EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1904 by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1904

Official Website:
http://www.rada.org/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mark Addy	Actor	14-Jan-1964		The Full Monty
Gemma Arterton	Actor	12-Jan-1986		Quantum of Solace
Jane Asher	Actor	5-Apr-1946		Deep End
Richard Attenborough	Film Director	29-Aug-1923	24-Aug-2014	Gandhi
Lynne Reid Banks	Novelist	31-Jul-1929		The Indian in the Cupboard
Alan Bates	Actor	17-Feb-1934	27-Dec-2003	Basil in Zorba the Greek
Sean Bean	Actor	17-Apr-1959		Boromir in Lord of the Rings
Robert Beatty	Actor	19-Oct-1909	3-Mar-1992	2001: A Space Odyssey
Richard Beckinsale	Actor	6-Jul-1947	19-Mar-1979	Porridge
Brian Bedford	Actor	16-Feb-1935	13-Jan-2016	The School for Wives
Christopher Beeny	Actor	7-Jul-1941		Edward on Upstairs, Downstairs
Hywel Bennett	Actor	8-Apr-1944		James Shelley on Shelley
Jill Bennett	Actor	24-Dec-1931	4-Oct-1990	The Sheltering Sky
Eve Best	Actor	31-Jul-1971		Dr. Eleanor O'Hara on Nurse Jackie
Rodney Bewes	Actor	27-Nov-1938		The Likely Lads
James Booth	Actor	19-Dec-1927	11-Aug-2005	Zulu
Peter Bowles	Actor	16-Oct-1936		British comic actor
Kenneth Branagh	Actor	10-Dec-1960		British thespian
Pamela Brown	Actor	8-Jul-1917	18-Sep-1975	Lust for Life
Hugh Burden	Actor	3-Apr-1913	17-May-1985	Funeral in Berlin
David Burke	Actor	25-May-1934		The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ken Campbell	Actor	10-Dec-1941	31-Aug-2008	British experimental theatre
Jessica Capshaw	Actor	9-Aug-1976		Dr. Robbins on Grey's Anatomy
Kitty Carlisle	Singer	3-Sep-1910	18-Apr-2007	A Night at the Opera
Diane Cilento	Actor	5-Oct-1933	6-Oct-2011	The Agony and the Ecstasy
Susan Clark	Actor	8-Mar-1940		Katherine Papadapolis on Webster
Carol Cleveland	Actor	13-Jan-1942		Monty Python's Flying Circus
Joan Collins	Actor	23-May-1933		Alexis on Dynasty
Adrienne Corri	Actor	13-Nov-1931	13-Mar-2016	A Clockwork Orange
Tom Courtenay	Actor	25-Feb-1937		The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Ben Cross	Actor	16-Dec-1947		Chariots of Fire
Roland Culver	Actor	21-Aug-1900	29-Feb-1984	Dead of Night
Audrey Dalton	Actor	21-Jan-1934		Titanic
Arthur Darvill	Actor	17-Jun-1982		Rory Williams on Doctor Who
Edward de Souza	Actor	4-Sep-1932		The Man in Black
Peter Dinklage	Actor	11-Jun-1969		Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones
Robert Douglas	Actor	9-Nov-1909	11-Jan-1999	Homicide
Denholm Elliott	Actor	31-May-1922	6-Oct-1992	A Room with a View
Robert Emhardt	Actor	24-Jul-1914	26-Dec-1994	The Intruder
Robert Englund	Actor	6-Jun-1947		The original Freddy Krueger
Trevor Eve	Actor	1-Jul-1951		Waking the Dead
Ralph Fiennes	Actor	22-Dec-1962		The English Patient
Frank Finlay	Actor	6-Aug-1926	30-Jan-2016	Othello
Albert Finney	Actor	9-May-1936		Erin Brockovich
Susan Fleetwood	Actor	21-Sep-1944	29-Sep-1995	The Sacrifice
Bryan Forbes	Actor	22-Jul-1926	8-May-2013	King Rat
Edward Fox	Actor	13-Apr-1937		Force 10 from Navarone
Laurence Fox	Actor	1978		DS Hathaway on Inspector Lewis
