James Anthony Church (11 May 1930 – 25 March 2008)[1] was an English actor, who has appeared on stage and screen.
[2] In 1953 when fellow Cambridge student Peter Hall directed his first professional production—Pirandello's Henry IV at the Arts Theatre, London—Church was a performer.
In 1988 Church took leading parts in Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, once again under the direction of Peter Hall, at London's National Theatre.
He appeared for the last time on the Stratford stage on 31 March 2007, in a special programme marking the closure of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Later he played Frederick's banished brother, Duke Senior, in the 1978 BBC Television Shakespeare production.