James C. Swanton
My blogs
- Phantom's Outpost
- Land of Phantoms
- Pickwick & Nickleby
- Confessions of a Student Actor
- Kingdom of Phantoms
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Professional Vampire |
| Location | Acomb, York, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm a would-be character actor with a voice like a bassoon, a bit of a hunchback and far more limbs than are generally considered proper. After a decade of being naught but villains, old men and various unspeakable deformities, I have embarked on the ultimate challenge: playing twenty Charles Dickens characters in the course of an hour. Chart the highs, the lows, the grinding idiocy and the odd flashes of inspiration in staging a one-man show whilst juggling a Cambridge degree. The bonus addition of exciting guest speakers should keep matters suitably thrilling. |
| Interests | Classic Horror, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Classic Cinema, Dark Rides, The Haunted Mansion, Phantom Manor, The Paranormal, Ghost Photographs |
| Favorite Movies | Nosferatu, The Phantom of the Opera, Faust, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, White Zombie, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man, The Black Cat, Bride of Frankenstein, The Raven, Son of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera, The Night of the Hunter, Night of the Demon, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Curse of Frankenstein, House of Usher, The Brides of Dracula, The Masque of the Red Death, The Plague of the Zombies, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Nosferatu the Vampyre |
| Favorite Music | James Bernard, Alf Clausen, Philip Glass, Max Steiner, Heinz Roemheld, Howard Shore, Franz Waxman, John Williams |
| Favorite Books | The Canterbury Tales, The Jew of Malta, Richard III, Robinson Crusoe, The Beggar's Opera, The Monk, Frankenstein, The Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, De Profundis, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Phantom of the Opera, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Being an Actor, Karloff & Lugosi, Hollywood Gothic, Universal Horrors, Moab is my Washpot, Love is Where it Falls, Father of Frankenstein |
Well, maybe they don't need them, but don't you think that some fish might like a bicycle?
Emphatically no. They'd prefer a DVD player.