Trivia

Began acting when he was a Prisoner of War in World War II.

He was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for his voice work on the audio book version of George R.R. Martin's novel "A Game of Thrones." The project was cited as having the greatest number of characters (224) voiced by a single person in an audio book. Dotrice's audio books for the first five books of the series A Song of Ice and Fire have a combined running time of approximately 201 hours. He later appeared on the TV series Game of Thrones (2011) as Hyllene.

Served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot for two years during World War II.

Considers one of his greatest achievements as introducing baseball to the Royal Shakespeare Company into what had been a cricket stronghold. In 1959 the actor pitched for his classically-trained team that included at first base, Paul Robeson (Othello); second base, Sam Wanamaker (Iago); third base, Laurence Olivier (Coriolanus), short stop, Peter O'Toole (Shylock); Charles Laughton (Lear) plate umpire and Albert Finney his catcher.

Daughters with Kay Dotrice are actress Michele Dotrice who is the widow of the actor Edward Woodward, actress Karen Dotrice and actress Yvette Dotrice.

He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to drama.

Spent his early childhood in The Channel Islands off the coast of Great Britian.

His wife Kay Dotrice died six days before their 60th wedding anniversary.

Introduced American baseball to the cricket playing Royal Shakespeare Company.

After playing Mozart's disapproving father in Amadeus (1984), played similar roles of disapproving fathers on the science fiction shows Hércules: Los viajes legendarios (1995) (in which he played Hercules' father, "Zeus") and Angel (1999) (in which he played Wesley Windham-Price's father).

Reunited with 1980s TV series La bella y la bestia (1987) "son", Ron Perlman, in Hellboy II: El ejército dorado (2008). Roy played the "Elven King".

Dubbed Harvey Keitel's voice in the movie Saturno 3 (1980).

In 2008 appeared in a revival of his world-famous, one-man play "Brief Lives".

His ashes were given to his oldest daughter.

Won Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten." He had previously been nominated as Best Actor (Play) in 1981 for "A Life."

He was awarded the 2000 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "A Moon for the Misbegotten" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Oscar: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Amadeus (1984), the latter won the category.

Won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (A Moon for the Misbegotten). (2000)

He was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Genius" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

In 2006 played George Bernard Shaw in "The Best of Friends" at the Hampstead Theatre, London, UK.

Considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Sir Percy Heseltine, Dr. Armstong and Dr. Bukovsky in Fuerza siniestra (1985).

Both he and his former son-in-law Alex Hyde-White made guest appearances in Babilonia 5 (1993) whereas another of his sons-in-law, Edward Woodward, appeared in its spin-off series Crusade (1999). Furthermore, the latter son's Peter Woodward, the stepson of his daughter Michele Dotrice, played the regular character of the Technomage Galen in Crusade (1999).