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Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the " angry young men " group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.
Following the great success of Tom Jones, particularly in America and his marriage to Vanessa Redgrave having ended he moved there and co wrote the film Dead Cert. The last film he made was The Hotel New Hampshire. Born June 5, 1928. Died November 14, 1991 (63) Add to list. Won 2 Oscars.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Tony Richardson (born June 5, 1928, Shipley, Yorkshire, England—died November 14, 1991, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an English theatrical and motion-picture director whose experimental productions stimulated a renewal of creative vitality on the British stage during the 1950s.
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Nov 14, 2011 · Twenty years ago today on November 14, 1991, Academy Award-winning movie director and producer Tony Richardson died from AIDS. His death underscored the complex and tumultuous nature of his...
Tony Richardson. Director: A Taste of Honey. The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary ...
- June 5, 1928
- November 14, 1991
Nov 16, 1991 · Tony Richardson, who won an Oscar for the film "Tom Jones," died yesterday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 63 years old. He died of a neurological infection that was ...
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Nov 15, 1991 · Oscar-winning British director Tony Richardson, one of England’s Angry Young Men of the 1950s, died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications of AIDS, his publicist said. Richardson, 63, died at...