Jonathan Frid	Actor	2-Dec-1924	14-Apr-2012	Dark Shadows
Michael Gambon	Actor	19-Oct-1940		The Singing Detective
Reginald Gardiner	Actor	27-Feb-1903	7-Jul-1980	English-American character actor
Henry Gibson	Actor	21-Sep-1935	14-Sep-2009	Laugh-In
John Gielgud	Actor	14-Apr-1904	21-May-2000	Prospero's Books
Brendan Gleeson	Actor	29-Mar-1955		Mad-Eye Moody
Iain Glen	Actor	24-Jun-1961		Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Ginnifer Goodwin	Actor	22-May-1978		Margene Heffman on Big Love
Bob Grant	Actor	14-Apr-1932	8-Nov-2003	On the Buses
Karen Grassle	Actor	25-Feb-1944		Ma on Little House on the Prairie
Nigel Green	Actor	15-Oct-1924	15-May-1972	The Ipcress File
Joan Greenwood	Actor	4-Mar-1921	27-Feb-1987	The Importance of Being Earnest
Hugh Griffith	Actor	30-May-1912	14-May-1980	Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Ioan Gruffudd	Actor	6-Oct-1973		Horatio Hornblower
Maggie Gyllenhaal	Actor	16-Nov-1977		Secretary
Sheila Hancock	Actor	22-Feb-1933		Bedtime
Cedric Hardwicke	Actor	19-Feb-1893	6-Aug-1964	Suspicion
Edward Hardwicke	Actor	7-Aug-1932	16-May-2011	Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz
David Harewood	Actor	8-Dec-1965		David Estes on Homeland
Rosemary Harris	Actor	19-Sep-1927		Aunt May in Spider-Man
Kathleen Harrison	Actor	23-Feb-1892	7-Dec-1995	Mrs. Thursday
Laurence Harvey	Actor	1-Oct-1928	25-Nov-1973	Manchurian Candidate
Sally Hawkins	Actor	27-Apr-1976		Happy-Go-Lucky
Edward Hibbert	Actor	9-Sep-1955		Gil Chesterton on Frasier
Tom Hiddleston	Actor	9-Feb-1981		Thor
Ciarán Hinds	Actor	9-Feb-1953		Munich
Valerie Hobson	Actor	14-Apr-1917	13-Nov-1998	Kind Hearts and Coronets
Anthony Hopkins	Actor	31-Dec-1937		Hannibal Lecter
Jane Horrocks	Actor	18-Jan-1964		Deadly Advice
Trevor Howard	Actor	29-Sep-1913	7-Jan-1988	Sons and Lovers
John Hurt	Actor	22-Jan-1940		Alien
Jonathan Hyde	Actor	21-May-1947		Titanic
Wilfrid Hyde-White	Actor	12-May-1903	6-May-1991	My Fair Lady
Saeed Jaffrey	Actor	8-Jan-1929	15-Nov-2015	My Beautiful Laundrette
Louise Jameson	Actor	20-Apr-1951		Leela from Doctor Who
Allison Janney	Actor	19-Nov-1959		C. J. Cregg on The West Wing
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Actor	26-Apr-1967		Without a Trace
Lionel Jeffries	Actor	10-Jun-1926	19-Feb-2010	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Celia Johnson	Actor	18-Dec-1908	26-Apr-1982	Brief Encounter
Richard Johnson	Actor	30-Jul-1927	6-Jun-2015	Treasure Island
Gemma Jones	Actor	4-Dec-1942		The Duchess of Duke Street
Griffith Jones	Actor	19-Nov-1909	30-Jan-2007	I Became a Criminal
Maggie Jones	Actor	21-Jun-1934	2-Dec-2009	Coronation Street
Geoffrey Keen	Actor	21-Aug-1916	3-Nov-2005	Sir Fredrick Gray in Bond films
Roy Kinnear	Actor	8-Jan-1934	20-Sep-1988	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Michael Kitchen	Actor	31-Oct-1948		Foyle's War
Lynda La Plante	Author	15-Mar-1943		Prime Suspect
Ted Lange	Actor	5-Jan-1947		Isaac the bartender on Love Boat
Leigh Lawson	Actor	21-Jul-1945		Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Belinda Lee	Actor	15-Jun-1935	12-Mar-1961	Who Done It?
