Michael Harbour(1945-2009)
- Actor
Michael N. Harbour - the 'n' standing for Ninian - was born in
Edinburgh, one of six children of a vet and was brought up in London
and St. Alban's in Hertfordshire, where he first became interested in
amateur dramatics and where he met his wife Lesley, whom he married in
1968. The actress and voice-over artist Kate Harbour, his daughter, was
born a year later. He graduated from the Rose Bruford Drama School in
Kent and joined the BBC Radio Repertory Company, as well as presenting
the children's educational programme 'Finding Out.' Well-known as a
stage performer at Stratford East, he was also an accomplished singer
and appeared in such musicals as 'Zorro' and 'Into the Woods', though
he was cut from the film version of 'Sweeney Todd'. He died of cancer
whilst staying with relatives in Cornwall in April 2009.
