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[YoungWillz 21,059]

1 minute ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said:

I can't seem to access the entire announcement. For me it cuts out at "He is survived by his daughter...".

Sad news anyway - he was a fine actor and was very memorable as Borusa in "The Five Doctors". I was always pleased he was still going, and was hoping maybe Toby Hadoke would get him to do an interview sometime!

Full announcement:

 

LATHAM

Charles Philip, much loved husband, brother, father, grandfather to Will, Tom and Ed, died peacefully on 20th June 2020. He is survived by his  daughter Amanda and son Andrew. Private funeral. Funeral weblink available from Allen & Son Funeral Directors. Tel: 01608 650633. Family flowers only. Donations to Friends of Stow Surgery c/o Allen & Son Funeral Directors, Matcon House, London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0HJ. "Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

17 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, there's nothing to indicate it is the same guy except the full name.

 

It does look like Philip Latham, a DDP Pick for me, has died if this death notice is anything to go by: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242684/latham

 

Lord President Borusa in The Five Doctors.

 

Maybe msc or Bibliogryphon could use their contacts to confirm?

As a life long Dr Who fan this has come as a huge shock to me. R.I.P.

 

PS just realised this is my 2000th post.Do I get a prize or anything? 

[YoungWillz 21,059]

29 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

As a life long Dr Who fan this has come as a huge shock to me. R.I.P.

 

PS just realised this is my 2000th post.Do I get a prize or anything? 

Tell your journalist friends, nobody seems to know and it would be a shame if he left us without a proper tribute/obit.

[YoungWillz 21,059]

Additionally it seems that Louis Mahoney, Gambian born actor who had various roles in Doctor Who, has died aged 81:

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537158/

 

Also played the doctor in The Germans for Fawlty Towers.

[YoungWillz 21,059]

So that's two Who deaths and they say it comes in threes.

 

I let my Who compendium fall open where it may.

 

Looks like it's Bonnie Langford......

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

I JUST had the most vivid dream that I had just heard on the radio that Tom Baker had died, so much so that I was too scared to come on here or turn on the news  in case it was true.Thank God it was just a dream ! God willing he'll  l ast at least another 5 or 10 years !

[TheKeysOfMarinus 390]

Twitter has been full of tweets about Louis Mahoney, and there’s been a small amount of talk about Latham including someone claiming Toby Hadoke confirmed it. As far as I can see Hadoke hasn’t mentioned it, and he has yet to receive an obit on any news sites. Maybe they’re anxious about getting it wrong but I doubt we will get any further confirmation of his death. For an actor who was in Doctor Who, Hammer Horror etc you’d expect an obit wouldn't you? 

[YoungWillz 21,059]

58 minutes ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said:

Twitter has been full of tweets about Louis Mahoney, and there’s been a small amount of talk about Latham including someone claiming Toby Hadoke confirmed it. As far as I can see Hadoke hasn’t mentioned it, and he has yet to receive an obit on any news sites. Maybe they’re anxious about getting it wrong but I doubt we will get any further confirmation of his death. For an actor who was in Doctor Who, Hammer Horror etc you’d expect an obit wouldn't you? 

When the broadsheets were banging on about how good The Pallisers was compared with today's original dramas, you would think so.

 

I'll bet when Susan Hampshire goes, there'll be obits quicker than a teenager's orgasm while watching Pornhub.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

On 29/06/2020 at 00:36, YoungWillz said:

Well, there's nothing to indicate it is the same guy except the full name.

 

It does look like Philip Latham, a DDP Pick for me, has died if this death notice is anything to go by: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242684/latham

 

Lord President Borusa in The Five Doctors.

 

Maybe msc or Bibliogryphon could use their contacts to confirm?

He was also the last but one surviving  cast member of one of my all time favourite horror movies Dracula Prince of Darkness, the one where the 4 lost travellers land up in Draculas castle and one of them gets strung up and his throat cut .Philip Latham played the part of Draculas servant Klove who did the deed to bring Dracula back to life, one of those movie scenes that gave me nightmares  as a child. Good excuse to watch it again tonight !

