But he didn’t have much, and after six years of provincial rep and other less than starry jobs (including house-cleaning) he returned to South Africa in 1957. He was 22 when he left Cape Town to try his luck in London. Those were formative years that Hawthorne evokes affectionately, just as he does his doctor father, mother and siblings. He was educated and began his acting career there, a local producer telling him that “I was a character actor and that it would be many years before I would make my mark.”Īnd so it was. Probably best known worldwide through his performances in the 10-year TV series “Yes, Minister”‘ and “Yes, Prime Minister” as well as the “Mapp and Lucia” series, Hawthorne was born in Coventry, England, in 1929 and moved to Cape Town, South Africa with his family when he was four.
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