Hamilton Deane Award






		The *Hamilton Deane Award* (named after the man who first made Dracula famous on the stage) is awarded by The Dracula Society on an irregular basis. Nominations are invited each January from the members for the best dramatic presentation in the Gothic horror/supernatural genres for the previous year. Nomination forms are sent to all members each year, and all members vote for the winner from those nominations which have been accepted by the Committee. Winners so far have been: 2008 Mark Gatiss for Crooked House 2007 Robert Lloyd Parry for Oh Whistle... http://www.nunkie.co.uk 2006 Director Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth. 2005 Actress Lesley Sharp for Afterlife. 2004 Director Paco Plaza for Romasanta. 2003 No award made. 2002 Actor Joseph Millson for The Lifted Veil. 2001 There Are Such Things - Radio 4 play. 2000 Actor Christopher Lee for his portrayals of Flay in Gormenghast and of M. R. James in Ghost Stories at Christmas. 1999 Actor Ian McKellen for his portrayal of Frankenstein director James Whale in Gods and Monsters. 1998 Ultraviolet, shown on Channel 4. Presented to the director, Joe Ahearne. 1997 No award made. 1996 Nightmare, The Birth of Horror, BBC TV. Presented to the Writer/Presenter, Christopher Frayling. 1983-1995 No awards made during this period. 1982 Actor Ian Richardson for his performance as Frederick Fairlie in the BBC's The Woman in White. 1981 A Dracula Society Special Award (not quite the HD Award) was made to actor John Carradine. 1980 Actor David Hemmings for his performance in the BBC's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1979 Actor George Hamilton for his performance as Dracula in Love at First Bite. 1978 No award made for this year. 1977 Actor Vladek Sheybal for his performance in the BBC's The Night of the Marionettes. 1976 (2) Actor Patrick Troughton for his performance in The Omen, released in the UK in October 1976. This was the first award presented at our annual Bram Stoker Birthday Dinner. In this case it was presented in November 1977. This tradition has been maintained ever since, and the award has been presented at the Dinner in the year after that during which the award was earned. 1976 (1) Actor Denholm Elliott for his performance in To the Devil a Daughter, released in the UK in March 1976. (This was the first award made under the title The Hamilton Deane Award, and was presented in 1976 outside of the present Hamilton Deane Award time frame.) 1975 No award made for this year. 1974 "Most Promising Actor of the Year" awarded to Murray Brown for his performance as Jonathan Harker in Dan Curtis's film version of Dracula.