 

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

On 29/06/2020 at 19:40, YoungWillz said:

So that's two Who deaths and they say it comes in threes.

 

I let my Who compendium fall open where it may.

 

Looks like it's Bonnie Langford......

Wasn't Bonnie Langford.I'm afraid it was Earl Cameron  .Dead just a month short of 103  Was he the oldest living Dr Who actor ever?He was certainly the first black actor with a major speaking role I think. A true legend in every way ! So 100 yr old Arnold Yarrow inherits the title of oldest living Dr Who actor.Congrats to him!  http://mobile.royalgazette.com/news/article/20200703/acting-legend-earl-cameron-dies-aged-102&template=mobileart

[YoungWillz 21,059]

Just now, CoffinLodger said:

Wasn't Bonnie Langford.I'm afraid it was Earl Cameron  .Dead just a month short of 103  http://mobile.royalgazette.com/news/article/20200703/acting-legend-earl-cameron-dies-aged-102&template=mobileart

If he does obit, maybe they'll sneak a Philip Latham reference in there.

 

*drowning man, straw clutching*

[YoungWillz 21,059]

On ‎10‎/‎11‎/‎2015 at 02:38, msc said:

A few lists of living actors from cult British SF. Tried for the twenty living actors who appeared in most episodes. Credited cast members only. There's a lot of actors out there with no dates who stopped acting decades ago, so stuck with those known to be alive.

SNIP

Quote

 

Day of the Triffids (1981)

1. John Duttine b. 1949
2. Jonathan Newth b. 1939
3. Elizabeth Chambers c 1937
4. Cleo Sylvestre b. 1945
5. John Benfield c 1957
6. David Swift b. 1931
7. Eva Griffith b. 1962
8. Christopher Owen c 1946
9. William Morgan Sheppard b. 1932
10. Jon Rumney c. 1939
11. Lorna Yabsley b. 1964
12. Denis Gilmore b. 1949
13. Edmund Pegge c. 1943
14. Donald Pelmear b. 1924
15. Sally Lahee b. 1923
16. Gordon Case c. 1944
17. Alan Helm b. 1938
18. Albie Woodington c 1959
19. Andrew Paul b. 1961
20. Beryl Nesbitt c. 1935

 

SNIP

John Benfield actually born in 1951, died last month. The Stage Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/john-benfield

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071007

 

I'll probably remember him best from Beautiful Thing and also as Policeman Ben in Sean's Show.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

SNIP

John Benfield actually born in 1951, died last month. The Stage Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/john-benfield

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071007

 

I'll probably remember him best from Beautiful Thing and also as Policeman Ben in Sean's Show.

Just one out of 20 dead in 5 years? It's going to take a while to get that list down ! 

[msc 18,479]

4 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

Just one out of 20 dead in 5 years? It's going to take a while to get that list down ! 

 

Actually, no:

 

Day of the Triffids (1981)

1. John Duttine b. 1949
2. Jonathan Newth b. 1939
3. Elizabeth Chambers b. 1933
4. Cleo Sylvestre b. 1945
5. John Benfield c 1957
6. David Swift b. 1931
7. Eva Griffith b. 1962
8. Christopher Owen c 1946
9. William Morgan Sheppard b. 1932
10. Jon Rumney b. 1928
11. Lorna Yabsley b. 1964
12. Denis Gilmore b. 1949
13. Edmund Pegge b. 1939
14. Donald Pelmear b. 1924
15. Sally Lahee b. 1923
16. Gordon Case c. 1944
17. Alan Helm b. 1938
18. Albie Woodington b. 1952
19. Andrew Paul b. 1961
20. Beryl Nesbitt c. 1935

Obviously the younger cast will keep it around for a while but it's actually 1/4th of the list down in 5 years.

