My father, David Andrews, who has died aged 90, was an actor and director whose career in theatre, film and television spanned six decades.
As an actor he performed multiple roles in the BBC’s landmark 1958 television series An Age of Kings, and he originated the role of Private Whittaker in The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Royal Court theatre in 1959, alongside Peter O’Toole. His film work included Some People (1962), with Kenneth More, and A Place to Go (1963), with Rita Tushingham.
