Editing Max Wall (section)

===Re-emergence===
In 1966, he appeared as Père Ubu in [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/support/individual/face-to-face/my-favourite-portrait/my-favourite-portrait-by-bill-paterson.php|title=National Portrait Gallery – My Favourite Portrait by Bill Paterson}}</ref> and in 1972 he toured with [[Mott the Hoople]] on their "Rock n' Roll Circus Tour", gaining a new audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mottthehoople.com/main/?page_id=103|title=MTH Timeline}}</ref> Wall re-emerged during the 1970s when producers and directors rediscovered his comic talents, along with the expressive power of his tragic clown face and the distinctive sad falling cadences of his voice. He secured television appearances and, having attracted [[Samuel Beckett]]'s attention, he won parts in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' in 1979 and ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' in 1984.<ref name=page3>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxwallsociety.org/page3c.html|title=Max's Life Page 4}}</ref> His straight acting gained him this review in 1974: "Max Wall makes [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier]] look like an amateur in ''The Entertainer'' at Greenwich Theatre...".<ref>''The Guardian'', 27 November 1974</ref>

He also appeared in ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (as Walter Soper, 1982 to 1983), ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (as Harry Payne, 1978) and what was then ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]'' (as Arthur Braithwaite, 1978).<ref name=bfi/> He played ex-con Ernie Dodds in ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' in 1982, with [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b744ba705|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819232048/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b744ba705|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2016|title=Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs (1982)}}</ref>