Simon Cadell: The Authorised Biography

Simon Cadell, who had a twenty-year stage career, announced his death, ending his Olivier Award-winning performance in "Travels With My Aunt." He was known for his roles in "Hi-de-hi!" and "Blott on the Landscape," and his portrayal of Noel Coward earned him a reputation as the definitive interpreter. This biography provides insight into his life and career, based on family photographs and interviews.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2018
Publisher: Fonthill Media

Simon Cadell's announcement that he may have only days to live marked the end of a twenty-year stage career that had just seen its finest hour—winning an Olivier Award for "Travels With My Aunt." The British public had fallen in love with Cadell's charms as Jeffrey Fairbrother, part of the hugely successful sitcom "Hi-de-hi!", constantly dodging the amorous advances of Ruth Madoc's Gladys Pugh. But behind the lop-sided smile lay a man full of nerves and insecurity about the looks that ultimately defined his television career.

As the hapless civil servant Mr. Dundridge, in "Blott on the Landscape," he displayed perfect incompetence played to perfection, brought to triumph by his naked escape from the clutches of Lady Maud as played by Geraldine James. Equally adept at Shakespeare and Chekhov as he was with Whitehall-style farces, Cadell's was a highly respected stage career achieved via a relentless workload. His many appearances as Noel Coward earned him a reputation as the definitive Coward interpreter, something he had first turned his hand to at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

With access to family photographs and documentation, and sourced by numerous interviews, "Simon Cadell: The Authorised Biography" tells for the first time the story of a fourth-generation actor who oozed charm and had a zest for a life that was cut tragically short at the peak of his powers.

Weight: 532g
Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781556795