Gavin Richards

Biography

After training at the Bristol Old Vic, Gavin Richards worked at the Liverpool Everyman and then with radical playwright John McGrath, in 7:84. Joining the Ken Campbell Roadshow in the early 70s he got performance experience working outdoors, in pubs and clubs. A lucrative German tour gave him and a group of colleagues the financial security to set up Belt and Braces Roadshow Company, formed with Eugene Geasley, Marcel Steiner and Jeni Barnett. Their leftist political and musical roadshows were taken to trade union meetings, working-men’s clubs, colleges and schools as well as traditional theatres and arts centres. Richards was Artistic Director, writer and performer for this collective inspired by the work of Alan Dosser at the Everyman and Ken Campbell and John McGrath of 7:84 Theatre Company. With 7:84 Richards had also directed Arden/D’Arcy’s Ballygoimbeen Bequest and Adrian Mitchell’s Man Friday and worked with both Richard Eyre and Trevor Griffiths. Many B&B members had worked for one or more of those companies and over the course of its 12 years on the road some of its members went on to form other companies like Monstrous Regiment. John Fiske, B&B’s musical director and Paul…

Movies & TV Shows

1. 'Allo 'Allo! (1984) — Captain Alberto Bertorelli
2. EastEnders (1985)
3. Inspector Morse (1987) — Steven Trevors
4. A Touch of Frost (1992) — Les Wingham
5. Being Human (1994) — Da Cunha
6. Lovejoy (1986) — Oliver Jeffries
7. The Bill (1984)
8. Minder (1979) — Vic
9. The Triple Echo (1972) — Stan
10. Hi-de-Hi! (1980) — Harold Fox
11. Whoops Apocalypse (1986) — Donald
12. Pie in the Sky (1994) — Fisher's Assistant
13. Between the Lines (1992)
14. The Upper Hand (1990) — Charlie Bennett
15. Titus Andronicus (1985) — Lucius
16. The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1983) — The Maniac
17. Hardwicke House (1987) — Mr Flashman
18. The Student Prince (1998) — Chief Superintendent
19. Mike and Angelo (1989)
20. Hannay (1988)
21. Kidnapped (2005) — Capt. Hoseason
22. Time Riders (1991) — Witchfinder General
23. Crystal Gazing (1982) — Neil Holt
24. Oi for England (1982) — The Man
25. Call Me Mister (1986)
26. Ladies in Charge (1986) — Cosmo Keble
27. The Reporters (1972) — Des
28. Savage Play (1995) — Kim
29. For the Greater Good (1991) — DI Grove-White
30. Driving Ambition (1984) — Ken Lark
31. Driving Ambition (1984) — Ken Lark
32. The Lock-In (2022) — Terry Raymond
33. The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Lie Machine (1984) — Presenter
34. The Ken Campbell Roadshow (1971) — Self
35. The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985) — Doctor Loladze/Yussup/Doctor/Lawyer 1
36. Kidnapped (2005) — Captain Hoseason
37. Kinsey (1991) — Keith Schofield

Directed

1. The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1983) — Director