Peter Cartwright (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013)http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-34&gsfn=peter&gsln=cartwright&msbdy=1935&msbpn__ftp=Krugersdorp%2C+Gauteng%2C+South+Africa&msbpn=1421714&msbpn_PInfo=8-, 0, 1652395, 0, 5206, 0, 31186, 0, 0, 1421714, 0, &msddy=2013&msdpn__ftp=London%2C+London%2C+England&msdpn=85535&msdpn_PInfo=8-, 0, 0, 3257, 3251, 0, 0, 0, 5274, 85535, 0, &sbo=0&uidh=000&msbdd=30&msbdm=8&msddd=18&msddm=11 Search at Ancestry.co.uk. For full information you need a subscription. was a South African born British actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End. Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng,

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, and educated at St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown. He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA. He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he was the face of Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager. He died of cancer at his home in London on 18 November 2013, aged 78.

Selected TV credits

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'', '' Danger UXB'', '' Yes Prime Minister'', '' Casualty'', '' Shackleton'', ''

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''. He appeared in the British soap ''

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'' playing George Postlethwaite the fictional bishop of Skipdale.

Selected film credits

In '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', he played a wizard, Elphias Doge, part of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place. Other films include '' Wimbledon'', '' Cry Freedom'', ''

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'' and '' The Fourth Protocol''.

Filmography

Stage credits

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, West End), Habeas Corpus ( Theatre Royal, Windsor), Don Carlos ( Royal Exchange, Manchester),

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* 1935 births 2013 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art British male film actors British male television actors South African male film actors Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown South African male television actors 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors British male stage actors People from Krugersdorp {{SouthAfrica-actor-stub