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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Tom Bell (1933 - ) Actor Born: August 2, 1933, Liverpool, England Education: Bradford Civic Theatre School (acting) A consummate character player, Bell's roles on stage, film and TV have varied from lively English folk to sinister Adolph Eichmann in HOLOCAUST (NBC, 1978) to the petty thief whose murder brings down EL CLAN DE LOS KRAYS (1990). He dropped out of school when he was 15 to pursue acting and, with the exception of a stint in the armed forces, has had few spells of unemployment. Bell's stage roles read similar to contemporaries such as Ian McKellen y John Wood—Bent, Travesties and the classics. Bell made his film debut in Joseph Losey THE CONCRETE JUNGLE/THE CRIMINAL (1960) but his first film impact came with Bryan Forbes THE L-SHAPED ROOM (1963). Bell starred as an out-of-work writer who romances a pregnant Leslie Caron. His other film credits include I PROMISED TO PAY (1961), as a cat burglar in HE WHO RIDES A TIGER (1966), LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! (1969) and STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING (1972). Bell subsequently appeared as Emily Lloyd sleazy lover in OJALA ESTUVIERAS AQUÍ (1987), as a petty thief in EL CLAN DE LOS KRAYS (1990), opposite John Gielgud in LA TEMPESTAD (1991) and as the head of a family that offers shelter to a troubled young woman in the period drama FEAST OF JULY (1995). Bell has been active in British TV from the 1960s, appearing in series and specials, and was seen worldwide as Adolph Eichmann in the miniseries HOLOCAUST. He appeared in two adaptations of D. H. Lawrence novels: SONS AND LOVERS (PBS, 1983) and THE RAINBOW (PBS, 1989). Fans of PRIME SUSPECT (PBS, 1992) will recognize Bell as Sergeant Bill Otley, the cop who first rebels against, but later comes to respect Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren). He reprised the role in the second sequel, PRIME SUSPECT 3 (PBS, 1994).
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