Harry Towb with James and Delia Mitchell
Dublin Core
Title
Harry Towb with James and Delia Mitchell
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Harry Towb, James Mitchell, Delia Mitchell, Shaun O'Riordan
Description
This is a black and white photo of the Irish actor Harry Towb in conversation with the English writer James Mitchell and his wife Delia Mitchell. Towb, standing on the left of this picture, is turned towards the Mitchells who both hold a liqueur glass and cigarette in hand.
Harry Towb (1925-2009) was a popular actor from Northern Ireland who began his acting career travelling with theatrical groups on both sides of the border. His work at the English National Theatre was highly regarded including parts in Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1996), and Nikolai Erdman’s Russian comedy The Mandate (2004). The film critic Eric Shorter wrote of him: "Towb was one of the gentlest, most imaginative and thoughtful actors of his generation… He was always on the stage if he could afford it – taking television and film work to balance out his income." (The Guardian, 30.07.2009.)
In this photo, Towb is talking to the writer James Mitchell (1926-2002) and his wife Delia to whom he was married from 1968 until her death in 1990. Mitchell was a prolific writer, writing under his own name and the pen names James Munro and Patrick O McGuire. He wrote the successful television series When the Boat Comes In (BBC) which ran between 1976 and 1981. Around the time of this photo, dated 1972, Mitchell had just completed a successful run of Callan (Thames Television), which ran between 1969 and 1972, starring Edward Woodward as the hitman David Callan.
Harry Towb (1925-2009) was a popular actor from Northern Ireland who began his acting career travelling with theatrical groups on both sides of the border. His work at the English National Theatre was highly regarded including parts in Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1996), and Nikolai Erdman’s Russian comedy The Mandate (2004). The film critic Eric Shorter wrote of him: "Towb was one of the gentlest, most imaginative and thoughtful actors of his generation… He was always on the stage if he could afford it – taking television and film work to balance out his income." (The Guardian, 30.07.2009.)
In this photo, Towb is talking to the writer James Mitchell (1926-2002) and his wife Delia to whom he was married from 1968 until her death in 1990. Mitchell was a prolific writer, writing under his own name and the pen names James Munro and Patrick O McGuire. He wrote the successful television series When the Boat Comes In (BBC) which ran between 1976 and 1981. Around the time of this photo, dated 1972, Mitchell had just completed a successful run of Callan (Thames Television), which ran between 1969 and 1972, starring Edward Woodward as the hitman David Callan.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Finbarr O'Connell
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1972
Contributor
Finbarr O'Connell
Rights
©Finbarr O’Connell. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1972
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
251 x 204mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Finbarr O'Connell , “Harry Towb with James and Delia Mitchell,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 22, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/282.