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Stephen Greif
Born	Stephen John Greif (1944-08-26)26 August 1944 Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England
Died	23 December 2022(2022-12-23) (aged 78)
Education	Sloane Grammar School Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2022
Known for	Blake's 7 Citizen Smith Casanova Shoot on Sight
Spouse	Judith Price ​ ​ (m. 1980, divorced)​
Children	2
Website	www.stephengreif.com

Stephen John Greif (/ɡraɪf/; 26 August 1944 – 23 December 2022) was an English actor known for his roles asTravis inBlake's 7, Harry Fenning in three series ofCitizen Smith, Signor Donato inCasanova and Commander John Shepherd inShoot on Sight.

Greif was born inSawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, in a building originally belonging toAnne Boleyn as a gift fromKing Henry VIII. Greif was the son of Pauline (née Rubinstein) and Franz Greif. He was of Polish, Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent.^[1] He was educated atSloane Grammar School, where he was school champion in athletics and swimming, and represented the school and the county in athletics at theWhite City Stadium amongst other venues. He briefly attended theRegent Street Polytechnic before entering a variety of jobs, includingtroubleshooter at a TV and radiogram manufacturer and as a negotiator in a boutiqueWest End estate agency, before applying for drama school.

Greif was an honours graduate of theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won numerous awards including Best Actor and Most Promising Actor, and was an Associate Member and served on the audition panel. He was a member of theNational Theatre Company both at theOld Vic inLaurence Olivier's company and on the South Bank forPeter Hall's company. Among the productions he appeared in wereDanton's Death,A Woman Killed with Kindness,The Merchant of Venice (with Olivier),Long Day's Journey into Night (again with Olivier),The School for Scandal,Richard II,The Front Page andMacbeth.

Greif was invited back to appear with them atQueen's Theatre in theWest End in the Italian comedySaturday, Sunday, Monday, directed byFranco Zeffirelli andLaurence Olivier, where he won a Best Actor nomination in theCritics' Circle Theatre Award. Later, he was invited to join the National again on the South Bank under Peter Hall in the revival ofDeath of a Salesman, directed by Michael Rudman and withWarren Mitchell winning himself another Best Actor nomination in theOlivier Awards. Grief was back again at the invitation ofNicholas Hytner to join his inaugural season appearing inHis Girl Friday,Edmund and the Christmas productionHis Dark Materials. He acted alongsideElaine Stritch inThe Gingerbread Lady,Denholm Elliott inThe Paranormalist,Frank Langella inAbracadaver,Albert Finney inRonald Harwood'sReflected Glory,Felicity Kendal andFrances de la Tour inFallen Angels,Joseph Fiennes inGeorge Dillon andLesley Manville inSix Degrees of Separation. He appeared in three plays by his friendBernard Kops, anEast End playwright and poet, at theJewish Museum, theJW3 and theNational Portrait Gallery to celebrate the author's 85th and 90th birthdays.

From 2016 to 2018, together withFenella Fielding, Greif appeared at Crazy Coqs at Zedel's Brasserie on multiple occasions, and various other venues inDavid Stuttard's adaptation of drama and comedy from famous ancient Greek literature calledTears, Treachery..and Just a little Murder produced bySimon McKay. The production was revived in 2020/21, with DameSian Phillips replacing Fielding, and retitledSavage Beauty, playing again at Crazy Coqs with further shows to come, this time entitledLovers, Traitors...and bloody Greeks.

Greif appears in many films includingGerry,Risen,Woman in Gold,Bill,D is for Detroit,Lasse Hallström'sCasanova,Shoot on Sight,Eichmann,Spartan,The Upside of Anger,Boogie Woogie andFakers. His many television appearances includeOnly When I Laugh,Thriller (1 episode, 1976),Howard's Way,Spooks,Mistresses,He Kills Coppers,Silent Witness, the last story ofWaking the Dead,The Crown,The Alienist: Angel of Darkness,Doctors andNew Tricks.

Greif reprised hisBlake's 7 role of Travis from season 1 of the TV series in eleven new audio stories forBig Finish Productions. He voiced Raymond Maarloeve in the video gameThe Witcher. He voiced and was nominated for best narrator forSony'sPlayStation video gamePuppeteer in addition to many more games and cartoon series includingElliott from Earth for the Cartoon Network.

Greif won the BBC audio books of America award for narratingThe Boy with the Magic Numbers bySally Gardner. He also narrated various documentaries on Channel 5, and in 2021 contributed to and participated in the documentarytributeAlfred Burke is Frank Marker.

Greif enjoyed golf, and was a member and past President of the Stage Golfing Society. He married in 1980; the marriage produced twin sons in 1982. He resided nearRichmond in London.

Greif died on 23 December 2022, aged 78.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

• Official website
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• Stephen Greif discography atDiscogs

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• English male film actors
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• English people of Russian-Jewish descent
• Jewish English male actors
• Male actors from Hertfordshire
• People from Sawbridgeworth
• 20th-century English male actors
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• Actors from East Hertfordshire District

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