War and Peace (television)
Role: Pierre Bezuhov. A faithful adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's massive novel concerning the intertwining lives of several Russian families, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. This six-part BBC miniseries ran over a period of months from 1972-73. Also starring: Alan Dobie, Morag Hood, David Swift. Available on VHS as a box set.
A Doll's House (film)
Role: Torvald Helmer. A couple's seemingly happy marriage is threatened when a forgery that the woman innocently committed years before in order to save her authoritarian husband's life comes to light. Film version of Henrik Ibsen's play. Also starring: Claire Bloom, Ralph Richardson. VHS and DVD versions were released, but the VHS may now be out of print.
1974
Equus (theater)
Role: Dr. Martin Dysart. Powerful play by Peter Shaffer about a disturbed young man who blinded several horses, and the psychiatrist who tries to treat and understand him. Also starring: Peter Firth, Michael Higgins, Frances Sternhagen.
QB VII (television)
Role: Dr. Adam Kelno. Columbia Pictures miniseries about a Polish doctor who was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, the self-sacrificing life he leads after he is liberated, and the libel suit he brings against a writer who accuses him of having sterilized Jewish prisoners while he was there. Based on a novel by Leon Uris that fictionalized an actual libel suit that had been brought against himself after the publication of his bestseller Exodus. Also starring: Ben Gazzara, Leslie Caron, Juliet Mills. Released on VHS and DVD, but the VHS may now be out of print. The soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith was released on a CD that is definitely out of print.
The Childhood Friend (television)
Role: Alexander Kashkov. BBC TV "Play for Today" written by Piers Paul Read. Unfortunately I can't find any information about the storyline. Also starring: Susan Fleetwood, George Pravda.
Find Me (television)
Role: Marek. Play by David Mercer that concerned ideological conflict and Eastern Europe, with Tony playing a drunken novelist with bad memories of the Polish Resistance. Shown as part of the BBC series Omnibus. Also starring: Sheila Allen, David Collings.
Possessions (television)
Role: Dando. A play for Granada Television in which Tony played a drunken peddlar wanting to buy a pony from a poor widow. The writing is credited to George Ewart Evans -- could it have been based on material collected by George Ewart Evans the British folklorist? Also starring: Rhoda Lewis, Christopher Jones.
The Arcata Promise (television)
Role: Theodore Gunge. Yorkshire TV play by David Mercer concerning the ultimately destructive attraction between an alcoholic actor and an ingenue. Also starring: Kate Nelligan, Jon Fraser. You can read a small part of the text of this play by clicking here.
Juggernaut (film)
Role: Superintendant John McCleod. It's a race against time to defuse the bombs planted on a British passenger liner by a ransom-seeking terrorist. Also starring: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings. Written by Richard de Koker and Alan Plater. VHS version is now out of print, but it has been re-released on DVD.
The Girl from Petrovka (film)
Role: Kostya. Ill-starred love affair between an American reporter in Russia and an attractive but evasive Russian ballerina. Based on a novel by George Feifer. There's an interesting anecdote floating around about how Tony, after being unable to find a copy of the novel in bookshops, came across one lying on a bench in a train station, which he later found out was Feifer's long-lost personal copy. Also starring: Hal Holbrook, Goldie Hawn. Released on VHS but currently out of print. "The Theme from The Girl from Petrovka" can be found on the Henry Mancini anthology CD box set The Days of Wine and Roses, and an old LP, Hangin' Out with Henry Mancini.
All Creatures Great and Small (film)
Role: Dr. Siegfried Farnon. The story of a young veterinarian's apprenticeship and courtship in the Yorkshire countryside. Based on some of James Herriot's autobiographical pieces. Also starring: Simon Ward, Brian Stirner. Available on VHS and DVD.
