James Aubrey

• Name — James Aubrey • Birth Name — James Aubrey Tregidgo • Born — 28 August 1947 • Birthplace — Klagenfurt, Austria • Died — 6 April 2010 • Place of death — Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1962–2006 • Spouse — Agnes Kristin Hallander (divorced)

Aubrey was born in 1947 in Klagenfurt, Austria. His parents were Major Aubrey James Tregidgo and Edna May Tregidgo (née Boxall). He was educated at the Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston, Jamaica, the Windsor Boys' School, at Hamm, in Germany, and St John's School, Singapore, before training for the stage at the Drama Centre London from 1967 to 1970.

Aubrey made his first professional stage appearance at the Wilmington Playhouse in March 1962 in the role of Philip in Isle of Children. It was in this same role that he made his Broadway theatre debut, appearing in a 1962 production at the Cort Theatre which lasted only 11 performances. From 1970 to 1972, Aubrey performed at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow, appearing in such roles as Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and Theridamas in Tamburlaine. Aubrey made his London stage debut at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973 as a police constable in the premiere of Howard Brenton's Magnificence. From 1973 to 1974, Aubrey toured with the Cambridge Theatre Company as Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer and again as Aguecheek. Aubrey performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 1974–75 season, appearing in such roles as Sebastian in The Tempest and Froth in Measure for Measure. He toured with the Cambridge Theatre Company again in 1979 in the roles of Mark in The Shadow Box and Tony in From the Greek. Other venues at which Aubrey appeared include the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Comedy Theatre and the Old Vic.

Aubrey first appeared in a film at the age of fourteen, in the film adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, released in 1963, taking the lead role of Ralph. He played Gavin Sorenson in the television adaptation of Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976) and its sequel, Another Bouquet (1977). He also worked with two British filmmakers, Norman J. Warren (Terror, 1978) and Pete Walker (Home Before Midnight, 1979), and played the ill-fated pop singer B.J. in the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980). In 1979 played the part of Graham Hurst in the popular TV series Minder ("The Bounty Hunter") and in 1974 played Horace Reynes in The Sweeney ("Selected Target"). In 1986, Aubrey starred in Forever Young, directed by David Drury. He portrayed Mark in three episodes of Lytton's Diary in 1986. In 1997, he appeared in an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch and was also a guest star in an episode of the TV series Brief Encounters in 2006. During his final months, Aubrey worked with a group of local independent film-makers. Overseeing casting sessions for Shadows of a Stranger at the Hub in Sleaford in early 2010, Aubrey was also set to play the lead role in the production, but died a month before filming began.

In 1970, at St Pancras, Aubrey married Agnes Kristin Hallander, a marriage which later ended in divorce. His daughter is Sarah Barzyk-Aubrey, a French actress.