John Leeson	Actor	Mar-1943		Voice of K9 in Doctor Who
Mike Leigh	Film Director	20-Feb-1943		Naked, Topsy-Turvy
Adrian Lester	Actor	14-Aug-1968		Mickey Stone on Hustle
Andrew Lincoln	Actor	14-Sep-1973		Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead
Robert Lindsay	Actor	13-Dec-1949		Citizen Smith
Larry Linville	Actor	29-Sep-1939	10-Apr-2000	Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H
Desmond Llewelyn	Actor	12-Sep-1914	19-Dec-1999	"Q" in James Bond films
Margaret Lockwood	Actor	15-Sep-1916	15-Jul-1990	Cast a Dark Shadow
Matthew Macfadyen	Actor	17-Oct-1974		Tom Quinn on Spooks
Lois Maxwell	Actor	14-Feb-1927	29-Sep-2007	Miss Moneypenny
David McCallum	Actor	19-Sep-1933		Illya on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Alec McCowen	Actor	26-May-1925		English Shakespearean actor
Paul McGann	Actor	14-Nov-1959		8th Doctor on Doctor Who
Everett McGill	Actor	21-Oct-1945		Big Ed from Twin Peaks
Melinda McGraw	Actor	25-Oct-1963		Cyd Madison on The Commish
Michaela McManus	Actor	20-May-1983		Tara on Awake
Kevin McNally	Actor	27-Apr-1956		Pirates of the Caribbean
Janet McTeer	Actor	8-May-1961		Tumbleweeds
Sarah Miles	Actor	31-Dec-1941		Hope and Glory
John Mills	Actor	22-Feb-1908	23-Apr-2005	Ryan's Daughter
Donald Moffat	Actor	26-Dec-1930		British-American character actor
Zakes Mokae	Actor	5-Aug-1935		The Serpent and the Rainbow
Michael Moriarty	Actor	5-Apr-1941		ADA on Law & Order
Robert Morley	Actor	26-May-1908	3-Jun-1992	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Barry Morse	Actor	10-Jun-1918	2-Feb-2008	Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive
John Mortimer	Playwright	21-Apr-1923	16-Jan-2009	Rumpole of the Bailey
Clive Morton	Actor	16-Mar-1904	24-Sep-1975	Kind Hearts and Coronets
Alan Napier	Actor	7-Jan-1903	8-Aug-1988	Alfred on Batman
John Neville	Actor	2-May-1925	19-Nov-2011	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Nanette Newman	Actor	29-May-1934		International Velvet
Peter O'Toole	Actor	2-Aug-1932	14-Dec-2013	Lawrence of Arabia
Mary Rose Oakar	Politician	5-Mar-1940		Congresswoman from Ohio, 1977-93
Ian Ogilvy	Actor	30-Sep-1943		Return of the Saint
Sophie Okonedo	Actor	1-Jan-1969		Hotel Rwanda
Joe Orton	Playwright	1-Jan-1933	9-Aug-1967	Prick Up Your Ears
Clive Owen	Actor	3-Oct-1964		The Bourne Identity assassin
Lloyd Owen	Actor	14-Apr-1966		The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Reginald Owen	Actor	5-Aug-1887	5-Nov-1972	Prolific character actor
Joanna Page	Actor	23-Mar-1978		Gavin & Stacey
Judy Parfitt	Actor	7-Nov-1935		Girl with a Pearl Earring
Bruce Payne	Actor	22-Nov-1960		Dungeons & Dragons
Rebecca Pidgeon	Actor	10-Oct-1965		The Spanish Prisoner
Harold Pinter	Playwright	10-Oct-1930	24-Dec-2008	The Birthday Party
Tony Plana	Actor	19-Apr-1952		Ignacio Suarez on Ugly Betty
Victoria Principal	Actor	3-Jan-1950		Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas
Jonathan Pryce	Actor	1-Jun-1947		Sam Lowry in Brazil
Anthony Quayle	Actor	7-Sep-1913	20-Oct-1989	Ice-Cold in Alex
Joyce Redman	Actor	9-Dec-1915	10-May-2012	Tom Jones
Robert Reed	Actor	19-Oct-1932	12-May-1992	Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch
Jean Rhys	Novelist	24-Aug-1890	14-May-1979	Wide Sargasso Sea
Matthew Rhys	Actor	4-Nov-1974		Brothers & Sisters
John Rhys-Davies	Actor	5-May-1944		Gimli the dwarf in Lord of the Rings
Alan Rickman	Actor	21-Feb-1946	14-Jan-2016	Die Hard
Diana Rigg	Actor	20-Jul-1938		Mrs. Peel
Elisabeth Risdon	Actor	26-Apr-1887	20-Dec-1958	The Roaring Twenties
Eric Roberts	Actor	18-Apr-1956		Restraining Order
Rachel Roberts	Actor	20-Sep-1927	26-Nov-1980	This Sporting Life
Flora Robson	Actor	28-Mar-1902	7-Jul-1984	Fire Over England
Patricia Roc	Actor	7-Jun-1915	30-Dec-2003	When the Bough Breaks
Mark Rylance	Actor	18-Jan-1960		Bridge of Spies
Peter Sallis	Actor	1-Feb-1921		Last of the Summer Wine
Liev Schreiber	Actor	4-Oct-1967		Actor, voiceover talent
Pippa Scott	Actor	10-Nov-1935		Cold Turkey
Fiona Shaw	Actor	10-Jul-1958		British theatre actress
Michael Sheen	Actor	5-Feb-1969		Welsh stage actor
Joan Sims	Actor	9-May-1930	28-Jun-2001	Carry On...
