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Grant Tilly (born 12 December 1937) is a New Zealand actor and artist.
Tilly was educated in Wellington, taking art at Wellington Technical College in the early 1950s. He then attended teachers college in Wellington and Dunedin, specialising in arts and crafts teaching. He was awarded an overseas bursary and studied children's drama in England during the early 1960s. On his return to New Zealand he tutored drama and later became a senior acting tutor at New Zealand Drama School.
In 1976 Tilly was one of those to help establish Wellington's Circa Theatre, where he has acted in a number of... MORE
Grant Tilly (born 12 December 1937) is a New Zealand actor and artist.
Tilly was educated in Wellington, taking art at Wellington Technical College in the early 1950s. He then attended teachers college in Wellington and Dunedin, specialising in arts and crafts teaching. He was awarded an overseas bursary and studied children's drama in England during the early 1960s. On his return to New Zealand he tutored drama and later became a senior acting tutor at New Zealand Drama School.
In 1976 Tilly was one of those to help establish Wellington's Circa Theatre, where he has acted in a number of plays written by playwright Roger Hall, one of New Zealand's most successful playwrights. He designed the set for Hall's breakthrough hit, public service satire Glide Time, and had starring roles in follow-up Middle Age Spread and a later Hall play, solo piece C'mon Black.
Aside from a busy stage career, Tilly has acted often for the screen. He made his television debut in 1967 one-off comedy The Tired Man then found himself adlibbing alongside playwright Joe Musaphia on children's show Joe's World . Tilly's largest screen roles include the headmaster who has an affair in 1979's big screen LESS
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