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'''Max Adrian''' ([[1 November]] [[1903]]–[[19 January]] [[1973]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[theatre|stage]], [[film]] and [[television]] [[actor]].
He was born in [[Enniskillen]], [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. He was born simply '''Max Bor''', and is sometimes credited as '''Max Cavendish'''. He was educated at the [[Portora Royal School]], Enniskillen, whose past pupils also included [[Samuel Beckett]].
Firstly a [[theatre|stage]] actor, he
He was one of the original members of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] at the [[Old Vic Theatre|Old Vic]] from 1963, and appeared as Polonius in the opening production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in which Peter O'Toole played the Prince. He went on to appear in ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[Saint Joan]]'', ''[[The Master Builder]]'' and ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]''.
His first film was in [[1934]]. He appeared as the Dauphin in the [[Laurence Olivier]] production of ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' ([[1944]]). He appeared in the [[Ken Russell]] films ''[[The Music Lovers]]'' ([[1970]]), ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[The Devils]]'' ([[1971]]) and the acclaimed awarding winning 1968 Omnibus documentary, Song of Summer, as the blind composer [[Delius]].▼
In the late [[1960s]], Max Adrian toured as [[George Bernard Shaw]] in the one-man presentation ''By George'' and originated the role of Pangloss in [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]''.
▲His first film was in [[1934]]. He appeared as the Dauphin in the [[Laurence Olivier]] production of ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' ([[1944]]). He appeared in the [[Ken Russell]] films ''[[The Music Lovers]]'' ([[1970]]), ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[The Devils]]'' ([[1971]]) and, on television, in the acclaimed awarding
His other television work included Senator Ludicrus Sextus in the first season of ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' ([[1969]]), [[Fagin]] in the [[1962]] dramatisation of ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', and parts in ''[[The Baron]]'', ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'', and ''[[Perry Mason]]''. He also appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Myth Makers]]'' as [[King Priam]].
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