Alvin rakoff biography

Over the years, Alvin worked with many of the world’s most prestigious leading talent including Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliot, Julian Fellows, Henry Fonda, Edward Fox, Michael Gambon, Ava Gardner, John Gielgud, Elliott Gould, Richard Harris, Michael Horden, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, Patrick McGoohan, Roger Moore,

Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jean Simmons, Rod Steiger, Sam Wanamaker, Shelley Winters.

Alvin also nurtured many emerging talents during his long and illustrious career including Simon Russell Beale (whom Alvin cast in his first television work in 1997’s A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, which would go on to win him a BAFTA for Best Actor), Michael Crawford, Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, (whom Alvin cast in his first professional role with the 1978 production of ROMEO and JULIET), David Threlfall and Zoë Wanamaker.

Out of all of Alvin’s work it was the 1982 drama A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER with Laurence Olivier (Alvin’s