Lewis Fiander

Lewis Ernest Fiander (12 January 1938 – 24 May 2016) was an Australian film, stage, and television actor.

Lewis Fiander
Born
Lewis Ernest Fiander

(1938-01-12)12 January 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died24 May 2016(2016-05-24) (aged 78)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Fiander was born in Melbourne to Mona Jane (née King) and Walter Lewis Fiander, and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew.[1] Moving to the UK from his native Australia, initially to appear in the play The One Day of the Year, Fiander appeared in such films as I Start Counting (1970), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972), The Abdication (1974), Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), Not Now, Comrade (1976), Sweeney 2 (1978), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Georgia (1988) and Paperback Romance (1994). His first major role on television was Mr. Darcy in the BBC's first colour adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (1967).[2]

In 1970, Fiander originated the role of John Adams in the London stage production of 1776, a role he reprised in Australia. Other stage appearances in West End musicals included the roles of Lord Melbourne and Disraeli in I and Albert, Coward in Noel and Gertie and Puccini in Cafe Puccini. During the 1970s, he was cast as Professor Tryst in the Doctor Who episode "Nightmare of Eden" and after discussion with his friend Tom Baker chose to give the character a hybrid accent as would befit an alien in the future. In 1974, he appeared as Casimir Dudevant playing opposite Rosemary Harris in the BBC series Notorious Woman and performed the role of Thomas Becket on a cast-album of the musical Thomas and The King.

On radio, he played the eponymous lead role in the comedy series Patterson.

He returned to Australia in the early 1980s and continued his acting career.

In 2004 he contributed the voice for airship engineer Kemp in Anthony Lucas's Oscar nominated animation, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello.

Lewis Fiander's last known film appearance was in the Don Percy short film 'Two Moments in Time". Lewis' scenes were shot in late September 2015, the film was completed in 2017, and premiered at the St. Kilda Film Festival in 2018. [3]

Fiander died on 24 May 2016.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1962The Password Is CouragePringle
1963The V.I.P.sThird ReporterUncredited
1970I Start CountingPriest at Church
1971Dr. Jekyll and Sister HydeHoward Spencer
1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainBaker
1974The AbdicationFather Dominic
1976Who Can Kill a Child?Tom
1976Not Now, ComradeRudi Petrovyan
1978Sweeney 2Gorran
1985The Doctor and the DevilsDr. Thornton
1986On Wings of FireTansar
1988GeorgiaScarlatti
1994Paperback RomanceMr. Bruce Wrightman

References
  1. Lewis Fiander Biography (1938–)
  2. "Screen life of a romcom", The Telegraph, 2 September 2005. Accessed 22 February 2016
  3. https://stkildafilmfestival.com.au/film/two-moments-in-time/
  4. http://www.mtc.com.au/backstage/2016/05/farewell-lewis-fiander/
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