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John Stride
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Founding member of
Laurence Olivier
's Old Vic company.
Pictured with
Judi Dench
on one of a set of eight British commemorative postage stamps celebrating the 200th anniversary of The Old Vic Theatre, issued 30 August 2018. The stamp shows Stride and Dench in a 1960 performance of "Romeo and Juliet". Other performers appearing on stamps in this set are
Laurence Olivier
,
Glenda Jackson
,
Albert Finney
,
Maggie Smith
,
John Gielgud
,
Ralph Richardson
,
Sharon Benson
, and
Richard Burton
.
Best known as the star of TV's
The Main Chance (1969)
(as solicitor David Main) and
Wilde Alliance (1978)
(as writer/sleuth Rupert Wilde).
Graduated from RADA.
On the West End stage from the age of eighteen.
Became an Associate Member of RADA.
Won a scholarship to a public school.
Daughters Phillipa, born 1963 and Lindsay, born 1965 by first wife
Virginia Stride
and Eleanor by second wife
April Wilding
.
Father repaired milk floats.
Joined the National Theatre and toured America as Romeo in
Franco Zeffirelli
's production of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
He was one of 5 children.
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