Roddy Maude-Roxby

Biography

Roderick A. Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930) is a retired English actor. He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's The Aristocats, where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); Unconditional Love; and Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart, playing Thompson. An early innovator at the Royal College of Art, RCA, alongside David Hockney and Peter Blake, he was one of the UK's first performance artists, before it was a recognized art form. At the RCA he edited ARK magazine in 1958 and was president of the college's Theatre Group. He had a joint exhibition with Blake at the Portal Gallery in 1960. He also collaborated in a pre-Monty Python series with Michael Palin and Terry Jones, called The Complete and Utter History of Britain. He also made theatrical and television appearances in, among other shows, The Goodies, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Not Only... But Also and The Establishment. He won the Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his work as a stand-up comedian. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

The Aristocats

as Butler (voice)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

as Olivestone

White Hunter, Black Heart

as Thompson

Shadowlands

as Arnold Dopliss

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

as Dr Gatty

Unconditional Love

as Minister

Plenty

as Committee Chairman

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Regular Performer

The Goodies

The Party's Over

as Hector