Jonathan Rigby
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Jonathan Rigby is an English
film critic
and actor
who has written the following books - English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema (2000), Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History (2001), Roxy Music: Both Ends Burning (2005), American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (2007) and Studies in Terror: Landmarks of Horror Cinema (2011). He has been described in Video Watchdog magazine as occupying 'a proud place in the advance guard of film researchers, writers and critics.'
In his parallel career as an actor, Rigby played Kenneth Horne
throughout the eighteen-month run of the West End hit Round the Horne ... Revisited (2003-5); the production also led to a BBC Four
film and an appearance at the 2004 Royal Variety Performance. In 2008-9 he reprised the role in a new stage show called Round the Horne - Unseen and Uncut and in the BBC Radio special Twice Ken is Plenty.
Rigby's stage adaptation of Dracula
toured during 1997, the original novel's centenary year. In addition, he has contributed audio commentaries to the DVD releases of The House that Dripped Blood, Prey and House of Mortal Sin, among others. In 2010 he was series consultant on the three-part BBC Four
documentary A History of Horror
, also making a brief appearance as Dracula in the opening episode.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
film critic
Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who has written the following books - English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema (2000), Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History (2001), Roxy Music: Both Ends Burning (2005), American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (2007) and Studies in Terror: Landmarks of Horror Cinema (2011). He has been described in Video Watchdog magazine as occupying 'a proud place in the advance guard of film researchers, writers and critics.'
In his parallel career as an actor, Rigby played Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Horne was an English comedian and businessman. The son of a clergyman and politician, he combined a successful business career with regular broadcasting for the BBC. His first hit series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh written with his co-star Richard Murdoch arose out of his wartime service as...
throughout the eighteen-month run of the West End hit Round the Horne ... Revisited (2003-5); the production also led to a BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
film and an appearance at the 2004 Royal Variety Performance. In 2008-9 he reprised the role in a new stage show called Round the Horne - Unseen and Uncut and in the BBC Radio special Twice Ken is Plenty.
Rigby's stage adaptation of Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
toured during 1997, the original novel's centenary year. In addition, he has contributed audio commentaries to the DVD releases of The House that Dripped Blood, Prey and House of Mortal Sin, among others. In 2010 he was series consultant on the three-part BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
documentary A History of Horror
A History of Horror
A History of Horror is a 2010 three-part documentary series made for the BBC by British writer and actor Mark Gatiss...
, also making a brief appearance as Dracula in the opening episode.