Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor. His credits include A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Hadleigh (1976), The Eagle of the Ninth (1977), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), Quartet (1981), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Lace (1984), The Bride (1985), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987), Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993), Nostradamus (1994), Peak Practice (2000), Chromophobia (2005), Heroes and Villains: Napoleon (2007), Lewis (2009), Malice in Wonderland (2009), Bel Ami (2012), and Tutankhamun (2016).
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Early life
Higgins was born in Northampton, England. He started acting in school and Cosmopolitan Club theatre plays, taking the lead in Treasure Island, Sweeney Todd, and The Beggar's Uproar. After graduation he studied at the school of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company.
Career
In 1967 he became a professional stage actor. He performed as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at Birmingham Repertory. He worked onstage in Coventry and at the Chichester Festival in Chichester. One of his first television appearances was a pivotal role in a 1968 episode of the TV series Journey to the Unknown, with Janice Rule. Another television appearance was in Strange Report (1969), with Anthony Quayle. Higgins's first successes in cinema were: A Walk with Love and Death, by John Huston with Anjelica Huston (1969), Something for Everyone (1970), with Michael York and Angela Lansbury, Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), with Christopher Lee, and a cult film Vampire Circus (1972).
