Person
Tom Fleming
Acting · 1927–2010 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
Thomas 'Tom' Fleming (29 June 1927 — 18 April 2010) was an English actor, known for King Lear (1970) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). His portrayal of Jesus in the BBC miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1956) was the first depiction in media.
Known for

An Age of Kings
Henry Bolingbroke

Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus

King Lear
Kent

Mary, Queen of Scots
Father Ballard

Meetings with Remarkable Men
Father Giovanni

The Papermakers
1952

Weir of Hermiston
Lord Adam Weir
Aberdeen 1906
Narrator
Prospect for a City
Narrator
The Country of the Blind
Narrator
Filmography
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable MenFather Giovanni
- 1974In Great WatersNarrator
- 1973Weir of HermistonLord Adam Weir
- 1972Royal StirlingNarrator
- 1971Mary, Queen of ScotsFather Ballard
- 1970King LearKent
- 1968The Country of the BlindNarrator
- 1967Prospect for a CityNarrator
- 1967Tay Road BridgeNarrator
- 1965The Edinburgh Festival 1964Narrator
- 1962Metal in HarmonyNarrator
- 1960An Age of KingsHenry Bolingbroke
- 1960The Queen in ScotlandNarrator
- 1956Jesus of NazarethJesus
- 1956Aberdeen 1906Narrator
- 1952The Papermakers
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