Dyson Lovell (28 August 1936 – 11 January 2024) was a British film producer and actor. [1] He produced amongst others, Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson (1990), and Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 box-office flop The Cotton Club, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane. [2] He has received four Emmy Award, and three Golden Globe nominations for his work as a producer in television. [3] [4]
Lovell originally trained as an actor at RADA, and his early stage work included appearances at The Old Vic and small roles on Broadway. [5] [6] [7] He has played supporting roles in such films as Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Sampson. [8]
Lovell died from cancer on 11 January 2024, at the age of 87. [9] [10]