Lloyd Berrell
Lloyd Berrell (13 February 1926 – 30 December 1957) was a New Zealand actor who played Reuben "Roo" Webber in the original Sydney production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. He worked extensively in Australian radio and theatre, and appeared in a large portion of the few films being shot locally at the time. He also starred in the original stage production of Sumner Locke Elliott's Rusty Bugles as well as a number of productions for the Mercury Theatre.
Berrell was born in Wellington but moved to Australia as a boy. He began acting on radio on The Youth Show. During World War II he served in Australian Broadcast Control Unit from 1944 to 1946.[1]
In 1953 he won a Macquarie Award for best actor in a radio drama.[2]
Personal life
Berrell's first marriage ended in divorce[3] but he married happily a second time. He died of a heart attack on board ship while travelling to London.[4][5]
Filmography
- I Found Joe Barton (1952)[6]
- His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
- King of the Coral Sea (1954)
- Long John Silver (1954)
- The Shiralee (1957)
Theatre credits
- Rusty Bugles by Sumner Locke Elliott – Independent Theatre, Sydney, 1948
- A Pickwick Story adapted by Creswick Jenkinson – Sydney Town Hall, 1948
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare – Independent Theatre, Sydney, 1950 – with Rod Taylor
- Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill – John Alden Company, 1951 – with Lyndall Barbour, Lou Vernon
- The Twins by Plautus – Mercury Theatre, Sydney, 1952 – with Rod Taylor and Ruth Cracknell
- Point of Departure by Jean Anouilh – Mercury Theatre, Sydney, 1952 – with Alan White
- The Happy Time by Samuel A. Taylor – Mercury Theatre, Sydney, 1952 – with Rod Taylor
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler – Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, 1956
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare – Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Sydney, 1957
- The Relapse by John Vanbrugh – Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, 1957 – with Zoe Caldwell
References
- ^ Lloyd Berrell war record
- ^ "Macquarie Awards For 1953". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 March 1954. p. 14. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Husband Spanked Wife and Lost Case for Divorce". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 19 May 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ Richard Lane, The Golden Age of Radio Drama, Melbourne University Press 1994 p 214
- ^ Obituary at Sydney Morning Herald 1958 accessed 16 July 2013
- ^ "Australian T.V.Film". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 October 1952. p. 7 Section: Women's section. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