 

John Duttine once spotted LFN on a train, or so I hear.

[time 8,618]

Is 'huw' one of you lot?

 

[Toast 16,146]

@time  How is Hadoke pronounced, do you know? 

[En Passant 3,741]

45 minutes ago, Toast said:

@time  How is Hadoke pronounced, do you know? 

Bouquet.

[msc 18,479]

46 minutes ago, Toast said:

@time  How is Hadoke pronounced, do you know? 

 

Hayd-oak

[Toast 16,146]

8 minutes ago, msc said:

Hayd-oak

 

Thank you.  I was thinking Haddock 

[YoungWillz 21,059]

2 hours ago, time said:

Is 'huw' one of you lot?

 

Not me guv, but I like his enquiries!

[time 8,618]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

@time  How is Hadoke pronounced, do you know? 

 

55 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Hayd-oak

 

I think it's more Hay-doke

 

 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

On 04/07/2020 at 00:51, CoffinLodger said:

Wasn't Bonnie Langford.I'm afraid it was Earl Cameron  .Dead just a month short of 103  Was he the oldest living Dr Who actor ever? He was certainly the first black actor with a major speaking role I think. A true legend in every way ! So 100 yr old Arnold Yarrow inherits the title of oldest living Dr Who actor.Congrats to him!  http://mobile.royalgazette.com/news/article/20200703/acting-legend-earl-cameron-dies-aged-102&template=mobileart

 

Just been perusing this thread, so apologies for being a few days old but after Earl Cameron's death, I was looking at the research I did for Round 1 of Biblio's Scavenger Hunt Bingo (Doctor Who actors). By my reckoning, since I compiled the list in 2016, we've lost the oldest 5 living Doctor Who actors (of which Cameron was the oldest): Earl Cameron, Richard Beale, Peter Sallis, Dudley Simpson and Nicolas Parsons, plus plenty more from the top 20 or 30. I believe (and I'm sure someone on here will correct me if I'm wrong) the oldest living Doctor Who actors now are:

 

1. Arnold Yarrow (100) - Bellal in Death to the Daleks (1974)

2. Donald Pelmear (96) - Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior (1973/74)

3. Laurie Webb (96) - Mr Ollis in The Three Doctors (1973)

4. David Graham (96) - Professor Kerensky in City of Death (1979), plus other roles including voices of the Daleks (and Parker in Thunderbirds)

5. William Russell (95) - Ian Chesterton, companion of the First Doctor

6. Morris Perry (95) - Captain Dent in Colony in Space (1971)

7. Ysanne Churchman (95) - Alpha Centuari in The Curse of Peladon (1972) and The Monster of Peladon (1974)

8. Andre Maranne (94) - Benoit in The Moonbase (1967)

9. Gregg Palmer (94?) - Cyberman in The Tenth Planet (1966)

9. David de Keyser (93) - Voice of the Atraxi in The Eleventh Hour (2010)

10. June Brown (93) - Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior (1973/74)

11. Geoffrey Palmer (93) - Masters in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), Administrator in The Mutants and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned (2007)

12. Graham Rigby (93) - Larry in The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)

13. Derek Smith (93) - Doorman in Human Nature (2007)

14. Wendy Danvers (93?) - Amazonia in The Curse of Peladon (1972) - status unknown

15. Frank Windsor (92) - Ranulf in The King's Demons (1983) and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light (1989)

