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David Hemmings
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Director, Producer, Actor Born: November 18, 1941 in Guildford, Surrey, England Death: December 3, 2003 in Romania Biography:When the film version of the Broadway musical "Camelot" was released in 1967, critics had a jolly old time lambasting director "Joshua Logan" for casting non-singers in the leading roles. While it's certainly true that "Lynn Redgrave", "Richard Harris" and "Franco Nero" seemed to suffer from Tin-Ear Syndrome, the critics were most unfair in picking on the fellow who played Mordred: "David Hemmings". The son of a cookie merchant, Hemmings was a successful touring boy soprano at age nine, performing with the English Opera Group. He briefly left the musical world when his voice changed, studying painting at the Epsom School of Art and staging his first exhibition at 15. He returned to singing in his early 20s, first in nightclubs, then on the musical stage. Easing into acting, Hemmings appeared as misunderstood youths and belligerent "Teddy Boys" in a number of British programmers before attaining... Full Biography
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