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Britain's superbly eccentric import John Hurt is a perfect example of how huge, wondrous gifts can come in small, unadorned packages. His magnetic, often bedeviled portraits have touched the souls of film-goers internationally for over four decades, and there seems to be no end to the depth of this man's talent. Stretching the boundaries every which way but loose, he continues to be a definitive textbook in in the art of acting metamorphosis. This transatlantic talent was born John Vincent Hurt on January 22, 1940 in Shirebrook, a coal mining village near the busy market town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England, to a parish vicar and a one-time actress. The youngest of three children, he spent much of his childhood in solitude. Demonstrating little initiative, he was guided into art as a possible direction. The family moved to Grimsby when he turned twelve and, despite an active early passion in acting, his parents thought less of it and enrolled him at the Grimsby Art School and St. Martin's School of Art where he showed some flourish. When he couldn't manage to get another scholarship to art school, his focus invariably turned to acting. Accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he remained for two years and made his stage debut in 1962 in typically offbeat form with "Infanticide in the House of Fred Ginger". An odd, sombre, pasty-looking fellow with an aquiline nose (injured while playing sports) and a mass of Irish freckles, he was hardly leading man material. His focus as a painter, however, triggered a keen skill in the art of observation and certainly advanced his talent for getting into the skin of his characters. His movie debut occurred that same year with a supporting role in the ill-received British "angry young man" drama _The Wild and the Willing (1962)_ (qv). Transitioning between stage, TV and film for the rest of the decade he increased his respect with such plays as "Inadmissible Evidence" (1965), "Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs" (1966), a role he later took to film as _Little Malcolm (1974)_ (qv), "Macbeth" (as Malcolm) (1967) and "Man and Superman" (1969), as well as prime parts in such films as _A Man for All Seasons (1966)_ (qv), a role he was given after director 'Fred Zinnemann' (qv) saw his stellar work in "Little Malcolm." He continued on the stage as an unlikely Romeo in 1973, and went on to garner great applause in Pinter's "The Caretaker" and "The Dumb Waiter", and in "Travesties" (1974). It was TV, however, that displayed the full magnitude and fearless range of his acting instrument. In the mid-70s he gained widespread acclaim for his embodiment of the tormented gay writer and raconteur Quentin Crisp in the landmark TV play _The Naked Civil Servant (1975) (TV)_ (qv), adapted from Crisp's autobiography. Way, way ahead of its time, Hurt's bold and unabashed take on the flamboyant and controversial gent who dared to be different was rewarded with the Emmy and British TV Awards. Far and away one of the most marvelous creations ever captured on the small screen, he was altogether unsettling, unappetizing and unforgettable. Audiences cringed but were mesmerized at the same time -- like a car wreck. He WAS Quentin Crisp. Doors immediately opened for the best parts film and TV had to offer. Once again he was strikingly disturbing as the cruel and crazed Roman emperor Caligula in the epic TV masterpiece _"I, Claudius" (1976)_ (qv). The chameleon in him then displayed a polar side as the gentle, pathetically disfigured _The Elephant Man (1980)_ (qv), and when he morphed into the role of a tortured Turkish prison inmate who befriends 'Brad Davis (I)' (qv) in the intense drama _Midnight Express (1978)_ (qv), he was barely recognizable. The last two films earned Hurt his Oscar nominations. Handed mainstream box-office films as a result, he made the most of his role as a crew member whose body becomes host to an unearthly predator in _Alien (1979)_ (qv). Who can forget the film's most notorious scene as the creature explodes from Hurt's stomach and scurries away into the bowels of the spaceship? Along with fame, of course, came a few misguided ventures generally unworthy of his talent. Such brilliant work as his steeple chase jockey in _Champions (1984)_ (qv) or kidnapper in _The Hit (1984)_ (qv) was occasionally offset by such drivel as the comedy misfire _Partners (1982/I)_ (qv) with 'Ryan O'Neal (I)' in which Hurt looked enervated and embarrassed. But those were few and far between. As for the past couple of decades, the craggy-faced actor continues to draw extraordinary notices. Tops on the list includes his prurient governmental gadfly who triggers the Christine Keeler political sex scandal in the aptly-titled _Scandal (1989)_ (qv); the cultivated gay writer aroused and obsessed with struggling "pretty-boy" actor 'Jason Priestley' (qv) in _Love and Death on Long Island (1997)_ (qv); and the Catholic priest embroiled in the Rwanda atrocities in _Shooting Dogs (2005)_ (qv). His rich tones have also been tapped into frequently with a number of animated features and documentaries, often serving as narrator. Presently married to his fourth wife, genius is often accompanied by a darker, more self-destructive side and Hurt was no exception with alcohol being his choice of poison. He has since recovered. He has two children from his third wife.
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John Hurt speaking out
The brilliant, incomparable, and all round good geezer John Hurt speaks his mind in support for Amnesty International. Listen to this man.
