# Rupert Frazer

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{{Short description|British actor}}
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'''Rupert Frazer''' (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Monica M. |title=Contemporary theatre, film and television: a biographical guide featuring performers, directors, writers, producers, designers, managers, choreographers, technicians, composers, executives, dancers, and critics in the United States and Great Britain : a continuation of Who's who in the theatre. Includes cumulative index containing references to Who's who in the theatre, 17th edition |date=1986 |publisher=Gale Research Co. |isbn=978-0-8103-2065-9 |pages=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FL_XWar_K-EC |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en |quote=FRAZER, Rupert 1947- PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1947, in England}}</ref>

==Career==
His work in theatre includes performances at the [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), the [Royal Court Theatre](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre) and the [Royal National Theatre](/source/Royal_National_Theatre).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn |first1=Kate |title=Exit through the fireplace: the great days of the rep |year=1998 |publisher=J. Murray |isbn=9780719554759 |pages=258 }}</ref> In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of [Seneca](/source/Seneca_the_Younger)'s ''[Thyestes](/source/Thyestes_(Seneca))''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Peter J |title=Seneca : Thyestes |date=2003 |publisher=[Duckworth Books](/source/Duckworth_Books) |isbn=0715632221 |pages=31 |url=https://archive.org/details/senecathyestes0000davi}}</ref> Other theatre roles include [Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(The_Tempest)) in ''[The Tempest](/source/The_Tempest)'' and [Tamburlaine](/source/Tamburlaine).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maley |first1=Willy |last2=Murphy |first2=Andrew |title=Shakespeare and Scotland |date=2004 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-6637-5 |pages=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FaikOLg-fEIC&pg=PA181 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kabatchnik |first1=Amnon |title=Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem |date=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-3548-9 |pages=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phzeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tempest, The · British Universities Film & Video Council |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av71632 |website=bufvc.ac.uk |publisher=[BUFVC](/source/BUFVC) |accessdate=10 March 2020}}</ref>

He appeared in [Richard Attenborough](/source/Richard_Attenborough)'s ''[Gandhi](/source/Gandhi_(film))'' in 1982.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attenborough |first1=Richard |title=In search of Gandhi |page=234 |date=1982 |publisher=Bodley Head |isbn=9780370309439 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXFZAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In [Steven Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg)'s ''[Empire of the Sun](/source/Empire_of_the_Sun_(film))'' (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim ([Christian Bale](/source/Christian_Bale)).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Nigel |title=A Companion to Steven Spielberg |date=2017 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-72691-4 |page=231 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iru4DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA231 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Lester D. |title=Citizen Spielberg |date=2010 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-09129-2 |pages=199–200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwDmTN7Hji4C&pg=PA199 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Other roles include Philip Castallack in ''[Penmarric](/source/Penmarric)'' (1979),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Keith |title=Broadcasting it : an encyclopaedia of homosexuality in film, radio and TV in the UK 1923-1993 |date=1993 |publisher=London; New York, NY : Cassell |isbn=9780304327003 |pages=608–609 |url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingiten0000howe |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cortese |first1=Anthony Joseph Paul |title=Opposing Hate Speech |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-98427-4 |pages=194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0_9MKrF8owC&pg=PA194 |language=en}}</ref> Muller in ''[Eye of the Needle](/source/Eye_of_the_Needle_(film))'' (1981), Lionel Stephens in ''[The Shooting Party](/source/The_Shooting_Party)'' (1985),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |authorlink1=Roger Ebert |title=The Shooting Party movie review (1985) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shooting-party-1985 |website=[RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com) |accessdate=18 November 2020 |language=en |date=23 September 1985}}</ref> Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of [Oscar Wilde](/source/Oscar_Wilde)'s ''[The Importance of Being Earnest](/source/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest)'',<ref>{{cite news |title=The Listener |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNNBAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 1988 |language=en |quote=Rupert Frazer had the tone right, and could have passed for a refugee from another and more appropriate generation of acting}}</ref> Alan Desland in ''[The Girl in a Swing](/source/The_Girl_in_a_Swing_(1988_film))'' (1988),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Jay Robert |last2=Ross |first2=Stanley R. |title=The Motion Picture Guide 1990 Annual: The Films of 1989 |date=1990 |publisher=Cinebooks |isbn=978-0-933997-29-5 |pages=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IkqAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Cinefantastique |date=1991 |publisher=F.S. Clarke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSwnAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Lord Alexander Montford in ''[The House of Eliott](/source/The_House_of_Eliott)''<ref>{{cite web |title=The House of Eliott - S2 - Episode 11 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/jr84b/the-house-of-eliott--series-2-episode-11/ |website=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |accessdate=4 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and [Neville Chamberlain](/source/Neville_Chamberlain) in ''[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Donovan |first1=Gerard |title=Will Lord Grantham survive? Six Downton Abbey talking points |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/11933903/earl-of-grantham-downton-abbey-talking-points.html |accessdate=4 March 2020 |publisher=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=19 October 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Frazer is married with three children.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://rupertfrazer.com/about/ |website=Rupert Frazer |access-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205202049/https://rupertfrazer.com/about/|archive-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20230205202109/https://rupertfrazer.com/}}, archived
* {{IMDb name|0292538}}

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