Stephen Greif

• Name — Stephen Greif • Birth Name — Stephen John Greif • Born — 26 August 1944 • Birthplace — Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England • Died — 23 December 2022 • Education — * Sloane Grammar School • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art • Known for — * Blake's 7 • Citizen Smith • Casanova • Shoot on Sight • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1968–2022 • Children — 2 Stephen John Greif (26 August 1944 – 23 December 2022) was an English actor known for his roles as Travis in Blake's 7, Harry Fenning in three series of Citizen Smith, Signor Donato in Casanova and Commander John Shepherd in Shoot on Sight.

Greif was born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, in a building originally belonging to Anne Boleyn as a gift from King Henry VIII. Greif was the son of Pauline (née Rubinstein) and Franz Greif. He was of Polish, Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent. He was educated at Sloane Grammar School, where he was school champion in athletics and swimming, and represented the school and the county in athletics at the White City Stadium amongst other venues. He briefly attended the Regent Street Polytechnic before entering a variety of jobs, including troubleshooter at a TV and radiogram manufacturer and as a negotiator in a boutique West End estate agency, before applying for drama school.

• Illustration — Drawing of Greif (left) as Travis in Blake's 7 Greif was an honours graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won numerous awards including Best Actor and Most Promising Actor, and was an Associate Member and served on the audition panel. He was a member of the National Theatre Company both at the Old Vic in Laurence Olivier's company and on the South Bank for Peter Hall's company. Among the productions he appeared in were Danton's Death, A Woman Killed with Kindness, The Merchant of Venice (with Olivier), Long Day's Journey into Night (again with Olivier), The School for Scandal, Richard II, The Front Page and Macbeth. Greif was invited back to appear with them at Queen's Theatre in the West End in the Italian comedy Saturday, Sunday, Monday, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and Laurence Olivier, where he won a Best Actor nomination in the Critics' Circle Theatre Award. Later, he was invited to join the National again on the South Bank under Peter Hall in the revival of Death of a Salesman, directed by Michael Rudman and with Warren Mitchell winning himself another Best Actor nomination in the Olivier Awards. Grief was back again at the invitation of Nicholas Hytner to join his inaugural season appearing in His Girl Friday, Edmund and the Christmas production His Dark Materials. He acted alongside Elaine Stritch in The Gingerbread Lady, Denholm Elliott in The Paranormalist, Frank Langella in Abracadaver, Albert Finney in Ronald Harwood's Reflected Glory, Felicity Kendal and Frances de la Tour in Fallen Angels, Joseph Fiennes in George Dillon and Lesley Manville in Six Degrees of Separation. He appeared in three plays by his friend Bernard Kops, an East End playwright and poet, at the Jewish Museum, the JW3 and the National Portrait Gallery to celebrate the author's 85th and 90th birthdays. From 2016 to 2018, together with Fenella Fielding, Greif appeared at Crazy Coqs at Zedel's Brasserie on multiple occasions, and various other venues in David Stuttard's adaptation of drama and comedy from famous ancient Greek literature called Tears, Treachery..and Just a little Murder produced by Simon McKay. The production was revived in 2020/21, with Dame Sian Phillips replacing Fielding, and retitled Savage Beauty, playing again at Crazy Coqs with further shows to come, this time entitled Lovers, Traitors...and bloody Greeks. Greif appears in many films including Gerry, Risen, Woman in Gold, Bill, D is for Detroit, Lasse Hallström's Casanova, Shoot on Sight, Eichmann, Spartan, The Upside of Anger, Boogie Woogie and Fakers. His many television appearances include Only When I Laugh, Thriller (1 episode, 1976), Howard's Way, Spooks, Mistresses, He Kills Coppers, Silent Witness, the last story of Waking the Dead, The Crown, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Doctors and New Tricks. Greif reprised his Blake's 7 role of Travis from season 1 of the TV series in eleven new audio stories for Big Finish Productions. He voiced Raymond Maarloeve in the video game The Witcher. He voiced and was nominated for best narrator for Sony's PlayStation video game Puppeteer in addition to many more games and cartoon series including Elliott from Earth for the Cartoon Network. Greif won the BBC audio books of America award for narrating The Boy with the Magic Numbers by Sally Gardner. He also narrated various documentaries on Channel 5, and in 2021 contributed to and participated in the documentary tribute Alfred Burke is Frank Marker.