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Mississippi John Hurt - You got to walk that lonesome valley
According to personal biography of his life John Hurt learn to love and appreciate music and guitar playing from William H Carson, a man infatuated with his teacher at the St. James School, located in Avalon, Mississippi. John Hurt stated, " I wasn't allowed to bother Mr. Carson's guitar. I would wait until he feel asleep at my house, then I would slip his guitar into my room and try to play. There I learned to play the guitar at the age of nine years old. After that, my mother bought me a second hand guitar at the price of $1.50! 1 can tell you there was no beautiful sound than my own guitar music. I was playing for country dances at the same time working very hard on a farm new Avalon Mississippi."
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Mississippi John Hurt
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- Author: wimveldhuis
Amazing guitar playing
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The John Hurt Moment
There are some places, you don't expect to see a face.
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Frost over the World - John Hurt - 18 April 08 - Part 3
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From the Elephant Man and Midnight Express, to Hellboy and Harry Potter, John Hurt has starred in more than 100 films, has been nominated for two Academy Awards and has won two Baftas and a Golden Globe. Now John is starring alongside Elijah Wood in The Oxford Murders and next month will be in the much anticipated blockbuster, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. John joins Sir David to talk about his current and future big projects.
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Mississippi John Hurt - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
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- Author: garyralves
I know there are other versions of this video on youtube.. but I think this is the best version. Enjoy, John Hurt is a legend.
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John Hurt monologue (the proposition)
John Hurt monologue (the proposition)
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1984 (John Hurt) - Official Trailer
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- Published: 09 Mar 2011
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George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is the capital of Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. They try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape... Released on Directed by: Michael Radford Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Peter Frye
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Mississippi John Hurt Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Mississippi John Hurt playing Make Me a Pallet on the Floor.
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Alien - Chestburster Scene
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- Published: 11 Sep 2009
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- Author: PencilPusher93
Love this scene. It's brilliantly done for such an old film, it's 30 years old now. Wow. Hope you enjoy! Please do not sue or delete my account. I have nothing to do with tis film, I am merely a fan. I was not involved in the making of this film, all rights go to all the Alien movie creators.
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Stackolee Mississippi John Hurt
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Stackolee Mississippi John Hurt This song is also known as Stagger Lee, Stagolee, Stack O'Lee, Stack a Lee and I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting or just don't know. It has been covered by countless musicians in numerous genres. For all you ever wanted to know about Stagger Lee, please see - www.staggerlee.com
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Mississippi John Hurt - Goodnight Irene
From: "1972 Mississippi John Hurt - Last Sessions". What a great sound this man produced!
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Roots of Blues Mississippi John Hurt „Candy Man Blues
„Candy Man Blues (J. Hurt) Recorded: New York City, December 28,1928 Mississippi John Hurt (vcl)(g). Born John Smith Hurt in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt learned to play guitar at age 9. He spent much of his youth playing old time music for friends and dances, earning a living as a farm hand into the 1920s. In 1923 he partnered with the fiddle player Willie Narmour as a substitute for his regular partner Shell Smith. When Narmour got a chance to record for Okeh Records as a prize for winning first place in a 1928 fiddle contest, Narmour recommended John Hurt to Okeh Records producer Tommy Rockwell. After auditioning "Monday Morning Blues" at his home, he took part in two recording sessions, in Memphis and New York City (see Discography below). The "Mississippi" tag was added by Okeh as a sales gimmick. After the commercial failure of the resulting records, and Okeh Records going out of business during the Great Depression, Hurt returned to Avalon and obscurity, working as a sharecropper and playing local parties and dances. In 1963, however, a folk musicologist, Tom Hoskins, inspired by the recordings, was able to locate Hurt near Avalon, Mississippi. Seeing that Hurt's guitar playing skills were still intact, Hoskins encouraged him to move to Washington, DC, and begin performing on a wider stage. His performance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival saw his star rise amongst the new folk revival audience. Before his death he <b>...</b>
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Mississippi John Hurt I'm satisfied
Mississippi John Hurt playing I'm Satisfied.
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i shall not be moved - Mississippi John Hurt
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Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
Seen here with Pete Seeger & Hedy West. Not sure of date, circa 1950's-60's(post Seeger blacklist). Playing John Henry (Steeldriver Blues). Lived:(March 8, 1892,Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) the eighth child of ten. See more at, en.wikipedia.org
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Coffee Blues Mississippi John Hurt
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Recorded in 1963 ________________________________________ Did you know that the group the lovin' spoonful took its name from this song
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'Stack O' Lee Blues' MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1928) Blues Legend
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Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966) " Stack O' Lee Blues " (1928) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = drawing : by the great NEIL HARPE
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Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
In 1928, Mississippi John Hurt recorded thirteen songs on the Okeh label, including "Avalon Blues." Then he disappeared. His music influenced generations of folk and blues performers, but the mystery remained. Who was he? What happened to him? In 1963, Tom Hoskins, following the clues of the "Mississippi" in Hurt's stage name, and the lyrics of this song, "Avalon, my home town," located Hurt living in a simple shack in tiny Avalon, Mississippi, the same shack pictured early in the video, and later as the reconditioned Mississippi John Hurt Museum. Not only was Hurt still alive in 1963, but the real miracle was that he retained his sweet singing voice and fluid guitar skills. He recorded dozens of songs and toured extensively in his final three years, sharing his beautiful music with the world. Sometimes there really are happy endings.
