Brian Cox – a tough childhood no barrier to success

Brian Cox, the veteran Shakespearean actor who won a Golden Globe for his performance as the Murdoch-type media patriarch Logan Roy in the HBO TV drama series Succession was born one day before Peter Sutcliffe and two weeks before Donald Trump.  Born 1 June 1946 2.15 pm Dundee, Scotland, he grew up in poverty with his father dying when he was 8. His mother suffered frequent nervous breakdowns, leaving him to be brought up by his elder sisters. He joined Dundee Rep theatre at 14, left school