Greif enjoyed golf, and was a member and past President of the Stage Golfing Society. He married in 1980; the marriage produced twin sons in 1982. He resided near Richmond in London. Greif died on 23 December 2022, aged 78.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1967 — Boy Meets Girl — Dinner Guest — Episode: "A High-Pitched Buzz" Uncredited • 1970 — The Tragedy of King Richard II — Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Welsh Captain — Television film • 1970 — Edward II — Earl of Pembroke Abbot of Neith — Television film • 1971 — The Persuaders! — Krilov — Episode: "The Man in the Middle" • 1971 — Eyeless in Gaza — Young Englishman — Episode: "And Calm of Mind, All Passion Spent" • 1973 — The Merchant of Venice — Prince of Morocco — Television film • 1973 — The Protectors — Policeman at Cafe — Episode: "Implicado" • 1970–1974 — Special Branch — Finch Mikhali Joanides — 2 episodes • 1974 — A Little Bit of Wisdom — Jacques — Episode: "The Magic Monkey of Kubla Khan" • 1974 — The Aweful Mr Goodall — Doctor — Episode: "Indiscretion" • 1974 — Intimate Strangers — Harvest — Episode: #1.4 • 1974–1975 — Thriller — Ben Kroom Tramp - Enrico — 2 episodes • 1973–1976 — Dixon of Dock Green — DCI. Peter Basset Charles Negri Tony — 3 episodes • 1976 — Killers — Stinie Morrison — 2 episodes • 1975–1976 — Play for Today — Gerry Joe — 2 episodes • 1976 — The New Avengers — Juventor — Episode: "Three Handed Game" • 1977 — Spaghetti Two-Step — Luigi — Television film • 1977 — Treasure Island — Job Anderson — 4 episodes • 1978 — Armchair Thriller — Juan — 4 episodes • 1978 — Blake's 7 — Space Commander Travis — 5 episodes • 1978 — Return of the Saint — Masrouf — Episode: "One Black September" • 1978 — The Sandbaggers — DCI Gomez — Episode: "The Most Suitable Person" • 1978 — Famous Five — Pottersham — Episode: "Five Have a Wonderful Time" • 1979 — Thomas & Sarah — Pocock — Episode: "The Vanishing Lady" • 1979 — Dick Turpin — Major Walther Von Gerhardt — Episode: "The Turncoat" • 1979 — Kids — David Newman — Episode: "Diana" • 1977–1979 — Citizen Smith — Harry Fenning — 12 episodes • 1979 — Only When I Laugh — Nicos — Episode: "The Man with the Face" • 1981 — Goodbye Darling — Victor — Episode: "Lina" • 1982 — Minder — Spencer — Episode: "The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs" • 1982 — Play For Tomorrow — Shapiro — Episode: "Bright Eyes" • 1982 — The Bounder — Count Montefiore — Episode: "The Rival" • 1982 — The Professionals — Dr. Lowe — Episode: "Lawson's Last Stand" • 1983 — The Cleopatras — Demetrius — Episode: "128 BC" • 1983 — Tales of the Unexpected — Rinaldo — Episode: "The Luncheon" • 1983 — Hart To Hart — Anthony Vlachos — Episode: "Passing Chance" • 1984 — The Last Days of Pompeii — Sporus — 3 episodes • 1984 — Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense — Clifford Richardson — Episode: "A Distant Scream" • 1984 — Cold Warrior — Dr Mohammed Riffi — Episode: "The Man from Damascus" • 1984 — Ellis Island — Jesse Lasky — 2 episodes • 1984 — Tolkien Remembered — Himself — Reader • 1985 — Dempsey and Makepeace — Bernie Silk — Episode: "Hors de Combat" • 1985 — One By One — Richard Neville — 2 episodes • 1986 — Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Prince Stefano — Episode: "For Better or Worse" • 1986 — Love with a Perfect Stranger — Andrea — Television film • 1986 — The Life and Loves of a She-Devil — Dr Ghengis — 2 episodes • 1987 — Rumpole of the Bailey — Martyn Vanberry — Episode: "Rumpole and the Blind Tasting" • 1987 — Boon — Lomas — Episode: "Texas Rangers" • 1987 — C.A.T.S. Eyes — Jack Brand — Episode: "Backlash" • 1987–1988 — Bust — John Evans — 2 episodes • 1988 — Howards' Way — John Reddings — Episode: "Crafty Ken" • 1989 — Laura and Disorder — Jim Lipthorpe — 2 episodes • 1989 — Ticket To Ride — Capt. Szigismund — Episode: "South by Southeast" • 1989 — Young, Gifted and Broke — Colegate — 2 episodes • 1989 — Chelworth — Tony Evrington — 2 episodes • 1989 — About Face — Neville — Episode: "Mrs Worthington's Daughter" • 1990 — Face To Face — Grant Ross — Television film • 1990 — Zorro — Torres — Episode: "Ghost Story" • 1990 — The Gravy Train — Rudolph — 2 episodes • 1990 — Rab C. Nesbitt — DI Sergeant — Episode: "Offski" • 1990 — Birds of a Feather — Marcus Green — Episode: "Falling in Love Again" • 1991–1992 — Dark Justice — Tony Hastings — 2 episodes • 1991–1992 — Trainer — Stavros Mikhalides — 5 episodes • 1993 — Drop the Dead Donkey — Valdez — Episode: "George and His Daughter" • 1993 — Comics — Anthony Fratelli — 2 episodes • 1993 — The Upper Hand — Jason McCloud — Episode: "Wheel of Fortune" • 1993 — Between the Lines — Steven Ripley — 2 episodes • 1992–1994 — The House of Eliott — Abraham Barak — 2 episodes • 1994 — Red Eagle — Grigor — Television film • 1994 — Screen Two — Johnny — Episode: "Midnight Movie" • 1995 — Space Precinct — Eric Volker — Episode: "Two Against the Rock" • 1995 — Castles — Adam Robins — 9 episodes • 1995 — Stick with Me, Kid — Gordon Lundey — Episode: "Cello Goodbye" • 1995 — Beyond Grief: The 'Moors Murders' Remembered — Himself — Narrator • 1996 — EastEnders — Brian Lassiter — 2 episodes • 1997 — Crime Traveller — Leonard Gebler — Episode: "Sins of the Father" • 1997 — Engima — Voice (English version) • 1998 — Killer Net — Harvey Levin — Episode: #1.3 • 1993–1998 — The Bill — Neville Juke A.C. Lampriere — 2 episodes • 2002 — Shackleton — Valiente — Uncredited • 2002 — Blitzkrieg — Himself — Television film Narrator • 2002 — The Concise History of World War II — Himself — 3 episodes Narrator • 2005 — Holby City — Rabbi Ben Silver — Episode: "Days of Repentance" • 2005 — Space Race — Colonel Toftoy — 2 episodes • 2005 — Road to Liberty: Battle of the Bulge — Himself — Narrator • 2005–2006 — Judge John Deed — Lorne Michaels — 2 episodes • 2005–2006 — Sarah Jane Smith — Sir Donald Wakefield (voice) — 4 episodes • 2007 — Totally Doctor Who — Gurney (voice) — 2 episodes • 2007 — Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest — Gurney (voice) — 13 episodes • 2007 — Working with Pinter — Himself — Television film • 2008 — He Kills Coppers — The Proprietor — Television film • 2008 — Spooks — Claude Denizet — Episode: "Accidental Discovery" • 2009 — Mistresses — Alexander — Episode: #2.3 • 2009 — The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich — Himself — Narrator • 2011 — The Afternoon Play — Charlie — Episode: "Small Acts of Kindness" • 2011 — Waking The Dead — Bill Knight — Episode: "Waterloo: Part 1" • 2011 — U-Boat Wars: The Killer Wolf Packs — Himself — Narrator • 2012 — Silent Witness — Gordon Cairns — 2 episodes • 2012 — Coronation Street — Ron Dent — Episode: #1.8026 • 2013 — New Tricks — Peter Russell — Episode: "Things Can Only Get Better" • 2013 — Greatest Little Britons — Himself — Narrator • 2014 — Hitler: A Strategy Failure — Himself — Narrator • 2015 — Mega Oil Iraq — Himself — Narrator • 2016 — Doctors — Ian Tilworth — Episode: "A Christmas Treat" • 2020 — The Alienist — Judge — Episode: "Ex Ore Infantium" • 2020 — The Crown — Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Bernard Weatherill — Episode: "War" • 2021 — Elliott from Earth — Voice — 5 episodes • 2020–2021 — Royal Histories — Himself — Narrator • 2021 — The Queen Mother — Himself — 3 episodes Narrator • 2021 — Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck — Himself — 2 episodes Readings By

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — Medieval: Total War — General Kihoto • 2004 — Dragon Quest VIII — Additional voices — Voice: English version • 2006 — Medieval II: Total War — Various • 2007 — Dragon Quest Swords — Sir Dick Worthington Draug — Voice: English version • 2007 — The Witcher — Raymond Maarloeve — Voice: English version • 2008 — Fable II — Barnum • 2008 — Momento Mori — Various • 2009 — BattleForge — Various • 2009 — Anno 1404 — Lord Richard Northburgh — Voice: English version • 2009 — Venetica — Various — Voice: English version • 2010 — Xenoblade Chronicles — Arglas — Voice: English version • 2012 — Risen 2: Dark Waters — Fence • 2013 — Puppeteer — Narrator • 2015 — Xenoblade Chronicles 3D — Arglas — Voice: English version • 2018 — Shadows: Awakening — Krek Bluntclaw • 2019 — GreedFall — Sir De Courcillon Various • 2020 — Skylords Reborn — Various • 2020 — Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition — Arglas — Voice: English version • 2021 — It Takes Two — Vacuum • 2021 — Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground — Dreadblade Harrows • 2022 — Total War: Warhammer III — Various

• Date/Venue — Show — Role/Director • 2012 • Globe Theatre, Bankside — Prince of West End Lane, Kerry Shale — Role: Otto / Dir: Matthew Lloyd • 2011 • Royal Shakespeare Theatre — Maydays, David Edgar — Role: Teddy Weiner / Dir: Polly Findlay • 2010 • The Old Vic — Six Degrees of Separation, John Guare — Role: Dr Fine / Dir: David Grindley • 2006 • Comedy Theatre (The Harold Pinter) — George Dillon, John Osborne — Role: Barney Evans /Dir: Peter Gill • 2003/2004 • National Theatre — His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman — Roles: The President and John Faa / Dir: Nick Hytner • National Theatre — Edmund, David Mamet — Roles: The Interrogator and Hotel Clerk / Dir: Edward Hall • National Theatre — His Girl Friday, John Guare — Role: Louis / Dir: Jack O’Brien • 2002 • Hampstead Theatre — Benchmark, Bud Shrake & M Rudman — Role: Ginsberg / Dir: Michael Rudman • 2000/2001 • Apollo Theatre — Fallen Angels, Noël Coward — Role: Maurice / Dir: Michael Rudman • 1999 • Hampstead Theatre — Immaculate, Carl Djerassi — Role: Menachem / Dir: Gordy Greenberg • 1994 • Vaudeville Theatre — Reflected Glory, Ronald Harewood — Role: Robert / Dir: Elija Moshinsky • 1992 • Almeida Theatre — The Life of the World To Come, Rob Williams — Role: Don Strohmeyer / Dir: Derek Wax • 1990 • Wyndham's Theatre / Theatre Royal Windsor — Abracadaver, Allan Scott & David Ambrose — Role: Chief Insp Scott / Dir: Richard Olivier • 1985 • Theatre Royal Windsor/ Old Vic — A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller — Role: Marco / Dir: Peter Coe • 1982 • Greenwich Theatre — The Paranormalist, Jonathan Gems — Role: Cedric / Dir: Alan Strachan • 1979/1980 • The National Theatre — Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller — Role: Biff (Nom. Best Supporting Actor – Olivier Awards) / Dir: Michael Rudman • 1976 • Derby Playhouse — View from The Bridge, Arthur Miller — Role: Eddie Carbone / Dir: Patrick Lau • 1974/1975 • National Theatre at the Queen's Theatre — Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Eduardo De Fillipo — Role: Luigi / Nom. Best Supporting Actor – Critics' Circle Theatre Award / Dir: Franco Zeffirelli, Laurence Olivier • Theatre Royal Windsor — The Gingerbread Lady, Neil Simon — Role: Lou • 1971/1973 • National Theatre at the Old Vic — The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare — Role: Prince of Morocco / Dir: Jonathan Miller • National Theatre at the Old Vic — A Woman Killed with Kindness, Thomas Heywood — Role: Sir Francis Acton / Dir: John Dexter • National Theatre at the Old Vic — The Front Page, Hecht & Macarthur — Role: Diamond Louis / Dir: Michael Blakemore • National Theatre at the Old Vic — The School For Scandal, Sheridan — Role: Moses / Dir: Jonathan Miller • National Theatre at the Old Vic — Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill — Role: Edmund / Dir: Michael Blakemore • National Theatre at the Old Vic — Richard II, William Shakespeare — Role: Willoughby, Dir: David William • National Theatre at the Old Vic — Macbeth, William Shakespeare — Role: Caithness / Dir: Michael Blakemore • National Theatre at the Old Vic — Danton's Death, Georg Büchner — Role: Bertrand / Dir: Jonathan Miller • 1970 • Forum Theatre — Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare — Role: Hotspur / Dir. Brian Shelton • 1969/1970 • Piccadilly Theatre — Richard II, William Shakespeare — Role: Mowbray / Dir: Richard Cotterel • Mermaid Theatre — Edward II, Christopher Marlowe — Role: Pembroke / Dir: Toby Robertson • 1968/1969 • Royal Shakespeare Company — King Lear, William Shakespeare — Role: Edmund's Captain / Dir: Trevor Nunn • Royal Shakespeare Co & North American Tour — Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe — Role: Valdes, Wrath / Dir: Clifford Williams • Royal Shakespeare Co & North American Tour — Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare — Role: Soldier / Dir: Trevor Nunn • Royal Shakespeare Co & North American Tour — As You Like It, William Shakespeare — Role: Forester / Dir: David Jones • Royal Shakespeare Co & North American Tour — The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster — Role: Antonio / Dir: Christie Dickason • Royal Shakespeare Company — Troilus & Cressida, William Shakespeare — Role: Prologue / Dir: John Barton

• Date/Venue — Name — Role • 2020 • BBC R4 — Keeping The Wolf Out — Sandor Farkas • 2017 • BBC R4 — The Carter Mysteries — Phil • 2015 • BBC R4 — Waterloo: The Ball at Brussells — Prince Tallyrand • 2013 • BBC R4 — The Letters of JKF — Krushchev • BBC R4 — Second Body — Jacobin • BBC R4 — Austerlitz — Narrator • 2011 • BBC R4 — Life & Death, Vasily Grossman — Karimov • BBC R4 Extra — The Man in Black, Mathew Collins — Mr Rubinstein • BBC R4 — Small Acts of Kindness, Trevor Preston — Charlie • 2010 • BBC R4 — Harry and the Angels, Bernard Kops — Harry • BBC R4 — The Art of Deception, Philip Palmer — Stefan Hunt • USA Radio — Charlie's Choice — Sir Philip • 2009 • BBC R4 — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carré — Polyakov • BBC R4 — The Grand Babylon Hotel, Arnold Bennett — Felix Babylon • USA Radio — The Captive — Kanye • 2008 • BBC R4 — The Babbington Plot, Michael Butt — Narrator • BBC