Richard Driscoll
| Richard Driscoll | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 February 1964 United Kingdom |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1981–present |
Richard Driscoll is a British actor best known for playing the Rev Alex Healy in BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1997 to 1999.
His first major television role, Driscoll was sent to audition for EastEnders by his agent and following a screen test was given the part of vicar Alex. His first scene was with actress Daniela Denby-Ashe who played Sarah Hills. He has reflected, "I was really chuffed. But that soon turned to fear when I had my first scene with Daniela. It was so nerve-racking. I didn't really understand the set-up. I don't know how I got the words out."[1]
Alex's most notable storyline is a love affair with Kathy Mitchell (Gillian Taylforth) who is married in the serial to Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). Discussing the storyline, Driscoll suggested that Alex had been "wracked by emotional and spiritual turmoil ever since" sleeping with Kathy. He added, "Alex has got a lot of conflict. He's been suggesting to his father that he should work at his relationship with his wife - but there he is having an affair with a married woman. He feels a bit of a hypocrite - he feels guilty and ashamed. But the inescapable fact is he's attracted to Kathy. Something strange and wonderful happens to him when he's around her."[2]
Driscoll quit the role in 1999, claiming that it had always been his intention to stay for only a few years: "I felt it was the right time to go. I'd learnt a hell of a lot. The pace and the turnover is incredible. It has been brilliant but I'm an actor and I want to do different things [...] When I finished, the whole cast gathered to clap me off the set. I felt it was an ending and it was sad. It was emotional because it was my first major role and there were things to prove. But it's time to move on."[1]
Driscoll also played Hector in Nick Love's directorial debut, Goodbye Charlie Bright in 2000[3][4]
- Capital Punishment (2003) (Film) – Dave West[5][6] and Dave Hill in Capital Punishment
He is not the horror producer/director Richard Driscoll, based in Cornwall, who uses the acting name Steven Craine.
Filmography[edit]
Actor[edit]
- Eastenders (TV series, 1 episode) (1997-1999) – Reverend Alex Healey
- Soldier, Soldier(TV series, 1 episode) (1991) – Cpl Frank Skinner
- Goodby Charlie Bright (2001)(Film) – Hector
- The Bill (TV series, 2 episodes) (1995-2001) – Paul Worth/Lewis
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "EASTENDER VICAR RICHARD CONFESSES TO HIS SINFUL PAST". The Mirror. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ↑ "GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN; EXCLUSIVE: THE RANDY REV OF ALBERT SQUARE TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME OF HOW HE CONQUERED HIS INNER DEMONS". The Mirror. 2 February 1998. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ↑ "Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) starring Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels, Jamie Foreman, Danny Dyer, Dani Behr directed by Nick Love Movie Review". www.themoviescene.co.uk.
- ↑ "BBC - Films - review - Goodbye Charlie Bright". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Capital Punishment (2003)". BFI.
- ↑ "Goodbye Charlie Bright – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
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