Graham Fletcher-Cook, a British actor and older brother
of Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher who appeared in such acclaimed films as
Sid and Nancy, The French Lieutenant's Woman and Cry Freedom, has died. He was
55. A spokesperson for the family sid that Fletcher-Cook died recently
following a battle with cancer. Born in London on Nov. 3, 1963, Fletcher-Cook
got his start in the business when his mother took him and "pretty much my
entire extended family of brothers, cousins and aunts" to a drama club run
by noted acting teacher Anna Scher in Islington, he recalled in a 2016
interview. "By an extreme stroke of good fortune, the first movie set that
both myself and my brother Dexter walked onto was [the 1976 Alan Parker crime
comedy] Bugsy Malone," he said. "This was also an amazing opportunity
to watch people at work on film sets and explore the myriad of different jobs
that go toward making a film." He then was cast with Laurence Olivier in A
Little Romance (1979) and with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons in The French
Lieutenant's Woman (1981). He went on to work in Defense of the Realm (1985),
starring Gabriel Byrne; Sid and Nancy (1986), starring Gary Oldham; Absolute
Beginners (1985), which featured David Bowie; Cry Freedom (1987), directed by
Richard Attenborough and starring Denzel Washington; and The Fool (1990),
featuring Derek Jacobi. Cook appeared as Whitey/Jeeves in Alex Cox’ “Straight
to Hell” (1987) and “Straight to Hell Returns” (2010).
Fletcher-Cook is survived by his wife, Jeanette
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