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 ''

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''. Muir trained as a child actor at the Arts Educational School during which he made 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 Revolutionary Party, he was drawn to the political theatre company Belt and Braces run by

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, and appeared in their West End run of ''

'' by

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. He met and married his wife, Teresa, a Northern Irish woman, in 1974. They remained together until his death in 2002.

Career

Muir had small parts in various television programmes including ''

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'', '' Thieftakers'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He appeared in films such as ''

'' (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). From 21 September 1990 to 5 January 1991 he played the role of an English jockey in the farce ''Tiercé Gagnant'' at the 700 seat

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in Paris. The original play, ''Dry Rot'', by John Chapman, featured a French jockey. The adaptation and transposition of the play to France, by Stewart Vaughan and Jean-Claude Islert, required that the nationality of the jockey be reversed. The play was directed by

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. Muir worked for

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for many years. He appears as the voice of Rosencrantz in Shakespeare's ''

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'' 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

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and The

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. He was an early member of the singing group

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Filmography

External links

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website
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