John Savident

About John Savident

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: January 21, 1938
Birth Place:  Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1966–2016
Spouse(s): Rona
Children: 2

John Savident

John Savident was born on January 21, 1938 in  Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, is Actor, Soundtrack. John Savident was born in 1938 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Hudson Hawk (1991).
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Occupation Actor
Age 86 years old
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Born January 21, 1938 ( Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom)
Birthday January 21
Town/City  Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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Biography/Timeline

1940

Savident was born in Guernsey and still lived there at the time of the German occupation of the Island in 1940. He and his family escaped to England in a fishing boat. During his early years he was a policeman before turning to acting as his profession.

1986

Savident created the role of Monsieur Firmin in the original production of 'Phantom of the Opera' which opened on 9 October 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London SW.

1990

Despite his many film and TV roles, (including civil servant Sir Frederick Stewart in Yes, Minister and in A Clockwork Orange), it was only during the 1990s when he joined the cast of Coronation Street as the bellicose but romantic butcher Fred Elliott that he became a household name. He made his first appearance on the show in 1994 and his character quickly became popular with viewers.

2000

On 1 December 2000, Savident was stabbed in the neck by Michael Smith who claimed he was acting in self-defence. Savident said at the time "I suddenly felt somebody come up behind me and whizz me round so I was face down on the bed and then I felt a prick on my throat". Savident had met Smith in a gay bar. They then went to Savident's home apparently to discuss the theatre which Smith claimed was a euphemism for sex. The next week on Coronation Street the large sticking plaster on his character's neck was explained as a "butchering accident".

2005

In December 2005, Savident announced that he was to leave Coronation Street citing (undisclosed) "personal reasons". His character died of a stroke nine months later in October 2006. He later revealed that he had retired from the show "because he wanted to spend more time with his family in Hertfordshire".

2006

He was one of the readers on the BBC's online Advent Calendar in December 2006 and starred in the 2006 pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the henchman at Manchester Opera House, appearing alongside Suranne Jones, Justin Moorhouse, and the all-star seven dwarves including Warwick Davis.

2007

In 2007 he was touring as the lead in a production of Hobson's Choice.

2009

He appeared on Loose Women on 19 March 2009 to discuss his part as Sir Joseph Porter in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore, which toured the United Kingdom during the spring and summer of 2009.

2012

He guest starred in the Christmas special episode of Holby City in 2012, playing patient Rupert Pool. He voiced the character Pendle in the Doctor Who audio-drama Order of the Daleks.

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