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'Frankie' MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1928) Folk Blues Guitar Legend
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" Frankie " (1928) = = = = = = = = = = The "RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945) Texas Alexander Pink Anderson Kokomo Arnold Barbecue Bob Scrapper Blackwell Black Ace Ed Bell Blind Blake Ishman Bracey Big Bill Broonzy Richard "Rabbit" Brown Willie Brown Bumble Bee Slim Gus Cannon Bo Carter Sam Collins Floyd Council Gary Davis Sleepy John Estes Blind Boy Fuller Son House Peg Leg Howell Mississippi John Hurt Papa Charlie Jackson Jim Jackson Skip James Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Willie Johnson Lonnie Johnson Robert Johnson Tommy Johnson Charley Jordan Luke Jordan Leadbelly Furry Lewis Cripple Clarence Lofton Tommy McClennan Robert Lee McCoy Blind Willie McTell The Memphis Jug Band Buddy Moss Memphis Minnie Hambone Willie Newbern Charley Patton Robert Petway Jimmie Rodgers Frank Stokes Sonny Terry Henry Thomas Ramblin Thomas Curley Weaver Casey Bill Weldon Peetie Wheatstraw Bukka White Josh White Robert Wilkins Big Joe Williams
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Mississippi John Hurt / My Creole Belle
Mississippi John Hurt ''My Creole Belle'' ''Coffee Blues''
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'Louis Collins' MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1928) Blues Legend
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- Published: 16 Mar 2009
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Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966) " Louis Collins " (1928) = = = = = = = = = = = = = The "RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945) Texas Alexander Pink Anderson Kokomo Arnold Barbecue Bob Scrapper Blackwell Black Ace Ed Bell Blind Blake Ishman Bracey Big Bill Broonzy Richard "Rabbit" Brown Willie Brown Bumble Bee Slim Gus Cannon Bo Carter Sam Collins Floyd Council Gary Davis Sleepy John Estes Blind Boy Fuller Son House Peg Leg Howell Mississippi John Hurt Papa Charlie Jackson Jim Jackson Skip James Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Willie Johnson Lonnie Johnson Robert Johnson Tommy Johnson Charley Jordan Luke Jordan Leadbelly Furry Lewis Cripple Clarence Lofton Tommy McClennan Robert Lee McCoy Blind Willie McTell The Memphis Jug Band Buddy Moss Memphis Minnie Hambone Willie Newbern Charley Patton Robert Petway Jimmie Rodgers Frank Stokes Sonny Terry Henry Thomas Ramblin Thomas Curley Weaver Casey Bill Weldon Peetie Wheatstraw Bukka White Josh White Robert Wilkins Big Joe Williams
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Does it offend you, yeah? - John hurt
Does it offend you, yeah? track 02 - John Hurt album: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You year: 2011 awesome!!!
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| Coordinates | 52°13′″N22°43′″N |
|---|---|
| name | John Hurt |
| birth name | John Vincent Hurt |
| birth date | January 22, 1940 |
| birth place | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
| occupation | Actor |
| years active | 1961–present |
| spouse | Annette Robertson (1962–64; divorced) Donna Peacock (1984–90; divorced) Jo Dalton (1990–96; divorced; 2 children) Ann Rees Meyers (2005–present) }} |
Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film ''A Man for All Seasons'', and has since appeared in such popular motion pictures as: ''Alien'', ''Midnight Express'', ''Rob Roy'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', the first and the last ''Harry Potter'' films and the ''Hellboy'' film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning six decades. He is also known for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, with six and two nominations respectively, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's final scene in ''Alien'' is consistently named as one of the most memorable in cinematic history.
Early life
John Hurt was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, when his father was vicar of Shirebrook. He is the son of Phyllis (née Massey), an amateur actress and engineer, and Arnould Herbert Hurt, a mathematician who became an Anglican clergyman. Hurt has an older brother, Br. Anselm (born Michael), a Roman Catholic convert, who became a monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey, to whose books his younger brother John has contributed. John Hurt also has an adopted sister, Monica. His father was a vicar at St John in Sunderland, but in 1937 he moved his family to Derbyshire, where he became Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity church. When John was five, his father became the vicar of St Stephens Church at Woodville, South Derbyshire and remained there until 1952. In 1945, John's father founded 1st Woodville (St Stephens) Scout Group which is still going strong today.Hurt had a strict upbringing: the family lived opposite a cinema but he was not allowed to visit. He was also not permitted to mix with local children because in his parents' view they were "too common". Hurt's mother died in 1975, and his father died in 1999 at the age of 95.
