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Personal Details
Other Works:
Played Vittorio in "1953" by Craig Raine - Almeida Theatre, London (1996).
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Publicity Listings:
5 Interviews
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4 Articles
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1 Pictorial
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Height:
5' 11" (1.8 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on playing
Harry H. Corbett in
The Curse of Steptoe (2008)] This wasn't just a sitcom. It was like watching a five-act Ibsen (
Henrik Ibsen) play. Corbett was making us laugh, but we were laughing at his pain and the hopelessness of his situation. Then there were the story lines ... politics, class, religion, sex. This wasn't what an early-1960s comedy was supposed to deal with. Everybody knows ...
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Trivia:
Shares two roles with
Hans Conried. Conried appeared in the Disney animated version of
Peter Pan (1953), while Isaacs appeared in the 2003 live action film. Both films followed a tradition encouraged by
J.M. Barrie, and followed in most stage productions, that Mr. Darling and Captain Hook be played by the same actor. Accordingly, he and Conried played both parts in their respective films.
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Trademark:
Frequently plays elegant villains