16. Peter Cellier (92) - Andrews in Time-Flight (1982)

17. Michael Craig (92) - Commodore Travers in The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)

18. Mark Eden (92) - Marco Polo in Marco Polo (1964)

19. Georgine Anderson (92) - May in Gridlock (2007)

20. Bernard Cribbins (91) - Wilfrid Mott, companion of the Tenth Doctor (plus other Who roles)

21. Frank Mills (91) - Radio Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons (1971)

22. John Nettleton (91) - Reverend Ernest Matthews in Ghost Light (1989)

23. Damaris Hayman (91) - Miss Hawthorne in The Daemons (1971)

24. Thelma Barlow (91) - Lady Thaw in The Lazarus Experiment (2007)

25. Steve Machin (91) - Various parts in Old Who

26. Patricia Prior (91) - Mr Ollis in The Three Doctors (1973)

27. John Woodvine (90) - The Marshal in The Armageddon Factor (1979)

28. Colin Jeavons (90) - Damon in The Underwater Menace (1967)

29. Clifford Rose (90) - Rorvik in Warriors' Gate (1981)

30. Roy Evans (90) - Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965/66), Bert in The Green Death (1973) and Miner in The Monster of Peladon (1974)

31. Henry Woolf (90) - The Collector in The Sun Makers (1977)

32. Shirley Cooklin (90) - Kaftan in Tomb of the Cybermen (1968)

33. Gary Watson (90) - Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks (1967)

34. David Garfield (90) - Neeva in The Face of Evil (1977) and Von Weich in The War Games (1969)

35. Lilias Walker (90) - Sister Lamont in Terror of the Zygons (1975)

36. John Rolfe (90) - Soldier in The War Machines (1966) Sam in The Moonbase (1967) and Fell in The Green Death (1973)

37. Alan Curtis (89) - Major Green in The War Machines (1966)

 

I think that's all the living Doctor Who actors who are over the age of 90. Hope this is useful. 

 

Special mention for Barbara Clegg (94) - writer of Enlightenment (1983)

 

EDITED to include @msc's more *complete* research... 

[msc 18,479]

10 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

Just been perusing this thread, so apologies for being a few days old but after Earl Cameron's death, I was looking at the research I did for Round 1 of Biblio's Scavenger Hunt Bingo (Doctor Who actors). By my reckoning, since I compiled the list in 2016, we've lost the oldest 5 living Doctor Who actors (of which Cameron was the oldest): Earl Cameron, Richard Beale, Peter Sallis, Dudley Simpson and Nicolas Parsons, plus plenty more from the top 20 or 30. I believe (and I'm sure someone on here will correct me if I'm wrong) the oldest living Doctor Who actors now are:

 

1. David Graham (96) - Professor Kerensky in City of Death (1979), plus other roles including voices of the Daleks (and Parker in Thunderbirds)

2. William Russell (95) - Ian Chesterton, companion of the First Doctor

3. Morris Perry (95) - Captain Dent in Colony in Space (1971)

4. Ysanne Churchman (95) - Alpha Centuari in The Curse of Peladon (1972) and The Monster of Peladon (1974)

5. Andre Maranne (94) - Benoit in The Moonbase (1967)

6. David de Keyser (93) - Voice of the Atraxi in The Eleventh Hour (2010)

7. June Brown (93) - Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior (1973/74)

8. Geoffrey Palmer (93) - Masters in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), Administrator in The Mutants and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned (2007)

9. Frank Windsor (92) - Ranulf in The King's Demons (1983) and Inspector Mackenzie in Ghost Light (1989)

10. Peter Cellier (92) - Andrews in Time-Flight (1982)

11. Michael Craig (92) - Commodore Travers in The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)

12. Mark Eden (92) - Marco Polo in Marco Polo (1964)

13. Bernard Cribbins (91) - Wilfrid Mott, companion of the Tenth Doctor (plus other Who roles)

14. Frank Mills (91) - Radio Telescope Director in Terror of the Autons (1971)

15. John Nettleton (91) - Reverend Ernest Matthews in Ghost Light (1989)

16. Damaris Hayman (91) - Miss Hawthorne in The Daemons (1971)

17. Thelma Barlow (91) - Lady Thaw in The Lazarus Experiment (2007)

18. John Woodvine (90) - The Marshal in The Armageddon Factor (1979)

19. Colin Jeavons (90) - Damon in The Underwater Menace (1967)

20. Clifford Rose (90) - Rorvik in Warriors' Gate (1981)

21. Roy Evans (90) - Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965/66), Bert in The Green Death (1973) and Miner in The Monster of Peladon (1974)

22. Henry Woolf (90) - The Collector in The Sun Makers (1977)

23. Gary Watson (90) - Arthur Terrall in The Evil of the Daleks (1967)

 

I think that's all the living Doctor Who actors who are over the age of 90. Hope this is useful. 

