Dyson Lovell

British film producer and actor (1936–2024)

Dyson Lovell (28 August 1936 – 11 January 2024) was a British film producer and actor.^[1] He produced amongst others, Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson (1990), and Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 box-office flop The Cotton Club, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.^[2] He has received four Emmy Award, and three Golden Globe nominations for his work as a producer in television.^[3]^[4]

Lovell originally trained as an actor at RADA, and his early stage work included appearances at The Old Vic and small roles on Broadway.^[5]^[6]^[7] He has played supporting roles in such films as Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Sampson.^[8]

Lovell died from cancer on 11 January 2024, at the age of 87.^[9]^[10]

Productions

Hamlet
Endless Love
Lonesome Dove
Merlin
Arabian Nights
Jane Eyre
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
A Christmas Carol
Cleopatra
The Lion in Winter

References

^ "Dyson Lovell | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
^ "Dyson Lovell". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
^ "Dyson Lovell". Television Academy.
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^ "Dyson Lovell — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
^ "Dyson Lovell | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
^ "Dyson Lovell – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
^ "Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Franco Zeffirelli | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
^ "Dyson Lovell obituary". The Times. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ https://jamesbond007.se/eng/memoriam/dyson_lovell_1936_2024