Swithin Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 *Frederick Treves*, who had a rich career on stage, screen, and television, has died aged 86. I saw him on the stage often, first in David Hare's play Plenty at the National Theatre, London, though he may have first come to the attention of American audiences as Col. John Layton, the father of Sara and Susan Layton in The Jewel in the Crown. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/03/frederick-treves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket_Man Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Treves was actually the the great nephew and namesake of Dr Frederick Treves, the surgeon who became famous for discovering and befriending Joseph Merrick, best known as the "Elephant Man" (played in the David Lynch film by Anthony Hopkins). You may also recall that, when the film was shown on AMC, in his introductions the hapless Bob Dorian would pronounce the poor doctor's name "TREV-ehss" instead of the correct "TREEVZ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Absolutely, we all recall that, it was the first thing came to mind. Poor Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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