Perry Millward
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The Janes and Michaels from the London cast of Mary Poppins. Left to right (front): Poppy Lee Friar, Jack Montgomery, Perry Millward, Harry Stott, Ben Watton, Jake Catterall, Nicola Bowman. Left to right (back): Charlotte Spencer, Faye Spittlehouse, Carrie Fletcher and Robert B. Sherman (songwriter for both Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). (Photo Date: 19 July 2004) | |
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Perry Millward (born 24 October 1992 in Sidcup, Kent[1]) is a young British actor primarily known for his work on stage (especially in London's West End), although he also has a few television credits. Thanks to an Emma Priest Scholarship he received for his singing, Millward became a full-time pupil with the Sylvia Young Theatre School.[1] He was one of the students featured in the 2004 television series "When Will I Be Famous?", which gave a behind-the-scenes look at the famous theatre school.[2]
Millward starred as Jeremy Potts in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,[1] as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins,[3] and as Gavroche in Les Misérables.[1]
On television, he made a guest appearance as Warren in The Bill in 2003 and also the role as Joey in 2007. He also portrayed The Artful Dodger in a televised stage production hosted by Shane Ritchie called Celebrate 'Oliver!' on 26 December 2005 alongside Ron Moody (Fagin) and Joseph McManners (Oliver) in which the cast sang the biggest hits from the West End production.[4]
On 7 July 2006 he starred as Mike in the one-hour film drama That Summer Day broadcast on CBBC, about the bombings of the London public transport system that occurred a year earlier.[5]
As of 2006 Perry is performing the role of Noah in the musical Caroline, or Change at the National Theatre, London.[6] In 2008, he played Jacob West in the Sarah Jane Adventures story The Mark of the Berserker.
In 2009 he appeared in an episode of the British drama Ashes to Ashes, and in March 2011 Millward played the brother to Matt Smith's Christopher Isherwood in the BBC television play Christopher and His Kind
References
- ^ a b c d Short bio for Perry on the website of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang musical (accessed 8 July 2006).
- ^ "When Will I Be Famous" at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ A CurtainUpLondon review of "Mary Poppins" by Lizzie Loveridge (accessed 8 July 2006).
- ^ Perry Millward at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ "How 7/7 impacted on the nation's children", BBC press release. (accessed 6 July 2006)
- ^ Caroline, or Change review by Michael Billington on Friday 20 October 2006. (accessed 14 November 2006).
He is going on to play 'Robert the cat' in The Cat in The Hat