William Roberts

William Roberts was born and raised in Oregon and California, and educated at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, the University of California at Riverside, and the University of Manchester, UK. Spent five years as actor/director with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland, Oregon, between 1963 and 1972. Has been resident in Britain since the late sixties and a member of British Actors’ Equity since that time. A broadly experienced actor and voice artiste, he is a frequent reader of American works on BBC Radio and for various audio publishers. Film and television appearances include: Behind Closed Doors, Infinite Justice, Cold Mountain, Martin Chuzzlewit, The Old Devils, and Inspector Morse. He is also a private pilot and owns his own plane based in London with which he flies all around Europe.

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Fiction, nonfiction, all genres

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American English (all regions & ethnicities), British English (Received Pronunciation plus proficiency in some regional varieties, Scots, Irish). Also moderate proficiency with South American (Spanish, Portuguese), Asian (Japanese, Chinese, Indian), European (French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Eastern bloc, Russian, Scandinavian), Middle Eastern; others as text requires.

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William Roberts

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