Biography
Thomas Heathcote was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Heathcote began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Red Beret" (1953), "Doctor at Sea" (1955) with Dirk Bogarde and the Tom Conway drama "The Last Man to Hang" (1956). He also appeared in the Kenneth More dramatic adaptation "A Night to Remember" (1958) and the Diana Dors crime adaptation "Tread Softly Stranger" (1958). Heathcote also lent his vocal talents to "Malta Story" (1953) with Alec Guinness. His film career continued throughout the sixties in productions like "On the Fiddle" (1961), the mystery adaptation "Village of the D*mned" (1961) with George Sanders and the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp. He also appeared in the Paul Scofield dramatic adaptation "A Man For All Seasons" (1966), the horror flick "Five Million Years to Earth" (1968) with James Donald and "The Fixer" (1968). Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the horror feature "Demons of the Mind" (1971) with Gillian Hills, the Charlton Heston adaptation "Julius Caesar" (1971) and the period drama "Luther" (1974) with Stacy Keach. He also appeared in "A Choice of Weapons" (1976) and the Miles O'Keeffe adventure "Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight" (1984). Heathcote more recently acted in "The Jigsaw Man" (1984) starring Michael Caine.