 

 

Nice work, Rover. Just to add:

 

Arnold Yarrow (100) - Bellal in Death to the Daleks (1974). Yarrow celebrated his 100th birthday in April and described himself as "frail but happy". He got thousands of well wishes from Dr Who fans, and is a bit bemused people still remember his career.

 

Donald Pelmear (born 1924) - Professor Rubeish in The Time Warrior (1974), one of the many fun eccentric boffins in Who.

Laurie Webb (born 1924) - Mr Ollis in The Three Doctors (1973) - there was some "isn't he dead?" talk on twitter a while back but then he showed up alive and well.

Graham Rigby (born 1927) - Larry from The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964), believed to be still with us. Well, he was when he was last interviewed for the DVDs.

Derek Smith (born 1927) - the doorman from Human Nature (2007) - "Spare a penny?" "I didn't even spare you" - presumably DWM or the like would have mentioned if he'd died. Although it was a spot up from extra work, so if anyone dies without any noticing here...

Georgine Anderson (born 1928) - one of the old lesbians in Gridlock (2007) - not sure if you were counting New Who. But then Thelma Barlow, so you must be...

Steve Machin (born 1929) - but bit parts, and last acted in the 1980s, so another who could easily die off the radar.

Patricia Prior - born 1929, Mrs Ollis in The Three Doctors (1973) - yes, they're both still alive, and Prior was known to be around a month ago.

Shirley Cooklin - turned 90 in March 2020. Kaftan from Tomb of the Cybermen (1968) - Doing conventions in 2018, was alive for her 90th this year, retired a long time ago now but should get an acknowledgment of her death when she goes, if not a full QO (sorry Latham fans)

Alan Curtis - Major Green from the War Machines. Still going, not as ill as I had thought (Parkinsons iirc) and turns 90th on the 30th July 2020.

David Garfield (born 1930) - Neeva from Face of Evil, and Von Weich from The War Games. Still acting till relatively recently and doing fan stuff recently too.

Lilias Walker (born 1930) - Sister Lamont from Terror of the Zygons. Went into obscurity after retirement but recently heard she was still going.

John Rolfe (born around 1930) - Fell in The Green Death/Sam in The Moonbase. Another who vanished from the spotlight, but was alive last I heard. You have to assume a chap who touches on so many different online geekdoms would be noticed by someone somewhere if he died.

 

Barbara Clegg - Not an actor but worth a mention, surely? The writer of Enlightenment turned 94 in March 2020.

 

Wendy Danvers from Curse of Peladon is allegedly still alive at 93, but she's very much long out of the spotlight.

 

John Greenwood - D'Artagnan from The Mind Robber - died in November 2018 according to some recent checks in The Stage. As an example of folk dying off the radar.

 

Martin Cort is about this age and still runs his own website.

 

Also I just heard in the last week that Gregg Palmer who played a Cyberman in The Tenth Planet is still around as imdb mixed up his records with an American actor who isn't related. He'd be about 94 now. See? This thing is forever changing thanks to research!

[Grim Up North 3,726]

11 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

I think that's all the living Doctor Who actors who are over the age of 90. Hope this is useful. 

 

4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

 

Nice work, Rover. Just to add: 

 

 

That'll be the last time you ever do a list Rover!

[msc 18,479]

7 minutes ago, Grim Up North said:

 

 

 

That'll be the last time you ever do a list Rover!

 

I was trying to be nice, you!