HOLLYWOOD ACTOR SIR PATRICK STEWART HONORED THE MEMORY OF A FORMER TEACHER WHO SET HIM ON THE PATH TO ACTING AS HE WAS KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN RECENTLY. THE STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN SAID ENGLISH TEACHER CECIL DORMAND HAD ENCOURAGED HIM TO PERFORM AND CAST HIM IN HIS PLAY WITH ADULTS. WITHOUT THE BELIEF OF THE MAN WHOM THE ACTOR SHARED A CELEBRATORY LUNCH, HE WOULD NEVER BE WHERE HE WAS TODAY. THE AWARD WINNING PERFORMER IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SCI-FI ROLES IN STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION AND THE SUPERHERO X-MEN BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES AND SAID HE WAS HONORED TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER GREAT ACTOR KNIGHTS. SIR PATRICK WHO LOOKED SMART IN A DARK SUIT, SAID OF THE KNIGHTHOOD: 'IT WAS AN UNLOOKED-FOR HONOR BUT AS I GREW UP AS A CHILD, FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE THEATER AND SHAKESPEARE, MY HEROES WERE SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR JOHN GIELGUD, SIR ALEC GUINNESS. THE KNIGHTS OF THE THEATER REPRESENTED TO ME NOT ONLY THE PINNACLE OF THE PROFESSION BUT THE ESTEEM IN WHICH THE PROFESSION WAS HELD. AND NOW TO FIND MYSELF, TO MY ASTONISHMENT, IN THAT COMPANY IS THE GRANDEST THING THAT HAS PROFESSIONALLY HAPPENED TO ME.' THE QUEEN IS REPORTED TO BE A FAN OF THE STAR, WHO HAS ENJOYED A 50 YEAR CAREER IN MOVIES, TV, MOVIES AND THE THEATER, INCLUDING 16 YEARS WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY.
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