Education
At the age of eight he was sent to the Anglican St Michael's Preparatory School in Otford, Kent, where he eventually developed his passion for acting. He decided he wanted to become an actor, and his first role was that of a girl in a school production ''The Bluebird'' (L'Oiseau Bleu) by Maurice Maeterlinck. While he was a pupil at the school he was abused by Donald Cormack (now deceased), then Senior Master of the school and later Head Teacher (until his retirement in 1981). Hurt described how Cormack would remove his two false front teeth and put his tongue in the boys' mouths, and how he would rub their faces with his stubble. Hurt said that the experience affected him "hugely".His father moved to St Aidan's Church in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Hurt (then aged 12) became a boarder at Christ's Hospital School (then a grammar school) in Lincoln, because he had failed the entrance exam for admission to his brother's school. Hurt often accompanied his mother to Cleethorpes Repertory Theatre, but his parents disliked his acting ambitions and encouraged him to become an art teacher instead. His headmaster, Mr Franklin, laughed when Hurt told him he wanted to be an actor, saying "you wouldn't stand a chance in the profession."
Aged 17, Hurt enrolled in Grimsby Art School (now the ''East Coast School of Art & Design''), where he studied art. In 1959 Hurt won a scholarship allowing him to study for an Art Teachers Diploma (ATD) at Central St. Martins College in Holborn, London. Despite the scholarship, paying for his studies was financially difficult and so he persuaded some of his friends to pose nude and sold the portraits. In 1960 he won a scholarship to RADA where he trained for two years. He was then cast in small roles on TV. .
Career
Hurt's first film was ''The Wild and the Willing'' (1962), but his first major role was as Richard Rich in ''A Man for All Seasons'' (1966). His portrayal of Quentin Crisp in the 1975 TV play, ''The Naked Civil Servant'' gave prominence and earned him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The following year, Hurt played the Roman emperor Caligula in the BBC drama serial, ''I, Claudius''. In 1978, he appeared in ''Midnight Express'', for which he won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (the latter of which he lost to Christopher Walken for his performance in ''The Deer Hunter''). Hurt played Hazel, the heroic rabbit leader of his warren in the film adaptation of ''Watership Down'' and later played the major villain, General Woundwort, in the animated television series version.His roles at the beginning of the 1980s included Kane, the memorable first victim of the title creature in the film ''Alien'' (a role which he reprised as a parody in ''Spaceballs''); would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in ''Little Malcolm''; and "John" Merrick in the Joseph Merrick biography ''The Elephant Man'', for which he won a BAFTA and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actor. He also had a starring role in Sam Peckinpah's critically panned but moderately successful final film, ''The Osterman Weekend'' (1983). Also in 1983 he starred as the Fool opposite Sir Laurence Olivier's King in ''King Lear''. Hurt also appeared as Raskolnikov in the BBC series ''Crime and Punishment'' in 1980.
Hurt has taken roles in famous political allegories, first playing the hero in an early production and then the tyrannical villain in a later work. For instance, he played Winston Smith in the 1984 adaptation of the novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' and then assumed the role of a Big Brother-esque leader of a fascist Great Britain in the 2006 film ''V for Vendetta'', a movie that drew many parallels to the world of Orwell's ''1984''.
In 1985, Hurt starred in Disney's ''The Black Cauldron'', voicing the film's main antagonist, the Horned King. In 1986, Hurt provided the voiceover for ''AIDS: Iceberg / Tombstone'', a public information film warning of the dangers of AIDS. He had a memorable supporting role as "Bird" O'Donnell in Jim Sheridan's 1990 film ''The Field'', which garnered him another BAFTA nomination. In 2001, he played Mr. Ollivander, the wand-maker, in the first Harry Potter film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. He returned for the adaptation of ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', though his scenes in that film were cut. He also returned for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and ''Part 2''. In 1999, Hurt provided narration on the British musical group Art of Noise's concept album ''The Seduction of Claude Debussy''. He was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in June 2004. During this time, he narrated a 4 part series on the Universe which was released on DVD in 1999. In May 2008, he appeared in Steven Spielberg's ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' as Harold Oxley. He is also the voice of The Great Dragon, in the BBC television series, Merlin.
In 2008, 33 years after ''The Naked Civil Servant'', Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in ''An Englishman in New York''. This film depicts Crisp's later years in New York.