R4 — Peter Lorre V Peter Lorre, Michael Butt — Peter Lorre • BBC R4 — Beat the Dog in His Own Kennel, Gary Brown — Avi • BBC Wales — Blake's 7 Interview — Himself as Travis • BBC R3 — The Devil was Here Yesterday, Colin Teevan — Hector • 2007 • BBC R4 — Take Away, Gary Brown — Narrator • BBC R4 Classic Serial — Witness, Nick Warburton — John The Baptist • BBC R4 Classic Serial — Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernières — Dr Iannis • BBC R4 — The Iceman, Simon Bovey — Supt. Malpacket • BBC R4 Classic Serial — Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell — Boris • BBC R4 — Hooligan Nights, Mike Walker — PC91 • 2006 • BBC R4 — Speed and Silver, Catherine Bailey — Ch. Insp. Collinson • Pre-2006 • BBC R4 (1987–92) — Flying The Flag — The American Ambassador • BBC R4 — The Nine Tailors, DL Sayers — Nobby Cranton • BBC R4 — Call for the Dead, John le Carré — Dieter Frey • BBC R2 — Hinge & Bracket, Gerald Frow — Roberto • BBC R4 (1985–1986) — Brogue Male — Count Laszlo Stroganoff • Audiobooks • AudioGo — "The Tractate Middoth", M R James — Narrator • AudioGo — Dr Palfrey of Westminster (5 books), John Creasey — Narrator • AudioGo — The Siege of the Villa Lipp, Eric Ambler — Narrator • The Story Circle Random House — His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman — Metatron • Isis — He Kills Coppers, Jake Arnott — Narrator • Isis — In a True Light, John Harvey — Narrator • Isis — Seeking Robinson Crusoe, Tim Severin — Narrator • Isis — The Lowlife, Alexander Baron — Narrator • Isis — The Sergeant's Tale, Bernice Rubens — Narrator • BBC Audio — The Match King, Frank Partnoy — Narrator • BBC Audio — Bad Dog and all that Hollywood Hoo Haa, Martin Chatterton — Narrator • BBC Audio (Won BBC Audio Books USA Earphones Award) — The Boy with the Magic Numbers, Sally Gardner — Narrator • BBC Audio — The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman — Narrator • BBC Audio — The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, Rose Tremain — Narrator (With Eleanor Bron)

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1971 — Nicholas and Alexandra — Martov • 1973 — No Sex Please, We're British — Niko • 1974 — Soft Beds, Hard Battles — Colonel Hiller — Uncredited • 1979 — Dirty Money — Rocco • 1980 — Cry Wolf — Professor Ion Porphiriou — Short film • 1987 — Pretorius — Vaneck • 1992 — Leon the Pig Farmer — Doctor • 2002 — Hitler in His Own Words — Himself — Narrator • 2004 — Spartan — Business Man • 2004 — Fakers — Alfonse Potrelli • 2005 — The Upside of Anger — Emily's Doctor • 2005 — Casanova — Donato • 2006 — Sixty Six — Uncle Henry • 2007 — Back in Business — Leonidov • 2007 — Eichmann — Hans Lipmann • 2007 — Shoot on Sight — Commander John Shepherd • 2009 — Boogie Woogie — Bob's Lawyer • 2012 — Emil Orange — English Narrator (voice) — Short film • 2014 — The Fall of Berlin — Himself — Narrator • 2015 — Woman in Gold — Bergen • 2015 — Bill — Spanish Adviser • 2016 — Risen — Caiaphus • 2018 — Gerry — Royston — Short film • 2022 — Alfred Burke Is Frank Marker — Himself • 2024 — Ibiza Dark — Greg

• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2013 — Navtgr Awards — Best Narrator — Puppeteer — Nominated • 2008 — BBC Audio Books — Best Narrator — Boy with the magic No's — Won • 1979 — Oliver Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Death of Salesman — Nominated • 1975 — Critics Circle — Best Supporting Actor — Sat, Sun, Mon — Nominated