Full Name Gavin Muir Spouse Teresa Muir Role Musician | Name Gavin Muir Occupation actor | |
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Born September 15, 1951 ( 1951-09-15 ) London, UK Died 2002, London, United Kingdom Movies The Gnomes' Great Adventure, The One and Only Similar People Gary Howard, Andrea Figallo, Ron Donachie, Brian Hibbard, Christopher Ryan | ||
Gavin Muir (15 September 1951 – 15 July 2002), was a British actor and musician probably best known for his role in the 1983 Television version of Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Gavin trained as a child actor at the Arts Educational School during which he made many Radio appearances including work on the Archers. He was very politically active during the 1970s working for a variety of Theatre in Education companies including national touring work with Brian Way, and several years with the Wearabout Theatre Company in Sunderland. As an active member of the Workers Revilutionary Party, he was latterly drawn to the political theatre company Belt and Braces run by Gareth Richards, and appeared in their West End run of 'Accidental Death if an Anarchist' by Dario Fo. When questioned as to his motives for entering into a west end show, given his political convictions, Gavin replied, " I have three reasons for doing this show. The first is financial, the second is economic, and the third is I'm doing it for the money". This was characteristic of his general self deprecating humor. He met and latterly married his wife, Teresa, a formidable Northern Irish woman, in 1974. They remained together until his death in 2002. He was a warm and generous human being with a tremendous sense of humour. The world and the business is a worser place for his absence.
Career
Muir had small parts in various television programmes including The Bill, Thieftakers, Cracker, Jo Brand and Our Friends in the North. He appeared in films such as Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1983), a small film called Representative Radio in which he played the role of Joseph Goddard and The One And Only in which he played a surgeon (2002). He worked for BBC Radio for many years. He appears as the voice of Rosencrantz in Shakespeare's Hamlet and was the voice of Blacksmith in a TV series called animated tales of the world, in 2000. His theatre work include many years working for such establishments such as Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company. He was an early member of the singing group The Flying Pickets.