In June 2009, Hurt played the on-screen Big Brother for Paper Zoo Theatre Company's production of Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. The theatre production premiered at the National Media Museum, in Bradford and will be touring during early 2010. Hurt said, "I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have the person who played Winston having risen in the party. From the Chestnut Tree Cafe, he's managed to get his wits together again, now understanding that 2 and 2 make 5, and becomes Big Brother. So it tickled my fancy, and of course I looked up Paper Zoo, and they seem to me to be the sort of company that’s essential in the country as we know it, and doing a lot of really good stuff."
Hurt also did a voice in BBC tv show Merlin as the dragon, Kilgharrah, who aides the young warlock Merlin as he protects Arthur.
Hurt is due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a new feature entitle ''Broken Dream'' which will be directed by Neil Jordan in 2011.
Personal life
In 1962 Arnould Hurt left his parish in Cleethorpes to become headmaster of St Michaels College in the Central American country of Belize. In that same year John Hurt first performed on the London stage and married, to actress Annette Robertson. The marriage ended in 1964. In 1967 he began his longest relationship, with the French model Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, sister of fashion photographer Jean-Claude Volpeliere-Pierrot. The couple had planned to get married after fifteen years, when things evolved tragically on 26 January 1983: Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went horse riding early in the morning near their house in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, when suddenly Volpeliere-Pierrot lost her stirrup and was thrown off the horse, landing on her head in the middle of the lane. She went into a coma and died later that day.Hurt married, secondly, on 6 September 1984 to Texan actress and old friend Donna Peacock at a local Registrar's office. The couple moved to Kenya and tried unsuccessfully to have children through IVF. They divorced in early January 1990. While living in Ireland he hit and killed a sheep and was brought to court over the dispute. Soon afterwards (on 24 January 1990) Hurt married American production assistant Jo Dalton whom he had met while filming ''Scandal''. With her he had two sons: Sasha John Vincent Hurt (born 6 February 1990) and Nick Hurt (born 5 February 1993), who are currently residing in County Waterford, Ireland. His son Nick has gone to acting school in England and wishes to follow in his father's footsteps. This marriage ended in 1996. At one point Hurt was involved with Sarah Owen, twenty years his junior, and with whom he lived in County Wicklow, Ireland. In March 2005, Hurt married his fourth wife, advertising film producer Anwen Rees Meyers.
In January 2002, Hurt received an honorary degree from the University of Derby and in January 2006 received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Hull.
In 2007, Hurt took part in the BBC genealogical television series ''Who Do You Think You Are?,'' which investigated part of his family history. Prior to participating in the programme, Hurt had harboured a love of Ireland and was enamoured of a 'deeply beguiling' family legend that suggested his great-grandmother had been the illegitimate daughter of Irish nobleman, the Marquess of Sligo. The genealogical evidence uncovered seemed to contradict the family legend, rendering the 'suggestion' doubtful. Coincidentally, the search revealed that his great-grandmother had previously lived in Grimsby at a location within a mile of the art college at which Hurt had once enrolled. He is distantly related to author Enid Blyton on his father's side.
Since 2006, John Hurt has been a patron of Project Harar, a UK-based charity working in Ethiopia for children with facial disfigurements.
Since 2009, he has been patron of QUAD. On 25 September 2009 Hurt visited QUAD and took part in a Q&A; directly preceding a screening of the film ''The Night Train'' as part of the festivities, celebrating the first birthday at QUAD (opened on 26 September 2008). The day after, 26 September, John Hurt was guest of honour at Derby County vs Bristol City and went on the pitch at Pride Park Stadium at half time to oversee a prize draw.
