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'''''Tom Bell''''' (born [[August 2]], [[1933]] in [[Liverpool]], England) is a British actor from stage, movies and television.
== About ==
He is dark-haired, lean and often angry-looking.
[[Image:RJRauditorium.jpg|left|The R.J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, Winston-Salem, NC]]The R.J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, located in Winston-Salem, NC, was built 1919 through 1924 under the direction of architect Charles Barton Keen (designer of the [[Richard Joshua Reynolds]] estate, Reynolda House). Keen also designed the adjacent [[Richard J. Reynolds High School]]. Both buildings are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
As a child he was evacuated during the wartime in Liverpool and he had to live in three different families in the [[Morecambe]] area.
The Auditorium is now operated jointly by the Administration of the [[Richard J. Reynolds High School]] and the [[Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools]]. An "Auditorium Manager" is hired to take care of the day-to-day operations of the building and scheduling of performances and events.
In 1948 at age 15 Tom Bell began to play in his first school plays and though he has never dominated the play he demonstrated that he had good actor qualities. He made his first movie appearances in the 1960s in so-called [[Kitchen Sink Drama | kitchen sink dramas]] like "The Kitchen" or the [[The L-Shaped Room]].
The R.J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium is one of the oldest and largest performing arts centers in the City of Winston-Salem. The building can comfortably seat 1898 people, with 857 seats on the main [[Orchestra]] level and 1,041 seats located on the [[Mezzanine]]/[[Balcony]] area.
In 1978 he came to worldwide fame by portraying [[Adolf Eichmann]] in the [[Emmy | Emmy-winning]] tv-series Holocaust.
== History ==
==Filmography==
[[Image:Rjraudstage.gif|thumb|right|View of the Stage from the Balcony level.]] [[Image:Rjraudseating.jpg|thumb|right|View of Auditorium seating.]]In 1919, after the death of her husband [[Richard Joshua Reynolds]] in 1918, Mrs. [[Katherine Smith Reynolds-Johnston]] donated a large tract of land then known as "Silver Hill" to the City of [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. Her plan was to have a grand school and auditorium built in memory of her late husband.
===Movies (selected)===
While the Richard J. Reynolds High School would serve the youth of the city, the Auditorium would serve the entire community and act as a gathering place in order for all citizens to participate in the arts. The building of the Auditorium only added to the City of Winston-Salem's reputation as the "City of the Arts."
*1960: [[The Kitchen (1960 movie) | The Kitchen]] Paul
The building was completed in 1924 and dedicated in a glorious ceremony on May 8, 1924. A few weeks later, the first commencement exercises for the Richard J. Reynolds High School would be held in the Auditorium. On November 24, 1924, the Auditorium would play host to the first of its many famous guests, [[Harry Houdini]].
*1962: [[The L-Shaped Room]] Toby
*1965: [[He Who Rides a Tiger]] Peter Rayston
*1968: [[The Long Day's Dying]] Tom Cooper
*1971: [[Quest for Love]] Colin Trafford
*1975: [[Royal Flash]] De Gautet
*1987: [[Wish You Were Here]] Eric
*1990: [[The Krays (film) | The Krays]] Jack 'The Hat' McVitie
*1991: [[Prospero's Books]] Antonio
*1997: [[Preaching to the Perverted]] Henry Harding MP
===Television (selected)===
== Architectural and Artistic Elements ==
*1972: [[Hedda Gabler]] Eilert Lovborg
[[Image:Rjraudwrestlers.jpg|thumb|left|Wrestlers]]The Grand Lobby of the Auditorium contains many pieces of art unique to the building itself. In the Lobby, one can find two large portraits, one of [[Richard Joshua Reynolds]] and the other of [[Katherine Smith Reynolds-Johnston]]. The portraits were made by Richard J. Reynolds High School graduate [[Joe King]] who also had the honor of creating a portrait of Queen [[Elizabeth II]].
*1978: [[Holocaust]] (tv series) Adolf Eichmann
==References==
The Grand Lobby also contains three marble statues. The statues are duplicates of famous Italian works and were sculpted in Italy and transported to the United States, specifically for the construction of the Auditorium.
*[[1991]] Quinlans Illustrated Directory of Film Stars by David Quinlan, B.T. Batsford Limited - London, (eng) ISBN 0-7134-6324-4
Within the main Orchestra level of the Auditorium, one can see a portrait of [[Richard Joshua Reynolds III]], whose family gave large amounts of money towards the renovation and restoration of the building (2000-2002).
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Before the 2000-2002 renovation and restoration of the building, a large piece of custom made carpet sat just inside the Main Orchestra level at the middle doors leading from the Grand Lobby. The carpet piece featured a large tobacco leaf, in honor of Richard Joshua Reynolds and his R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (see [[Reynolds American]]). The carpet piece was removed during the renovation and restoration and never replaced, with it being decided that the money could be better used toward upgrading the state of the art Auditorium sound system rather than buying a new custom made carpet piece.
* {{imdb name|id=0068552|name=Tom Bell}}
[[Image:Rjraudboythorn.jpg|thumb|Fedelino Boy With Thorn, original sculpture cast 200 B.C.]] [[Image:Rjrauddiscusthrower.jpg|thumb|Discus Thrower]]
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== Sources ==
[[Category:1933 births|Bell (actor), Tom]]
[http://www.piedmontcommunities.us/servlet/go_ProcServ/DBPAGE=cge&GID=01315001151033675991463012 R.J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium Official Site]
[[Category:British actors|Bell (actor), Tom]]
[[Category:Television actors|Bell (actor), Tom]]
[http://web2k.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/reynoldshs/rjrhs_history.htm Richard J. Reynolds High School, "Important Events of RJ Reynolds High School" Official Site]
[[User:Matthillnc|"Matt" Matthew Morrell Hill, Class of 2004, Richard J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, NC]]
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