Patrick Ryecart (born 9 May 1952) is an English actor.Ryecart was born
in Warwickshire.His first West End appearance was in Bernard Shaw's
Candida at the Albery Theatre, playing the young poet Marchbanks
opposite Deborah Kerr, directed by Michael Blakemore. Among a string
of fine reviews, Bernard Levin in the Sunday Times described his
performance as "supernova" and that he had not seen "such a talent in
embryo since the young Richard Burton".[citation needed] Ryecart has
continued working in theatre, television and film (his last film role
Lord Wigram in The King's Speech) with lead roles in the classics of
Shaw, Sheridan, and Shakespeare to light comedies, TV situation
comedy, thrillers and musicals. Among his notable credits in London
are Jack Absolute in The Rivals, with Michael Hordern as his father
and Geraldine McEwan as Mrs Malaprop, and Lord Goring in Peter Hall's
An Ideal Husband. He has acted on many British television shows since
the mid-1970s including Lillie, Romeo and Juliet, The Professionals,
Minder, Rumpole of the Bailey, Lovejoy, Coming Home and Holby City. In
1986 he appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord in
the Mindwarp segment. He was one of the lead characters in the BBC TV
comedy series The High Life playing Captain Hilary Duff. He played
Hugo Latimer in the BBC series Trainer. He also appeared in the 1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, "Dumb Witness", and for the BBC in
My Son My Son. Also Dalziel & Pascoe episode and many mini series for
the U.S. He played Sir Hugh Bodrugan in the 2015 BBC series of
Poldark. In 2016, he played the role of the Duke of Norfolk in the
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