Filmography
Films
| + List of film performances | ! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
| 1962 | '''' | Phil | ||
| 1963 | ''This Is My Street'' | Charlie | ||
| 1966 | '''' | |||
| 1967 | '''' | John | ||
| 1969 | ''In Search of Gregory'' | Daniel | ||
| 1969 | ''Sinful Davey'' | Davey Haggart | ||
| 1969 | ''Before Winter Comes'' | Lieutenant Pilkington | ||
| 1971 | ''Mr. Forbush and the Penguins'' | Richard Forbush | ||
| 1971 | ''10 Rillington Place'' | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | ||
| 1972 | '''' | Franz | ||
| 1974 | ''Little Malcolm'' | Malcolm Scrawdyke | ||
| 1975 | '''' | Tom Rawlings | ||
| 1975 | '''' | Chandler | ||
| 1977 | ''East of Elephant Rock'' | Nash | ||
| 1977 | ''Three Dangerous Ladies'' | Lt. Simmonds | ||
| 1977 | '''' | Atkinson | ||
| 1978 | Voice role | |||
| 1978 | '''' | Anthony Fielding | ||
| 1978 | Max | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
| 1978 | '''' | Aragorn | Voice role | |
| 1979 | DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Shared with: Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and Harry Dean StantonNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |||
| 1980 | '''' | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Academy Award for Best ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | ||
| 1980 | Billy Irvine | |||
| 1981 | ''Night Crossing'' | Peter Strelzyk | ||
| 1981 | ''History of the World, Part I'' | Jesus Christ | ||
| 1982 | Kerwin | |||
| 1982 | '''' | Snitter | Voice | |
| 1983 | '''' | Lawrence Fassett | ||
| 1984 | Bob Champion | Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actor Also for ''The Hit (film) | ||
| 1984 | ''[[Success Is the Best Revenge'' | Dino Montecurva | ||
| 1984 | '''' | Braddock | Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actor Also for ''Champions (1984 film) | |
| 1984 | [[Winston Smith | Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actor Also for ''Champions (1984 film) | ||
| 1985 | ''[[After Darkness'' | Peter Hunningford | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| 1985 | '''' | The Horned King | Voice | |
| 1986 | ''Jake Speed'' | Sid | ||
| 1987 | '''' | Narrator | Voice | |
| 1987 | ''Rocinante'' | Bill | ||
| 1987 | Douglas Benoit | |||
| 1987 | ''Spaceballs'' | Kane | Cameo of his "Alien" (1979) character 'Kane', humorously self-parodied with the line: "Oh no... Not again!" | |
| 1987 | The Actor | Segment "I pagliacci" | ||
| 1987 | ''Vincent'' | Unknown | Voice | |
| 1987 | ''White Mischief'' | Gilbert Colvile | ||
| 1988 | '''' | Lucien Metz | ||
| 1989 | Stephen Ward | |||
| 1989 | ''Little Sweetheart'' | Robert Burger | ||
| 1990 | ''Romeo-Juliet'' | La Dame aux ChatsMercutio | ||
| 1990 | ''Windprints'' | Charles Rutherford | ||
| 1990 | '''' | Bird O'Donnell | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 1990 | ''Frankenstein Unbound'' | Dr. Joe BuchananNarrator | ||
| 1991 | John Boorman's Alter Ego | |||
| 1991 | ''King Ralph'' | Lord Percival Graves | ||
| 1992 | ''Lapse of Memory'' | Conrad Farmer | ||
| 1993 | ''Kölcsönkapott idő'' | Sean | ||
| 1993 | Anthony / Le Marquis | |||
| 1993 | ''Monolith'' | Villano | ||
| 1993 | The Countess | |||
| 1994 | ''Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'' | Storyteller | Direct-to-video release | |
| 1994 | Mr. Mole | Voice | ||
| 1994 | Uncle Turpin | |||
| 1995 | ''Two Nudes Bathing'' | Marquis de Prey | ||
| 1995 | ''Saigon Baby'' | Jack Lee | ||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1995 | ''Dead Man'' | John Scholfield | ||
| 1995 | Charley Prince | |||
| 1997 | ''Tender Loving Care'' | Dr. Turner | Interactive CD-ROM film | |
| 1997 | ''Love and Death on Long Island'' | Giles De'Ath | FIPRESCI Prize – Special Mention of Chicago International Film Festival Shared with: Richard KwietniowskiNominated – British Independent Film Awards for Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film | |
| 1997 | S.R. Hadden | |||
| 1997 | ''Bandyta'' | Babits | ||
| 1998 | '''' | James Morton | ||
| 1998 | ''Night Train'' | Michael Poole | Verona Love Screens Film Festival for Best Actor | |
| 1998 | ''All the Little Animals'' | Mr. Summers | ||
| 1999 | '''' | Chuck Langer | ||
| 1999 | ''New Blood'' | Alan White | ||
| 1999 | '''' | Sebastian | English dub of French film ''Le Château des singes'' | |
| 1999 | ''If... Dog... Rabbit...'' | Sean Cooper | ||
| 1999 | ''You're Dead...'' | Maitland | ||
| 2000 | '''' | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2000 | Father Lareaux | |||
| 2001 | ''Tabloid'' | Vince | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Iannis | |||
| 2001 | Mr. Ollivander | |||
| 2002 | Christian | |||
| 2002 | Porfiry | |||
| 2003 | ''Owning Mahowny'' | Victor Foss | ||
| 2003 | ''Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill'' | Man from Maybury Hill | ||
| 2003 | ''Dogville'' | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2004 | ||||
| 2004 | Harry | Voice | ||
| 2005 | ''Short Order'' | Felix | ||
| 2005 | Felix | Voice | ||
| 2005 | '''' | Jellon Lamb | Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 2005 | ''Shooting Dogs'' | Christopher | ||
| 2005 | ''Manderlay'' | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2005 | '''' | Ben Devereaux | ||
| 2006 | ||||
| 2006 | Narrator | Voice | ||
| 2007 | Le père de Fanny | |||
| 2008 | Rothgar | |||
