John Reed performed as a baritone with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1951 and 1979. His featured roles with the company were: Cox in "Cox And Box" The Associate in "Trial by Jury" The Judge in "Trial by Jury" Mr Wells in "The Sorcerer" Sir Joseph in "H.M.S. Pinafore" Major-General in "The Pirates of Penzance" Major Murgatroyd in "Patience...
In 1988: It's funny how the brain works. I can be standing there singing the Nightmare Song from 'Iolanthe," looking out at a woman in the audience wearing a hat and thinking 'My God, that hat is so big the man behind her can't see.' And the works keep coming with no problem.
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Fact
1
He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1977 Queen's Honours List for his services to drama.
2
He is survived by his companion of more than half a century, Nicholas Kerri.
3
He was a butcher's son and a self-taught stage performer.
4
He was the fifth man to inhabit roles regularly for the D'Oyly Carte. The previous four men were comics, George Grossmith, Henry Lytton, Martyn Green, and Peter Pratt who was his predecessor and mentor.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Together Again: A Tribute to Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, and Thomas Round
2000
Video
Voice (archive) / Sir Joseph 2 / Ko-Ko 2 / ...
H.M.S. Pinafore
1973
TV Movie
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB
Biografie
1967
TV Series
The Mikado
1967
Ko-Ko
Ruddigore
1966
Robin Oakapple
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (voice)
Patience
1965
TV Movie
Reginald Bunthorne
Triptych in Four Parts
1958
Short
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
H.M.S. Pinafore
2001
TV Movie stage director: operetta
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General
1974
Short
The Modern Major General
When I Went to the Bar
1973
Short
Lord Chancellor (uncredited)
Known for movies
H.M.S. Pinafore (1973) as Sir Joseph Porter, KCB
Ruddigore (1966) as Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd
Together Again: A Tribute to Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, and Thomas Round (2000) as Voice (archive) / Sir Joseph 2 / Ko-Ko 2 / Jack Point / Lord Chancellor
$4 Million
