Richard Andrew Beaumont (5 April 1961 – 26 April 2022) was a British actor, known for playing the role of Tiny Tim in the 1970 film ''
Scrooge'', a musical version of ''
A Christmas Carol
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'' by
Charles Dickens
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, starring
Albert Finney
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.
Beaumont died after a short illness on 26 April 2022, at the age of 60, eleven days after his son Bobby had died at the age of 36.
Selected filmography
* ''
Strange Report
''Strange Report'' is a British television crime drama series starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969 on ITV
In the United States, NBC broadcast ''Strange Report'' between 8 Jan ...
'' (1969)
* ''
The Wednesday Play
''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of United Kingdom, British television plays which ran on BBC One, BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramati ...
'' (1970)
* ''
Scrooge'' (1970)
* ''Mr. Tumbleweed'' (1971)
* ''
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
''Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (U.S. title: ''Who Slew Auntie Roo?'') is a 1972 horror-thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, and Sir Ralph Richardson. Based partly on the fairy tale "Hansel and Gr ...
'' (1972)
* ''
Demons of the Mind
''Demons of the Mind'' is a 1972 British horror film, directed by Peter Sykes and produced by Anglo-EMI, Frank Godwin Productions and Hammer Film Productions. It was written by Christopher Wicking, based on a story by Frank Godwin and was relea ...
'' (1972)
* ''Zinotchka'' (1972)
* ''
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' is a 1973 British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, N ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Great Expectations
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'' (1974)
* ''
Churchill's People
''Churchill's People'' is a series of 26 historical dramas produced by the BBC, based on Winston Churchill's ''A History of the English-Speaking Peoples''. They were first broadcast on BBC1 in 1974 and 1975. It was produced to mark the centena ...
'' (1974-75)
* ''Leap in the Dark'' (1980)
References
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1961 births
2022 deaths
British male film actors
Male actors from Hertfordshire
Actors from St Albans
20th-century British male actors
21st-century British male actors
British child actors
English male child actors
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