Profile: Eric F. Abbott

Loft credits (click a play title to view details)

• Harry Dalton, Equus (2011)
• Uncle George, Aristocrats (2007)
• Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (2001)
• Marko, Wild Honey (2001)
• Fogg, Sweeney Todd (2000)
• Company, Tongues of Fire (2000)
• Mr Mulligan, The Shadow of a Gunman (1997)
• Pleasant, The Cat and the Canary (1996)
• Jimmy Farrell, The Playboy of the Western World (1995)
• James Telfer, Trelawny of the Wells (1994)
• Westcott/Professor Metz, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1993)
• Baptistin, A Flea in Her Ear (1993)
• Mr Yellowhammer, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (1992)
• Dean of Paddington, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1991)
• Bert Baxter, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (1990)
• Bert Bentley/Mr Wadhurst, Tonight at 8.30 (1990)
• Harry Dalton, Equus (1990)
• Father Molloy, Fur Coat and No Knickers (1989)
• Mr Scoblowski, Daisy Pulls it Off (1989)
• Slartibartfast, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1988)
• Barber, Man of La Mancha (1988)
• Gayev, The Cherry Orchard (1987)
• Henry, Caught Napping (1987)
• Verges, Much Ado About Nothing (1987)
• Tubby Wadlow, Hobson’s Choice (1986)
• Edgar Sowter, The Happiest Days of Your Life (1985)
• Lane, The Importance of Being Earnest (1985)
• Mr Grant, No More Sitting on the Old School Bench (1984)
• Company, The Canterbury Tales (1984)
• Harry the Horse, Guys and Dolls (1983)
• Alexandr Vladimirovitch Serebryakov, Uncle Vanya (1983)
• Bert Challenor, Comedians (1982)
• Rev Arthur Humphrey, See How They Run (1982)
• Fox/Circus Master, Pinocchio (1982)
• Fabian/Sea Captain, Twelfth Night (1981)
• Looka, The Bear (1980)
• Director, I Love You, Mrs Patterson (1980)
• Brabantio/Soldier, Othello (1979)
• Camillo, The White Devil (1979)
• Mortimer Durham, The Constant Wife (1979)
• Adolphus Spanker, London Assurance (1978)
• Waxman, The Fantastic Fairground (1978)
• Chebutykin, Three Sisters (1976)
• Carmen, Enter a Free Man (1976)
• Libertini, Occupations (1976)
• Reardon, In Celebration (1975)
• Flash, The Miser (1974)
• Gaoler/Company/Mariner, The Winter’s Tale (1973)
• Sailor Sawney, Live Like Pigs (1973)
• Pierrot, Oh What a Lovely War (1972)
• Terry, Between the Tides (1971)
• Elder Mortimer/Matrevis, Edward II (1964)
• Mourteen Cregan, The Flowerin’ of the Grass (1960)
• Sidney Redlitch, Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
• Horace Vandergelder, The Matchmaker (1959)

Elsewhere

• Steward, Into the Woods (1996, MAC Productions at the Loft Theatre)
• Matyas Rakosi, Shadow Of Heroes (1964, Criterion Theatre)
• Churdles Ash, The Farmer’s Wife (1964, Criterion Theatre)
• Wing Commander Howard, Nil Carborundum (1964, Criterion Theatre)
• Montane, The Public Prosecutor (1963, Criterion Theatre)
• Mestizo, The Power And The Glory (1962, Criterion Theatre)

Notes

Eric (known to all as Bud) was a Loft Theatre player for more than 50 years and appeared in Shakespeare, Chekhov, Mortimer, Rattigan and just about everything else. He started his acting career at the age of 16 with the Amateur Dramatic Society at Fisher and Ludlow Ltd. in Tile Hill, and came to the Loft via the Coventry Municipal Players, the Criterion Theatre and the Talisman Theatre, where he first played in 1957 in Tiger at the Gates.

Bud passed away on 22 January 2017 at the age of 92.

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