Deft, poised supporting actor on stage and in popular television seriesThe actor Tom Beard, who has died aged 50 from cancer, was a handsome, robust supporting player generally admired for his athleticism, onstage and off. He was also, as his brother Alex, chief executive of the Royal Opera House, expressed it, the moral backbone of any company he joined.He shared qualities of wit, poise and deftness with Colin Firth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AM on July 28, 2015