| 2008 | '''' | Arthur Seldom | ||
| 2008 | ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' | Dr. Harold Oxley | ||
| 2008 | ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm | Cameo | |
| 2008 | ''Lecture 21'' | Mondrian Kilroy | ||
| 2009 | '''' | Guitar | ||
| 2009 | ''New York, I Love You'' | Waiter | ||
| 2009 | ''44 Inch Chest'' | Old Man Peanut | Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle for Best British Supporting Actor | |
| 2010 | Doyle | |||
| 2010 | ''Ultramarines: The Movie'' | Carnak | Voice | |
| 2010 | Phil Corkery | |||
| 2010 | ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' | Mr. Ollivander | ||
| 2011 | ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' | Mr. Ollivander | ||
| 2011 | Dexter | |||
| 2011 | Control | post-production | ||
| 2011 | Old Zeus | post-production |
Television
| + List of television performances | ! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
| 1961 | ''Drama 61–67'' | Private Briggs | Episode 1.16: "Drama '61: Local Incident" | |
| 1962 | ''Z-Cars'' | James Hogan | Episode 1.29: "Assault" | |
| 1963 | ''First Night'' | Garry | Episode 1.12: "Menace" | |
| 1964 | ''Armchair Theatre'' | Unknown | Episode 4.102: "A Jug of Bread" | |
| 1964 | ''Thursday Theatre'' | Orpheus | Episode 1.11: "Point of Departure" | |
| 1964–1965 | ''ITV Play of the Week'' | Various characters | Appeared in three episodes | |
| 1965 | ''Gideon's Way'' | Freddy Tinsdale | Episode 1.14: "The Tin God" | |
| 1973 | ''Wessex Tales'' | Joshua Harlborough | Episode 1.3: "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" | |
| 1974 | '''' | Christopher "Christy" Mahon | TV film | |
| 1975 | '''' | Quentin Crisp | TV filmBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor; #4 in BFI TV 100 | |
| 1976 | ''Shades of Greene'' | Fred | Episode 2.6: "A Drive in the Country" | |
| 1976 | ''Play for Today'' | Alec Cassell | Episode 6.22: "The Peddler" | |
| 1976 | '''' | Tony Grey | Episode 3.4: "Tomorrow Man" | |
| 1976 | Caligula | TV mini-series | ||
| 1977 | Mitri Cyon | TV film | ||
| 1979 | Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov | TV mini-series | ||
| 1983 | The Fool | TV film | ||
| 1988 | ''Deadline'' | Granville Jones | TV film | |
| 1988 | '''' | The Storyteller | Appeared in all nine first series episodes | |
| 1990 | '''' | TV film | ||
| 1991 | ''Journey to Knock'' | Alfred | TV film | |
| 1991 | ''Red Fox'' | Archie Carpenter | TV mini-series | |
| 1992 | The Father | |||
| 1993 | ''Great Moments in Aviation'' | Rex Goodyear | ||
| 1995 | ''Prisoners in Time'' | Eric Lomax | ||
| 1998 | ''Saturday Night Live'' | March Hare | Episode 23.17 | |
| 1999–2000 | General Woundwort | Multiple episodes; voice | ||
| 2001 | Krapp | |||
| 2002 | ''Bait'' | Jack Blake | ||
| 2004 | '''' | Alan Clark | TV serial | |
| 2004 | Harry | TV film; voice | ||
| 2005 | ''Hiroshima'' | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2007 | ''Hellboy: Blood and Iron'' | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm | TV film; voice | |
| 2007 | ''Masters of Science Fiction'' | Samswope | Episode 1.4: "The Discarded" | |
| 2008 | Warren Christopher | TV film | ||
| 2008–Present | The Great Dragon | Voice; does not appear in every episode, yet is credited in the opening title sequence for each episode. | ||
| 2009 | ''Gruffalo'' | The Owl | TV film (Children's), voice | |
| 2009 | '''' | Himself | Penultimate episode | |
| 2009 | '''' | Quentin Crisp | ||
| 2010 | ''Whistle and I'll Come to You'' | James Parkin | TV Film | |
| 2010 | ''Human Planet'' | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2011 | ''Harry's Arctic Heroes'' | Narrator | Documentary |
Video games
Other projects, contributions
''When Love Speaks'' (2002, EMI Classics) – "Sonnet 145"("Those lips that Love's own hand did make")
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°13′″N22°43′″N |
|---|---|
| name | Mississippi John Hurt |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | John Smith Hurt |
| born | July 03, 1893 or March 08, 1892Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi, United States |
| died | November 02, 1966Grenada, Mississippi |
| origin | Avalon, Mississippi |
| instrument | Guitar, Vocals |
| genre | Country blues, Delta blues, Folk |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter, Sharecropper, Farm hand |
| years active | 1928, 1963 – 1966 |
| label | Okeh Vanguard |
| associated acts | Shell Smith Willie Narmour |
| notable instruments | Guild F-30 }} |
Biography
Early years
Born John Smith Hurt in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt learned to play guitar at age nine. He was completely self-taught, playing his mother's boyfriend's guitar whenever he stayed over at her house. His style was not reminiscent of any other style being played at the time; it was the way Hurt "thought the guitar ''should'' sound." He spent much of his youth playing old time music for friends and dances, earning a living as a farmhand into the 1920s. His fast, highly syncopated style of playing made his music adept for dancing. On occasion, a medicine show would come through the area; Hurt recalls being wanted by one of them. "One of them wanted me, but I said no because I just never wanted to get away from home." In 1923 he partnered with the fiddle player Willie Narmour as a substitute for his regular partner Shell Smith.
