Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall (19 January 1954 – 20 May 2019) was an English actor and theatre director.

The son of James Hall, who worked in Information Technology, and Mabel (nee Jones), Andrew Hall was born in Manchester on 19 January 1954.

Hall had two sisters.

The family moved around the country, before settling in Guildford, Surrey where he attended the Royal Grammar School.

After leaving school at 17, he gained a job at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford where he worked as a stagehand.

He joined the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, where he worked as an assistant stage manager on productions directed by Jane Howell, and then rose to be a stage manager at several venues including the Royal Court in London before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

He was survived by his wife Abigail (née Sharp, whom he married in 1977), his mother Mabel, his children Kate and Josh, and his grandchildren.

He came to national prominence at the beginning of his career playing the support role of Russell Parkinson in Carla Lane's BBC situation comedy Butterflies (1978–1983).

He appeared in CITV's Children's Ward, playing Charge Nurse Dave Spencer; the BBC's Casualty, playing Frank Wilkinson; in ITV's Coronation Street playing Marc Selby in 2011; and portrayed the evangelist Billy Graham in Harry Shearer's Nixon's the One for Sky Arts.

He appeared in the Science fiction series Blood Drive.

In 2011, Hall directed the London premiere of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Haunting Julia. He played Bill from spring 2008 to summer 2009 in the London production of Mamma Mia! Whilst appearing in Mamma Mia! he also directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Trafalgar Studio 2 starring Matthew Kelly and Tracey Childs.

This production originated at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre, as did his production of Haunting Julia. He also directed a production of John Osborne's The Entertainer at Lichfield.

Coronation Street, EastEnders, Butterflies, Brookside, Hollyoaks, Children's Ward, Doctors, Dream Team, The Enigma Files, William Tell, Brensham People, Dead Entry, Casualty, Holby City, Birds of a Feather, 2point4 Children, Riders, Come Fly With Me, and Blood Drive.

Hall died on 20 May 2019 from cancer at the age of 65.