Aubrey died at his home in Cranwell Village, Sleaford, on 6 April 2010, at the age of 62, suffering from pancreatitis.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1963 — Lord of the Flies — Ralph • 1973 — And All Who Sail in Her — Len — TV movie • 1973 — The Sex Thief — 1st Reporter • 1974 — Z-Cars — Skipton — TV series, episode "Mugs" • 1975 — Galileo — Monk-Scholar • 1975 — The ITV Play — Franz Haufmann — TV series, episode "A House in Regent Place: Why Weren't We Warned?" • 1976 — Bouquet of Barbed Wire — Gavin Sorenson — TV miniseries, 7 episodes • 1976 — Murder — Mike — TV series, episode "A Variety of Passion" • 1976 — The Sweeney — Horace Reynes — TV series, episode "Selected Target" • 1977 — Another Bouquet — Gavin Sorenson — TV miniseries, 7 episodes • 1978–1983 — BBC Play of the Month — Lacroix / The Prince — TV series, 2 episodes • 1978 — Terror — Philip • 1979 — Return of the Saint — Ingo — TV series, episode "Appointment in Florence" • 1979 — Home Before Midnight — Mike Beresford • 1979 — Minder — Graham Hurst — TV series, episode "The Bounty Hunter" • 1979 — Saint Joan — Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) — TV movie • 1980 — The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle — B.J. • 1982 — Tales of the Unexpected — Robert Simpson — TV series, episode "Run, Rabbit, Run" • 1982 — Emmerdale Farm — Rev. Bill Jeffries — TV series, 12 episodes • 1983 — The Cleopatras — Grypus — TV miniseries, 2 episodes • 1983 — The Hunger — Ron • 1983 — Forever Young — James • 1984 — Mistral's Daughter — Chase Arnold — TV miniseries, 3 episodes • 1985 — The Last Place on Earth — Ernest Shackleton — TV miniseries, episode "Poles Apart" • 1986 — Lovejoy — Michael — TV series, episode "The March of Time" • 1986 — The American Way — Claude • 1986 — Worlds Beyond — Philip Bradwell — TV series, episode "Voice from the Gallows" • 1986 — Lytton's Diary — The Editor — TV series, 3 episodes • 1987 — Shadow in a Landscape — Roderic O'Conor — TV movie • 1987 — Cry Freedom — 2nd Passport Control officer • 1988 — Ten Great Writers of the Modern World — Frank Budgen — TV miniseries, episode "James Joyce's 'Ulysses'" • 1988 — Thin Air — Zac Diamond — TV miniseries, 5 episodes • 1988 — Rockliffe's Folly — DI Derek Hoskins — TV series, 4 episodes • 1989 — Screen One — Colonel Mitchell — TV series, episode "The Mountain and the Molehill" • 1989 — Mission: Eureka — Swann — TV series • 1990 — The Rift — Contek 1 • 1990 — The Final Frame — Paul Mandell — TV movie • 1990 — TECX — Wolf — TV series, episode "Writing on the Wall" • 1991 — Buddy's Song — Adrian • 1991 — Selling Hitler — Congo Randy — TV miniseries, episode "#1.1" • 1991 — A Demon in My View — Brian Kotowsky • 1991 — The Men's Room — Steve Kirkwood — TV miniseries, 5 episodes • 1992 — Inspector Morse — Pathologist — TV series, episode "Absolute Conviction" • 1992 — The Barbara Vine Mysteries — Dr. Swiftson — TV series, episode "A Fatal Inversion: Part 1" • 1992 — Casualty — Hugo — TV series, episode "Will You Still Love Me?" • 1993 — V.I. Warshawski: BBC Radio Drama Collection — Martin Bledsoe (voice) — Radio series, episode "Deadlock" • 1993 — Full Stretch — Morris Legge — TV series, 3 episodes • 1993 — Harry — Prosecuting Counsel — TV series, episode "#1.6" • 1995 — The Choir — Alan Ashworth — TV miniseries, episode "#1.5" • 1995 — Brookside — Mr. Stewart — TV series, 4 episodes • 1995–1999 — The Bill — Dr. Fowler-West / Mr. Sutton — TV series, 2 episodes • 1996 — Silent Witness — D.I. Hartley — TV series, 2 episodes • 1996 — Circles of Deceit — George Grant — TV series, episode "Sleeping Dogs" • 1997 — The Apocalypse Watch — Winston Ross — TV movie • 2001 — The Cazalets — Raymond Castle — TV series, episode "#1.6" • 2001 — Spy Game — Mitch Alford • 2002 — Heartbeat — Gordon Purvis — TV series, episode "Horses for Courses" • 2005 — Dalziel and Pascoe — Lord 'Tiger' Harper — TV series, episode "Dead Meat: Part 2" • 2005 — Doctors — James Evelyn — TV series, episode "A Rose for Delilah" • 2005 — The Government Inspector — David Chidgey — TV movie • 2006 — Brief Encounters — Harry — TV miniseries, episode "Lost & Found"