Content deleted Content added
EnglandEnigma (talk | contribs) |
ShadowRangerRIT (talk | contribs) →Biography: Removing all unsourced material that could not be confirmed from his IMDb page. Please provide references for any information on a living person before adding it |
||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
Roderic Charles Noble was born in [[1957]] in [[Darley, North Yorkshire|Darley]], near [[Harrogate]], [[North Yorkshire]] to Phillis and Reginald Noble |
Roderic Charles Noble was born in [[1957]] in [[Darley, North Yorkshire|Darley]], near [[Harrogate]], [[North Yorkshire]] to Phillis and Reginald Noble. |
||
In [[1970]] he was personally chosen by [[Franklin J. Schaffner]] to play Alexei in his new film ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'', owing to his resemblance to the [[Tsarevich]]. Roderic Noble was recommended to Franklin J. Schaffner by the casting director [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817484/ Maude Spector] who was also a close friend of Roderic's then [[elocution]] teacher Micheal Wilde. Roderic was having elocution lessons at the time because his mother thought it would be good for her son to be able to speak correctly. It is understood that it was actually the elocution teacher who first suggested Roderic for the role. Roderic had no formal training as an actor before filming the [[Oscar]] winner and is said to have enjoyed making it, especially as "every scene was different, new and exciting". In an interview in [[2010]], he also revealed the worst part of making the film was "learning the lines". Roderic added that he accepted the part of the Tsarevich in the film because it was "too good an opportunity to miss or turn down". |
|||
As parts of the film were made on location, Roderic's mother looked after him whenever he was away from the family home. His older sister Linda then took over this responsibility when she turned twenty-one. In a rare interview in [[March 2010]], Roderic said that filming on location also meant that "every day was different and good fun". However, being so young at the time, he was not fully aware of how good and well know his fellow actors actually were. He just found them all to be "encouraging and friendly" which made for a "very easy experience" when making the film. He also praised the "very easy going director" Franklin J. Schaffner, as he was "not [[histrionic]]" and not prone to outbursts. Looking back, Roderic said he was "very proud of being part of a successful team" that had made an Oscar winner. |
|||
His favourite scene in the film is when he climbs up a cliff in one of his early sequences. However, he most enjoyed filming the closing scene, even though "everyone was crying a lot". He has also revealed that he was given special horse riding lessons by the production team so that he could film all of his riding sequences. In an interview in 2010, he noted that his most difficult scene to film was when he had to go down the stairs on a sledge. This was because there was "very little space to actually film the sequence". |
|||
Roderic never acted professionally again after his next appearance which was in an episode of the television series The Main Chance in 1972. It was not something he wanted to continue as a career. However, he did go on to appear in a few amateur dramatic productions. After leaving school he studied [[Geology]] at [[Plymouth University]]. In [[2010]] he works as a Regional Managing Director for a large company with responsibility for the north east of England and [[Scotland]]. He lives in [[Northallerton]] with his wife Julie and his daughter Katie. |
|||
==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
Revision as of 17:12, 26 March 2010
Roderic Noble (born 3rd October 1957) is a former English actor.
Biography
Roderic Charles Noble was born in 1957 in Darley, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire to Phillis and Reginald Noble.
Filmography
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Aleksey Nicolaievich Romanov, The Tsesarevich of Russia.
- The Main Chance (1972) as Michael Kelly in Episode Six: The Next Great Train Robbery.