Tim Pigott-Smith ran a master class about Shakespeare while he was in NYC with KING CHARLES III. It was one of the most entertaining, useful, broad-ranging classes I have ever been to. He was charming, funny, approachable, knowledgeable. I saw KING CHARLES III twice, and both times he created a Lear-like flawed majesty. It was heart breaking. He was memorable, of course, in JEWEL IN THE CROWN, but he also wrote well (his book OUT OF INDIA) and did many audio books. The best of those is Graham Greene's THE HUMAN FACTOR, which I love and highly recommend.
My sincere condolences go out to his friends and family. One of the best, in every sense of the word.