Author
of:
'The Elements
of Numerology' 1994
'New Perspectives:
Numerology' 1999
'Life Numbers' 2004
Published in:
UK, U.S.A., Canada
and Australia by
Element Books
HarperCollins
Hamlyn
His books have
been translated into eight languages and foreign language
editions are published by:
in Germany by Aurum
Verlag
in Sweden by Bokfurlaget
Foorum
in Romania by Teora
in Brazil by Ediouro
SA
in Estonia by Varrak
in France by Editions
Tredaniel
and in Japan by
Kawade Shobo Shinsha.
As columnist
and writer:
In the 1980s the author of a monthly column in the magazine,
'Running Review'.
Articles on athletics,
weight training and New Age subjects have been featured in
national publications.
As
a dancer:
Appeared in theatre, television and films in Las Vegas, Paris,
Milan, Berlin, Dublin, London and elsewhere. Theatre debut:
aged 10 in 1956 in a touring revue in the United Kingdom.
West End debut,
aged 17, in Startime at the London Palladium.
Television debut
was The Royal Command Performance in 1964, in London, with
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in the audience.
First film was
'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1960s.
Final dancing performance was with the English opera company,
Opera North in the 1980s.
As
an actor:
As
Oswald Martin in The Armstrong Case
HTV still, 1986
Appeared in repertory
and musical theatre in Great Britain. And television and films
in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
First straight theatre
role was in 'Royal Hunt of the Sun' at the Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry in the 1960s. First musical role was Big Deal in
'West Side Story'.
Films include:
'Business as Usual' and television work includes the
British soap: 'Emmerdale Farm'.
As
a model:
As a teenager in
London. Then made a comeback in 1978 in London and Paris.
Featured in a video for Levi's which was not shown in England
as the accompanying female model was nude and it was the 1970s.
At the end of the
decade appeared on the catwalk, wet from the pool, to the
accompaniment of the Beach Boys singing, 'Surfin' USA'. But
what else would one do in a palace in Austria in 1979?
In
recent years:
An experienced public speaker on the speaking circuit and
is an independent trader in the derivatives market.
Interests:
Has competed in
road races and track as a runner in London. And has rowed
competitively on the River Thames in an eight.
He is an an avid
reader, and enjoys innovative and experimental physical theatre.
Runs on a local beach and paddles his kayak and an Alpacka
packraft in an estuary beside the Irish Sea. He enjoys rollerblading
on inline skates. And his daily training schedule includes
weights, gymnastic rings and plyometrics.
Since starting this
website, he has had enormous fun meeting old friends and former
colleagues in the performing arts who are now scattered around
the world. And making some new ones, too.
An
edited list of productions appeared in:
FILMS:
Fiddler on
the Roof
Goodbye, Mr.
Chips
Heaven's Gate
Business as
Usual
Bugged
Negri.
TELEVISION:
BBC - HTV - C4 -
YTV - Thames - Anglia - UK
French TV - RTE
Ireland - SFB Germany
Treasure Island
Emmerdale Farm
The Fools on
the Hill
Shirley Maclaine
in Paris Special
The Rolf Harris
Show
Royal Command
Performance 1964
Coriolanus
In This Case
HMS Pinafore
Patience
The One and
Only Phyllis Dixie
First Among
Equals
Pickwick Papers
16-Up!
The Critic
Je Suis..
Iolanthe
War and Peace
Tenko
Marjorie and
Men
Lily
The Lulu Show
Romeo and Juliet
The Sorcerer
Mansfield Park
The Strauss
Family
Once in a Lifetime
It's Billy Boyle
Harry und Harry
THEATRE:
UK - London and
regions
Germany - France
- Italy - USA
Hello Dolly
Hallelujah Hollywood!
The Girlfriend
The Royal Hunt
of the Sun
Interference
The Dreaming
Treasure Island
No, No, Nanette!
Aladdin
Horace McMorris
Cinderella
Robinson Crusoe
Pinocchio
The Mikado
Grand Jeu
C'est Magnifique
Startime
West Side Story
Bonjour le Nuit
The Boyfriend
Biondissimamente
Tua
CORPORATE VIDEO:
Nat West Bank
Creative Video
Lever Brothers
Co-operative
Bank
COMMERCIALS:
UK
Crunchie Bars
London Electricity
Persil
Tennant's Special
Midland Gas
GERMANY
Lord
EU
Levi's for Men
USA
Burlington Fabrics
DIRECTORS WORKED
WITH INCLUDED:
Herbert Ross
Norman Jewison
Terence Davies
Chris Bernard
Stephen Pimlot
Roger Redfarn
David Giles
Bob Turk
Clive Perry
Warren Jenkins
Donn Arden
Carole Brynne
Jones
David Pountney
CHOREOGRAPHERS WORKED
WITH INCLUDED:
Tom Abbot
Nora Kaye
David Toguri
Michelle Hardy
Sally Gilpin
Norman Maen
Gene Reed
Geraldine Stephenson
Charles Augins
Billy Petch
Pamela Devis
Dougie Squires
Terry Gilbert
George Carden
'Simon Rodford Barrat(t) died suddenly in December 2014. He is much missed.
