John Hart Dyke

Arnold Boston

John is absolutely delighted to be returning to Vienna’s English Theatre for the eighth time. His first appearance here was in Murder at the Vicarage in 1981 followed by The Deep Blue Sea, Dear Liar, Absurd Person Singular, Rebecca, Quartet and There Goes the Bride.

Born in London, John started his theatrical life with Perth Rep and has since played with most other leading reps and appeared in nearly 300 plays, including 20 in the West End; the first was Duel of Angels (with Vivien Leigh), others included A Man For All Seasons (Paul Schofield), The Cocktail Party (Alec Guinness), The Constant Wife (Ingrid Bergman), Blithe Spirit (Beryl Reid) and a year in The Mousetrap where he met Ray Cooney (playing the villain), and has subsequently worked for him in many of his farces, both in London and in Israel and on a Cruise Ship. Other work includes seasons at Chichester, Regent’s Park Open Air, Frankfurt, Toronto, Athens, Spain and Far/Middle East Tours for Derek Nimmo – playing everything from Shakespeare to comedy, pantomime and opera.

Numerous TV credits go back to the days of live Z Cars; others include Dad’s Army, Dr Finlay’s Casebook, Troubleshooters, Bergerac, All Creatures Great and Small, Resnick, Boon, Eastenders, Kavanagh QC, Poirot, Chucklevision and recently Byron. Last film appearance was in Bridget Jones’ Diary.

John has been married to ex-actress Catriona Gardiner for 48 years and has four sons and three grandchildren.