First recordings
When Narmour got a chance to record for Okeh Records as a prize for winning first place in a 1928 fiddle contest, he recommended Hurt to Okeh Records producer Tommy Rockwell. After auditioning "Monday Morning Blues" at his home, he took part in two recording sessions, in Memphis and New York City (see Discography below). While in Memphis, Hurt recalled seeing "many, many blues singers ... Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and lots, lots more." Hurt described his first recording session as such:Hurt attempted further negotiations with OKeh to record again, but after the commercial failure of the resulting records, and Okeh Records going out of business during the Great Depression, Hurt returned to Avalon and obscurity, working as a sharecropper and playing local parties and dances.
Rediscovery
After Hurt's renditions of "Frankie" and "Spike Driver Blues" were included in ''The Anthology of American Folk Music'' in 1952; and an Australian man discovered a copy of "Avalon Blues", there became increased interest in finding Hurt himself. In 1963, a folk musicologist, Tom Hoskins, supervised by Richard Spottswood, was able to locate Hurt near Avalon, Mississippi using the lyrics of "Avalon Blues":
While in Avalon, Hoskins convinced an apprehensive Hurt to perform several songs for him, to ensure that he was genuine. Hoskins was convinced, and seeing that Hurt's guitar playing skills were still intact, Hoskins encouraged him to move to Washington, D.C., and begin performing on a wider stage. His performance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival saw his star rise amongst the new folk revival audience. Before his death he played extensively in colleges, concert halls, coffee houses and also on the ''Tonight Show'' with Johnny Carson, as well as recording three further albums for Vanguard Records. Much of his repertoire was recorded for the Library of Congress, also. His fans particularly liked the ragtime songs "Salty Dog" and "Candy Man", and the blues ballads "Spike Driver Blues" (a variant of "John Henry") and "Frankie".
Hurt's influence spanned several music genres including blues, country, bluegrass, folk and contemporary rock and roll. A soft-spoken man, his nature was reflected in the work, which consisted of a mellow mix of country, blues and old time music.
Hurt died of a heart attack in Grenada, Mississippi.
Style
Hurt incorporated a fast, pick-less, syncopated fingerpicking style that he taught himself. He was influenced by very few people; but does recall an elderly, unrecorded, blues singer from that area, Rufus Hanks, who played twelve-string guitar and harmonica. He also recalls listening to the country singer Jimmie Rodgers. Many of his songs were in very basic keys (C, G, D, F, etc.), his fingers picking notes within the chords. On occasion, Hurt would use an open tuning and a slide (as he did in his arrangement of "The Ballad of Casey Jones").
Tributes
There is now a memorial in Avalon, Mississippi for Mississippi John Hurt. It is parallel to RR2, the rural road on which he grew up.British electro band Does It Offend You, Yeah? named the second song on their 2011 album "John Hurt", as a tribute to his influence on their music
American singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, who met Hurt and played on the same bill as him at the Gaslight in Greenwich Village around 1963, wrote and recorded a song about him in 1977 entitled "Did You Hear John Hurt?" Paxton still frequently plays this song at his live performances.
The first track of John Fahey's 1968 solo acoustic guitar album ''Requia'' is entitled "Requiem For John Hurt". Fahey's posthumous live album ''The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick'' also features a version of the piece, there entitled "Requiem For Mississippi John Hurt".
British folk/blues artist Wizz Jones recorded a tribute song called "Mississippi John" for his 1977 album ''Magical Flight''.
Discography
NOTE: Sources for this section are as follows:
78 rpm releases
Albums
Selected compilation albums
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°13′″N22°43′″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Louis L. Collins |
| Order | 23rd |
| Office | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota |
| Term start | January 4, 1921 |
| Term end | January 6, 1925 |
| Governor | J. A. O. Preus |
| Predecessor | Thomas Frankson |
| Successor | William I. Nolan |
| Birth date | October 6, 1882 |
| Birth place | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Death date | June 24, 1950 |
| Death place | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Party | Republican |
| Profession | lawyer, newspaperman |
| Spouse | none |
| Footnotes | }} |
References
Category:1882 births Category:1950 deaths Category:Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota Category:Minnesota Republicans
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