Richard Morant

Who was Richard Morant?

Richard Morant was an English actor.

Morant was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. His father was the actor Philip Morant. He was also a nephew of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton. He enjoyed a long television and theatre career, first creating an impression as the bully Flashman in a BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, Tom Brown's Schooldays, and followed this up with a regular role as Dr Dwight Enys in the popular BBC series of Poldark.

Morant also appeared in several BBC classic serials, including adaptations of Walter Scott's Woodstock, as the future Charles II, and The Talisman, as Conrade of Montserrat.

He played Robespierre in The Scarlet Pimpernel, and he later played Bunter, the valet of Lord Peter Wimsey, in the BBC's productions of Strong Poison, Have His Carcase and Gaudy Night. In 1988 he played Theodore Dyke Acland in the serial Jack the Ripper.

His stage appearances included a starring role in Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Oxford Playhouse in 1984. The following year he co-starred with Stephanie Beacham and Pam Ferris in ITV's rag-trade soap drama, Connie. He also did voice-over, radio, and audio book work including voicing books by Julian Barnes and Julian Fellowes.