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Andy de la Tour

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Andy de la Tour
Born1948 (age 77–78)
Colchester, England
Occupations

Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter.

De la Tour has appeared in the films Plenty, Notting Hill, Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, 44 Inch Chest, The Confessions and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and on the television series The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Bottom, Kavanagh QC and The Brief. On stage, he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in 2001 and Alan Bennett's People in 2012. His credits as a television writer include Boon, Lovejoy, Peak Practice, The Vet, Kavanagh QC and Clem. He wrote the stage play Safe In Our Hands (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award).[1]

As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders.[2] In 2012, he wrote Stand-Up or Die about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York.[3] He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of Casualty "Not in Holby Anymore". On 6 June 2018 he appeared as Ted, an aging mechanic with a heart defect in BBC1's lunchtime soap Doctors.

Personal life

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Andy de la Tour is the brother of actress Frances de la Tour[4] and partner of actress Susan Wooldridge.

The University of Kent holds an archive of material from de la Tour's career as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.[5] The archive includes audiovisual recordings, promotional material, and photographs.[6]

On 27 January 2019, he signed an open letter in The Guardian expressing opposition to the USA's handling of the political situation in Venezuela and calling for more dialogue with the president, Nicolás Maduro.[7] In September 2025, he signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Burning an Illusion Foreman
1983 Loose Connections Journalist
Positions of Power Doctor Short film
1985 The Bride Priest
Plenty Randall
1999 Notting Hill Journalist
Captain Jack Chandler
2000 Pandaemonium Andrew Crosse
2005 Asylum Inspector Easton
Oliver Twist Workhouse Master
2009 44 Inch Chest Biggy Walpole
2013 National Theatre Live: People The Bishop
2014 Don't Miss the Cup Mr. Fitzgerald Short film
2015 Dough Saul Goodwyn
2016 The Confessions Ministro britannico
Rogue One Hurst Romodi

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 Flickers Clive 3 episodes
Strangers Gabriel Episode: "Retribution"
Juliet Bravo Murderer Episode: "The One That Got Away"
1982–84 The Young Ones Pilot/Man on TV/Prisoner on Ship 3 episodes: "Demolition", "Cash", "Nasty"
1983 Bergerac Moberley Episode: "Prime Target"
Grange Hill Mr. Raynsford Episode 6.12
Nelly's Version Station Porter Television film
1984 Driving Ambition Maxwell Episode: "Manifold Depression"
1985 Happy Families General Episode: "Cassie"
1987 Filthy Rich and Catflap Nightclub Impresario Episode 1.5
A Perfect Spy Muspole 3 episodes
1988 King and Castle Leonard Jenkins Episode: "Kicks"
1988, 2016 Casualty Bill Potter/George Porter Episodes: "Caring", "Not in Holby Anymore"
1989 ScreenPlay Valet Episode: "The Act"
1990–94 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Various 4 episodes
1990 Making News Studio Director Episode: "The Border Limo"
1991 The Men's Room Nick Episode 1.1
1992 Bottom Chief Inspector Grobbelaar Episode: "Parade"
Downtown Lagos Detective Sergeant Sheaf 2 episodes
Witchcraft Milk Float Driver Episode 1.2
1994 The Wimbledon Poisoner Graham Beamish 2 episodes
1998 Kavanagh QC Michael Chlodini Episode: "Dead Reckoning"
1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel Marquis de St. Cyr Episode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
2003 A Touch of Frost Oscar Manning Episode: "Close Encounters"
2004 Nighty Night Mr. Brone Episode 1.5
2005 The Quartermass Experiment Chemist Television film
The Brief Malcolm Tebbott 3 episodes
2007 The Bill Geoffrey Gant Episode: "Better Off Dead"
2011 Waking the Dead Doug Symes Episode: "Waterloo: Part 1"
2012, 2014 Holby City Rod Evans/Roger Sullivan Episodes: "When the Hangover Strikes", "Crush"
2013, 2018 Doctors Martin Askey/Ted Castle Episodes: "Floss", "Know When to Fold"
2017 Victoria Flitch Episode: "Comfort and Joy"
2019 Good Omens Norman Weathered Episode: "The Book"
2022 Blood, Sex & Royalty Uncle Norfolk Episode: "Somebody Wants Me Dead"
Strike Nico "Mucky" Ricci 2 episodes
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Hurst Romodi Voice-over; episode: "The Summit"

References

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  1. ^ Nobbs, David (4 March 2004). I Didn't Get Where I am Today. Arrow Books. p. 393. ISBN 978-0099421641.
  2. ^ "Andy De La Tour: Fringe summer with Rik Mayall". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ York, Melissa (15 April 2013). "Andy de la Tour joins Miles Jupp to discuss adventure in Stratford". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ Double, Oliver (16 October 1997). Stand-up!: On Being a Comedian. Methuen Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-0413703200.
  5. ^ "British Stand-Up Comedy Archive". Special Collections and Archives - University of Kent. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Andy de la Tour Collection". University of Kent Special Collections & Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Letters | Putting Venezuela's crisis and US intervention in historical context". The Observer. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Film Workers Pledge to End Complicity". Film Workers For Palestine. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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