Background
Plummer, Arthur Christopher Orme was born on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Isabella Mary (Abbott) Plummer.
Plummer, Arthur Christopher Orme was born on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Isabella Mary (Abbott) Plummer.
Education public and private schools, Canada pupil, Iris Warren pupil, C. Herbertcasari.
theatres in United States of America have included: Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Ferdinand in The Tempest, Earl of Warwick in Anouilh’s The Lark, The Narrator in Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, The Devil in J.B., 1951-1961, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1965-1966, The Good Doctor 1973, Iago in Othello 1981, Macbeth 1988; played many leading Shakespearian roles in productions by the Stratford Canadian Festival Company; British; The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Sound of Music, Inside Daisy Clover, Triple Cross, Oedipus the King, Nobody Runs Forever, Lock Up Your Daughters, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, The Pyx, The Spiral Staircase, Conduct Unbecoming, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Manitoba Who Would be King, Aces High 1976, The Disappearance 1977, International Velvet 1978, The Silent Partner 1978, Hanover Street 1979, Murder by Decree 1980, The Shadow Box 1980, The Disappearance 1981, The Janitor 1981, The Amateur 1982, Dreamscape 1984, Playing for Keeps 1985, Lily in Love 1985, Dragnet 1987, Souvenir 1988, Shadow Dancing, Mindfield 1989, Where the Heart Is 1989.Professional debut as Faulkland in The Rivals, Ottawa Repertory Theatre. Broadway debut in Starcross Story 1951-1952. Maple Leaf; debut in title role of Richard III, Stratford on Avon 1961 and then in London as Henry II in Anouilh’s Becket.
A leading actor in the National Theatre Company of Great Britain 1971-1972.
Has appeared in National Theatre. Amateur 1982, Dreamscape 1984, Playing for Keeps 1985, Lily in Love 1985, Dragnet 1987, Souvenir 1988, Shadow Dancing, Mindfield 1989, Where the Heart Is 1989.
Member Theatre's Hall of Fame.
Married 1st Tammy Lee Grimes in 1956. Married 2nd Patricia Audrey Lewis in 1962 (divorced in 1966). Married 3rd Elaine Regina Taylor in 1970.