Background
He was born Richard Carey Winter, the third of four sons, at Meopham, Kent and made his film debut in Franco Zeffirelli"s 1968 production of Romeo and Juliet in the role of Gregory.
He was born Richard Carey Winter, the third of four sons, at Meopham, Kent and made his film debut in Franco Zeffirelli"s 1968 production of Romeo and Juliet in the role of Gregory.
Subsequent films included If.., Nicholas and Alexandra and the first film by Derek Jarman, Sebastiane. He also played Uncas in the television series The Last of the Mohicans (1971). His last role before his Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-related death was as John (the servant) in Zeffirelli"s 1996 adaptation of Jane Eyre.
In an obituary, The Daily Telegraph quoted If.. director Lindsay Anderson: "I never met a young actor like Richard! Without a touch of vanity, completely natural yet always concentrated, he illumines every frame of the film in which he appears.".