Hugh Sinclair	Actor	19-May-1903	29-Dec-1962	The Saint Meets the Tiger
Jordana Spiro	Actor	12-Apr-1977		PJ Franklin on My Boys
Imelda Staunton	Actor	9-Jan-1956		Vera Drake
Jeanette Sterke	Actor	1934		A Stitch in Time
Juliet Stevenson	Actor	30-Oct-1956		Truly Madly Deeply
Nigel Stock	Actor	21-Sep-1919	22-Jun-1986	Dr. Watson in BBC's Sherlock Holmes
Imogen Stubbs	Actor	20-Feb-1961		Twelfth Night
Dudley Sutton	Actor	6-Apr-1933		Tinker Dill on Lovejoy
Sylvia Syms	Actor	6-Jan-1934		The Tamarind Seed
Sydney Tafler	Actor	31-Jul-1916	8-Nov-1979	The Lavender Hill Mob
Mary Tamm	Actor	22-Mar-1950	26-Jul-2012	Romana #1 from Doctor Who
Josephine Tewson	Actor	26-Feb-1939		Miss Davenport on Last of the Summer Wine
Torin Thatcher	Actor	15-Jan-1905	4-Mar-1981	The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
John Thaw	Actor	3-Jan-1942	21-Feb-2002	Inspector Morse
Olivia Thirlby	Actor	6-Oct-1986		Juno
Linda Thorson	Actor	18-Jun-1947		Tara King on The Avengers
Margaret Tyzack	Actor	9-Sep-1931	25-Jun-2011	The Forsyte Saga
Indira Varma	Actor	14-May-1973		Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
John Vernon	Actor	24-Feb-1932	1-Feb-2005	Dean Wormer in Animal House
Simon Ward	Actor	19-Oct-1941	20-Jul-2012	Sir Monty Everard on Judge John Deed
Peter Watkins	Film Director	29-Oct-1935		Punishment Park
Ben Whishaw	Actor	14-Oct-1980		Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Billie Whitelaw	Actor	6-Jun-1932	21-Dec-2014	The Krays
June Whitfield	Actor	11-Nov-1925		Terry and June
James Wilby	Actor	20-Feb-1958		Maurice
Brian Wilde	Actor	13-Jun-1927	20-Mar-2008	Foggy on Last of the Summer Wine
Tom Wilkinson	Actor	12-Dec-1948		Shakespeare in Love
Douglas Wilmer	Actor	8-Jan-1920	31-Mar-2016	Sherlock Holmes
Richard Wilson	Actor	7-Jul-1936		Gaius on Merlin
Stuart Wilson	Actor	25-Dec-1946		Death and the Maiden
Edward Woodward	Actor	1-Jun-1930	16-Nov-2009	The Equalizer
Kari Wuhrer	Actor	28-Apr-1967		Capt. Beckett on Sliders
Peter Yates	Film Director	24-Jul-1929	9-Jan-2011	Breaking Away
Owain Yeoman	Actor	2-Jul-1978		Wayne Rigsby on The Mentalist
Susannah York	Actor	9-Jan-1941	14-Jan-2011	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Roland Young	Actor	11-Nov-1887	5-Jun-1953	Cosmo Topper
China Zorrilla	Actor	14-Mar-1922	17-Sep-2014	Elsa & Fred

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ken Campbell	Actor	10-Dec-1941	31-Aug-2008	British experimental theatre

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Attenborough	Film Director	29-Aug-1923	24-Aug-2014	Gandhi
Ian Carmichael	Actor	18-Jun-1920	5-Feb-2010	Bertie Wooster
Trevor Nunn	Theater Director	14-Jan-1940		Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86
Joan Plowright	Actor	28-Oct-1929		Enchanted April
Juliet Stevenson	Actor	30-Oct-1956		Truly Madly Deeply
Clive Swift	Actor	9-Feb-1936		Keeping Up Appearances

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