play ''Waste'' at the Almeida Theater<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-187693081.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610060525/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-187693081.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2014 |title=Waste |work=Variety |first=David|last=Benedict |date=8 October 2008 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref> and the following year he appeared in the musical ''Spring Awakening'' at the Lyric Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194700098.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610065234/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194700098.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2014 |title=Spring Awakening |work=Variety |first=Benedict |last= David |date=5 February 2009 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref> Cordery appeared as Canon Chasuble in a 2011 production of ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. ''The Daily Telegraph'' praised the actor for giving a "performance of comic bliss as the amorous and sententious Canon Chasuble, baffled by each new turn of events while supporting his prodigious bulk on a surprisingly nifty pair of pins."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8817609/The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest-Rose-Theatre-Kingston-review.html |title=The Importance of Being Earnest, Rose Theatre, Kingston, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Charles |last=Spencer |date=10 October 2011 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Cordery is a former teacher who once taught in an inner-London secondary school.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jul/05/schools.teaching |title=Young bards |work=The Guardian |first=Michael |last=Coveney |date=4 July 2005 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1971|| ''Up Pompeii'' || Centurian || Uncredited |- |1992|| ''Lorenzo's Oil'' || Suddaby's Senior Manager || |- |2004|| ''Midsomer Murders'' || Dr. John Cole || |- |2009|| ''Glorious 39'' || Vet || |- |2012|| ''Les Misérables'' || Duc De Raguse || |- |2013|| ''About Time'' || Uncle Desmond || |- |2014|| ''Mr. Turner'' || Dinner Guest || |- |2014|| ''Madame Bovary'' || Abbé Bournisien || |- |2014|| ''Breaking the Bank'' || Bournville || |- |2015|| ''Social Suicide'' || Laurence Emerson || |- |2015|| ''Esio Trot (film)'' || Mr. Pringle || |- |2016|| ''Monochrome'' || John Hughes || |- |2016|| ''Mum's List'' || Bob || |- |2017|| ''Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire'' || Earl Robert || |- |2017|| ''The Wife'' || Hal Bowman || |- |2019|| ''Judy'' || Louis B. Mayer || |- |2022|| ''The Crown'' || Marmaduke Hussey || |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|179549|Richard Cordery}}
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