Sidney Livingstone

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Livingstone was an apprentice chef, a salesman, and a plumber's merchant, before gaining a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and training as an actor. He graduated in 1969. ==Career==

Livingstone's acting career began on stage, and by 1973 he was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. ==Theatre==

• Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1973) as Officer • Hindle Wakes as Sir Timothy Farrar • Inherit the Wind (The Old Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bannister • A Chorus of Disapproval (1985) as Jarvis • Richard II (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bishop of Carlisle • Hamlet (Old Vic Theatre, directed Trevor Nunn) as Voltimand • Timon of Athens (Young Vic, directed Trevor Nunn) as Lucullus • Sitting Pretty as Max • Oklahoma! (Royal National Theatre) as Andrew Carnes • Arcadia (Royal National Theatre, 1993) as Richard Noakes • Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Provost • The Blue Angel (Royal Shakespeare Company, directed Trevor Nunn) as Bombler • Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2005) as Ken • Crazy for You (West End, 2011) as Everett Baker ==Films==

• ''The Ragman's Daughter'' (1972) as Borstal Instructor • Antony and Cleopatra (1974) as Mardian • The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan • Lifeforce (1985) as Ned Price • Passion Killers (1999) as Fred • Oklahoma! (1999) as Andrew Carnes • Hatton Garden: the Heist (2016) as Brian Reader ==Television==

• Coronation Street (1976) as Roy Thornley • Happy Since I Met You (television play, 1981) as Dennis • Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) as Brogan • The Crucifer of Blood (1991) as Roly Lamas Dir • Jeeves and Wooster: Trouble at Totleigh Towers and The Ties that Bind (1993) as Constable Oates • Midsomer Murders: Days of Misrule (2008) as Don Mitchinson • ''The Devil's Hour'' (2022) as Gerald Bell ==Notes==