Sidney Livingstone
Sidney Frederick Livingstone is an English stage, television, and film character actor. He has sometimes been credited as Sydney Livingstone.
Early life
Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Livingstone was an apprentice chef, a salesman, and a plumber's merchant, before gaining a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and training as an actor. He graduated in 1969.Career
Livingstone's acting career began on stage, and by 1973 he was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in several productions directed by Trevor Nunn, including Richard II, Hamlet, Timon of Athens and The Blue Angel. An early film role came in The Ragman's Daughter.In 1974, he played Mardian in the television film Antony and Cleopatra. His many other television credits include Jeeves and Wooster in which he played the role of Constable Oats, Crown Court, Shine on Harvey Moon, Minder, and Boon. In 2016, he starred as Brian Reader in the British film Hatton Garden: the Heist.
Theatre
- Coriolanus as Officer
- Hindle Wakes as Sir Timothy Farrar
- Inherit the Wind as Bannister
- A Chorus of Disapproval as Jarvis
- Richard II as Bishop of Carlisle
- Hamlet as Voltimand
- Timon of Athens as Lucullus
- Sitting Pretty as Max
- Oklahoma! as Andrew Carnes
- Arcadia as Richard Noakes
- Measure for Measure as Provost
- The Blue Angel as Bombler
- Acorn Antiques: The Musical! as Ken
- Crazy for You as Everett Baker
Films
- The Ragman's Daughter as Borstal Instructor
- Antony and Cleopatra as Mardian
- The Body in the Library as Brogan
- Lifeforce as Ned Price
- Passion Killers as Fred
- Oklahoma! as Andrew Carnes
- Hatton Garden: the Heist as Brian Reader
Television
- Coronation Street as Roy Thornley
- Happy Since I Met You as Dennis
- Miss Marple: The Body in the Library as Brogan
- The Crucifer of Blood as Roly Lamas Dir
- Jeeves and Wooster: Trouble at Totleigh Towers and The Ties that Bind as Constable Oates
- Midsomer Murders: Days of Misrule as Don Mitchinson
- The Devil's Hour as Gerald Bell