Biography
Gordon Cuthbert Griffin MBE (born 19 December 1942) is an English actor, audiobook reader, casting director, dialogue coach, singer, composer and lyricist.
== Early life ==
Gordon comes from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, though he was actually born in Gilsland in Northumberland. He trained at Rose Bruford College.
== Career ==
As a stage actor, he has half a century's experience of working in theatres up and down the British Isles, and in English-speaking productions overseas. He took part in the first national tour of Godspell, and played in Julius Caesar and in Murder in the Cathedral at Chichester Festival Theatre. Other UK regional theatres where he has performed include Derby Playhouse and the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
For twenty years he has been Casting Director for The English Theatre of Hamburg and has
cast over fifty plays, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Arms and the Man, Candida, Blithe Spirit, The Caretaker, Private Lives and The Circle, as well as the plays of LaBute and David Mamet.
As a cabaret singer he has performed with his singing partner Francoise Geller in the UK and elsewhere.
He has composed music and lyrics for productions such as The Circle, Educating Rita, When the Reaper Calls, Over the River, Through the Woods and April in Paris.
His first film job, in Arabesque, required him to play a scene with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren.