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1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I last saw him in person in November and apart from using a walking stick he seemed in good health. In general he makes less appearances than Sylvester & Peter, but he's got a few UK cons scheduled for the rest of this year and then he, like Sylvester, is expected in America in February for Gallifrey One.

 

Edit: He was in Long Island USA last month, picture of him here with a balloon version of himself (top left).

 

Wow, Annette Badland has lost a lot of weight!

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1 hour ago, Sly Ronnie said:

 

Wow, Annette Badland has lost a lot of weight!

Nicola Bryant still looks amazing for someone well into their 60s. 

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,024]

Richard Morris (IMDb) who was the production designer for Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and outside of Doctor Who worked on Z-Cars, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em & The Paul Daniels Magic Show amungst other things died on Sunday.

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Another form spotting opportunity on 3 November 2024: London Film Fair

 

Doctor Who: Garrick Hagon, David Sibley, Simon Williams

Star Wars: Garrick Hagon, Mike Randall

Blake's 7: Sidney Keane, Carol Royle, Sabina Franklin, David Sibley

 

Plus movie franchises 'Indiana Jones' and 'James Bond'.  Most of the names listed above and on the site would fit in the Corrie and Character Actors threads too.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,024]

On 17/08/2021 at 00:50, msc said:

1944 –  Nigel Lambert

Nigel Lambert (IMDb) being reported as dead earlier this month.

 

In Doctor Who he played Hardin in The Leisure Hive (1980) and voiced the 'Priest Triangles' in Flux (2021) as well as a number of Big Finish credits. Also amongst his many credits is voicing a computer in the pilot episode of Blake's 7.

 

Also voiced the father of the Dolmio family in the TV adverts.

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12 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Nigel Lambert (IMDb) being reported as dead earlier this month.

 

In Doctor Who he played Hardin in The Leisure Hive (1980) and voiced the 'Priest Triangles' in Flux (2021) as well as a number of Big Finish credits. Also amongst his many credits is voicing a computer in the pilot episode of Blake's 7.

 

Also voiced the father of the Dolmio family in the TV adverts.

 

His character in The Leisure Hive was definitely having it away with Adrienne Corri! Was also the voiceover in Look Round You. RIP.

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On 17/08/2021 at 00:50, msc said:

 

 

17.  1939 – Richardson Morgan (c.)

 

 

 

Via a mutual friend, Richardson Morgan (Web of Fear, Ark in Space but also Grange Hill and other BBC shows) has died. 

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2 hours ago, msc said:

 

Via a mutual friend, Richardson Morgan (Web of Fear, Ark in Space but also Grange Hill and other BBC shows) has died. 

While you're here, go give your 2021 list a good spring clean. It was a useful reference guide but not now as so many of them are dead.

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12 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

While you're here, go give your 2021 list a good spring clean. It was a useful reference guide but not now as so many of them are dead.

It's on the to do list, this has been a busy year.

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On 22/08/2022 at 15:54, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

A table showing how many credited cast members are still living from every single episode of Classic Doctor Who.

It's been over 2 years since I originally posted this chart, so I thought it was time for an update as there have been quite a few of developments.

 

An Unearthly Child, The Edge of Destruction, Planet of the Giants, Mission to the Unknown, The Power of the Daleks, The Deadly Assassin are all down to the final surviving cast member (Carole Ann Ford for the first three, Edward de Souza for Mission, Anneke Wills for Power, and Tom Baker for Assassin). The Rescue most probably has only one living cast member (Maureen O'Brien) due to almost no information being known on guest actor Tommy 'Tom' Sheridan and that episode being his final IMDb credit. The Ultimate Foe no longer has any living guest cast, but both regulars (Colin Baker & Bonnie Langford) are still alive. Of the 5 serials with no living members of the regular cast there are at least a couple of the guest actor, confirmed to still be alive.

 

Serial Name	No. of Credited Cast	Living Main	Living Guest	Confirmation	Latest Death
An Unearthly Child	9	1	0		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Daleks	27	1	9	*	David Graham - Daleks (2024)
The Edge of Destruction	4	1	n/a		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
Marco Polo	20	1	2	*	William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Keys of Marinus	24	1	6	*	William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Aztecs	12	1	2		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Sensorites	19	1	3		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Reign of Terror	27	1	5		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
Planet of the Giants	9	1	0		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Dalek Invasion of Earth	25	1	5	*	David Graham - Daleks (2024)
The Rescue	6	1	1	*	William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Romans	22	1	2		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Web Planet	19	1	4		William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Crusade	31	1	11	*	William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Space Museum	14	1	2	*	William Russell - Ian Chesterton (2024)
The Chase	32	2	4	*	David Graham - Daleks (2024)
The Time Meddler	12	2	3		Norman Hartley - Ulf (2020)
Galaxy 4	14	2	5	*	Marina Martin - Drahvin One (2024)
Mission to the Unknown	10	n/a	1		David Graham - Daleks (2024)
The Myth Makers	15	2	3	*	Barrie Ingham - Paris (2015)
The Daleks' Master Plan	48	2	7	*	David Graham - Daleks (2024)
The Massacre	24	1	5	*	Jackie Lane - Dodo Chaplet (2021)
The Ark	22	1	7	*	Jackie Lane - Dodo Chaplet (2021)
The Celestial Toymaker	11	1	3	*	Jackie Lane - Dodo Chaplet (2021)
The Gunfighters	17	1	1		David Graham - Charlie (2024)
The Savages	18	1	7		Robery Sidaway - Avon (2024)
The War Machines	28	1	3	*	Jackie Lane - Dodo Chaplet (2021)
The Smugglers	13	1	1		George A. Cooper - Cherub (2018)
The Tenth Planet	23	1	4		Earl Cameron - Glyn Williams (2020)
The Power of the Daleks	20	1	0		Richard Kane - Valmar (2023)
The Highlanders	17	2	2		Andrew Downie - Willie Mackay (2009)
The Underwater Menace	16	2	3		P. G. Stephens - Sean (2014)
The Moonbase	26	2	2	*	Ron Pinnell - Jim Elliot (2021)
The Macra Terror	25	2	7		Anthony Gardner - Alvis (2023)
The Faceless Ones	20	2	5		Barry Wilsher - Heslington (2020)
The Evil of the Daleks	20	1	3		Brigit Forsyth - Ruth Maxtible (2023)
The Tomb of the Cybermen	23	1	6	*	John Hogan - Cyberman (2022)
The Abominable Snowmen	15	1	2		John Hogan - Yeti (2022)
The Ice Warriors	16	1	1		Sonny Caldinez - Turoc (2022)
The Enemy of the World	24	1	8		Simon Cain - Curly (2019)
The Web of Fear	22	1	8	*	Richardson Morgan - Blake (2024)
Fury from the Deep	16	1	4		Deborah Watling - Victoria Waterfield (2017)
The Wheel in Space	19	2	6	*	Freddie Foote - Servo Robot (2022)
The Dominators	21	2	5	*	Kenneth Ives - Toba (2022)
The Mind Robber	26	2	14	*	David Cannon - Cyrano de Bergerac (2020)
The Invasion	30	2	9	*	Robery Sidaway - Jimmy Turner (2024)
The Krotons	16	2	5	*	Terence Brown - Abu (2019)
The Seeds of Death	19	2	2	*	Sonny Caldinez - Ice Warrior (2022)
The Space Pirates	14	2	2	*	Donald Gee - Ian Warne (2022)
The War Games	39	2	11	*	Jane Sherwin - Jennifer Buckingham (2022)
Spearhead from Space	21	0	4		Anthony Webb - Dr Henderson (2018)
Doctor Who and the Silurians	28	0	10	*	Geoffrey Palmer - Edward Masters (2020)
The Ambassadors of Death	35	1	3	*	Roy Scammell - Technician (2021)
Inferno	19	1	3	*	Roy Scammell - RSF sentry (2021)
Terror of the Autons	23	2	1	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
The Mind of Evil	27	2	8	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
The Claws of Axos	21	2	6		Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
Colony in Space	25	1	5		Morris Perry - Captain Dent (2021)
The Daemons	22	2	6	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
Day of the Daleks	30	2	8	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
The Curse of Peladon	15	1	4		Ysanne Churchman - Alpha Centauri (2024)
The Sea Devils	26	1	7	*	Pat Gorman - Sea Devil (2018)
The Mutants	18	1	5		Christopher Coll - Stubbs (2021)
The Time Monster	28	2	8	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
The Three Doctors	14	2	1		Patricia Prior - Mrs Ollis (2023)
Carnival of Monsters	11	1	3		Andrew Staines - Captain (2016)
Frontier in Space	36	1	9	*	Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
Planet of the Daleks	13	1	3		Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
The Green Death	20	2	5	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
The Time Warrior	13	0	3	*	June Brown - Lady Eleanor (2022)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs	24	1	6	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
Death to the Daleks	14	0	3		Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
The Monster of Peladon	18	0	4		Ysanne Churchman - Alpha Centauri (2024)
Planet of the Spiders	29	1	8	*	Ysanne Churchman - Spiders (2024)
Robot	10	2	3		Timothy Craven - Short (2020)
The Ark in Space	12	1	4	*	Richardson Morgan - Rogin (2024)
The Sontaran Experiment	10	1	3		Glyn Jones - Krans (2014)
Genesis of the Daleks	27	1	10	*	Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
Revenge of the Cybermen	13	1	3		David Collings - Vorus (2020)
Terror of the Zygons	16	2	2		Lillias Walker - Sister Lamont (2023)
Planet of Evil	12	1	5		Louis Mahoney - Ponti (2020)
Pyramids of Mars	13	1	3		Nick Burnell - Mummy (2018)
The Android Invasion	14	2	3		Heather Emmanuel - Tessa (2024)
The Brain of Morbius	13	1	6	*	Colin Fay - Condo (2024)
The Seeds of Doom	19	1	4	*	John Challis - Scorby (2021)
The Masque of Mandragora	21	1	9	*	Pat Gorman - Soldier (2018)
The Hand of Fear	14	1	3	*	Roy Boyd - Driscoll (2024)
The Deadly Assassin	14	1	0		Helen Blatch - Computer (2015)
The Face of Evil	17	2	9	*	Pamela Salem - Xoanon (2024)
The Robots of Death	18	2	9	*	Pamela Salem - Toos (2024)
The Talons of Weng-Chiang	18	2	7	*	David McKail - Sergeant Kyle (2021)
Horror of Fang Rock	9	2	2		Ralph Watson - Ben Travers (2021)
The Invisible Enemy	17	3	5		Elizabeth Norman - Marius' nurse (2023)
Image of the Fendahl	11	2	5		Geoff Hinsliff - Jack Tyler (2024)
The Sun Makers	15	3	6		Henry Woolf - The Collector (2021)
Underworld	16	3	3		James Marcus - Rask (2020)
The Invasion of Time	21	3	10	*	Ray Callaghan - Ablif (2023)
The Ribos Operation	13	2	4		Mary Tamm - Romana (2012)
The Pirate Planet	13	2	6	*	Mary Tamm - Romana (2012)
The Stones of Blood	11	2	3		David McAlister - Megara (2015)
The Androids of Tara	11	2	3		Neville Jason - Prince Reynart (2015)
The Power of Kroll	11	1	3		Mary Tamm - Romana (2012)
The Armageddon Factor	16	2	6	*	Harry Fielder - Guard (2021)
Destiny of the Daleks	13	2	8	*	Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
City of Death	11	2	6		David Graham - Kerensky (2024)
The Creature from the Pit	15	2	4	*	Myra Frances - Lady Adrasta (2021)
Nightmare of Eden	18	2	9	*	Geoff Hinsliff - Fisk (2024)
The Horns of Nimon	14	2	4	*	Clifford Norgate - The Nimon (2024)
Shada	18	2	7	*	Harry Fielder - Krarg (2021)
The Leisure Hive	15	3	5	*	Nigel Lambert - Hardin (2024)
Meglos	11	3	4		Frederick Treves - Lieutenant Brotadac (2012)
Full Circle	16	4	6		Norman Bacon - Marshchild (2020)
State of Decay	16	4	6	*	Stacy Davies - Veros (2019)
Warriors' Gate	13	4	4		Kenneth Cope - Packard (2024)
The Keeper of Traken	13	3	6	*	Margot Van der Burgh - Katura (2008)
Logopolis	10	5	2		John Fraser - The Monitor (2020)
Castrovalva	10	4	1		Derek Waring - Shardovan (2007)
Four to Doomsday	11	4	3		Burt Kwouk - Lin Futu (2016)
Kinda	14	4	6		Roger Milner - Anicca (2014)
The Visitation	15	4	7	*	John Savident - Squire (2024)
Black Orchid	13	4	4		Moray Watson - Sir Robert Muir (2017)
Earthshock	18	4	12	*	Christopher Whittingham - Carson (2012)
Time-Flight	16	4	6		Richard Easton - Captain Stapley (2019)
Arc of Infinity	17	3	9	*	Elspet Gray - Thalia (2013)
Snakedance	13	3	4		Colette O'Neil - Tanha (2021)
Mawdryn Undead	13	4	3	*	David Collings - Mawdryn (2020)
Terminus	14	4	5		Martin Muncaster - Tannoy (2024)
Enlightenment	12	3	5	*	Lynda Baron - Wrack (2022)
The King's Demons	10	3	4		Frank Windsor - Ranulf Fitzwilliam (2020)
The Five Doctors	33	9	9	*	Richard Franklin - Cpt Mike Yates (2023)
Warriors of the Deep	15	3	9	*	Christopher Farries - Sauvix (2016)
The Awakening	10	3	5		Glyn Houston - Colonel Ben Wolsey (2019)
Frontios	17	3	11	*	William Lucas - Range (2016)
Resurrection of the Daleks	23	3	11	*	Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
Planet of Fire	15	3	4	*	Barbara Shelley - Sorasta (2021)
The Caves of Androzani	18	7	4		Roy Holder - Krelper (2021)
The Twin Dilemma	15	2	8		Roger Nott - Prisoner (2022)
Attack of the Cybermen	18	2	12	*	Stephen Churchett - Bill (2022)
Vengeance on Varos	14	2	10	*	Nicolas Chagrin - Quillam (2017)
The Mark of the Rani	15	2	7	*	Kate O'Mara - The Rani (2014)
The Two Doctors	13	3	3		Clinton Greyn - Stike (2019)
Timelash	18	2	12	*	Paul Darrow - Tekker (2019)
Revelation of the Daleks	23	2	11		Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
The Mysterious Planet	14	2	6		Michael Jayston - The Valeyard (2024)
Mindwarp	14	2	8		Michael Jayston - The Valeyard (2024)
Terror of the Vervoids	21	2	9	*	Michael Jayston - The Valeyard (2024)
The Ultimate Foe	8	2	0		Michael Jayston - The Valeyard (2024)
Time and the Rani	11	2	6	*	Kate O'Mara - The Rani (2014)
Paradise Towers	14	2	8	*	Richard Briers - Chief Caretaker (2013)
Delta and the Bannermen	29	2	20	*	Ken Dodd - Tollmaster (2018)
Dragonfire	17	3	12	*	Stuart Organ - Bazin (2024)
Remembrance of the Daleks	24	2	11		Cy Town - Daleks (2024)
The Happiness Patrol	21	2	14	*	Georgina Hale - Daisy K (2024)
Silver Nemesis	18	2	10	*	Martyn Read - Security Guard (2022)
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	17	2	12	*	David Ashford - Dad (2020)
Battlefield	17	2	10		Dorota Rae - Lavel (2018)
Ghost Light	13	2	4		John Nettleton - Ernest Matthews (2023)
The Curse of Fenric	19	2	13	*	Nicholas Parsons - Reverend Wainwright (2020)
Survival	15	2	11	*	Anthony Ainley - The Master (2004)
Doctor Who (The Enemy Within)	19	5	14		N/A

 

(a star in the confirmation box means that at least one of the members of the guest cast's current status is unknown.

[Sly Ronnie 877]

The Time Warrior

13

0

3

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June Brown - Lady Eleanor (2022)

 

David Daker dead then?

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,024]

37 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:

The Time Warrior

13

0

3

*

June Brown - Lady Eleanor (2022)

 

David Daker dead then?

No?

 

There are no regulars from the Time Warrior, but Daker and Donald Pelmear are 100% still alive. Steve Brunswick is credited as playing a sentry in that serial, it's his only known credit and it is not known if he's living or dead.

 

0 living main cast, 3 living guest cast with an asterisk to note that one of the three is not known.

[Sly Ronnie 877]

Ah, sorry. Misread the table!

[msc 18,420]

The Dr Who actors list, updated. Some previously missing people added, some really obscure extras removed, I swear every few years I remove all the dead people and wind up with a list 50 names bigger than the last time. Have gone to everyone who will be 60 in 2025, given the spate of actors dying in their 60s of late. As usual its not everyone, as some folks ages (hello Young Silurian) are MIA. With most of the "they'll obit anyway" I've tried to give educated guesses (hence circa).

 

All of these people were checked this week and are seemingly alive, though some of the more obscure (hello Ronald Rich) might turn out to be dead months after the fact. Think I caught all the doublers too, though the best way to spot them is to press post, then wait 5 minutes for someone on the DL to immediately spot any errors! 

 

ALSO as this is very large, for the benefit of folk on mobile phones, please do not quote the entire list just to make one comment. @ing me or quoting the relevant bit only will suffice. 

 

 

1.       1920 – Arnold Yarrow

 

2.       1924 –Donald Pelmear, Laurie Webb

 

3.       1926 – Barbara Clegg

 

4.       1927 – Wendy Danvers (circa)

 

5.       1928 –Peter Cellier, Michael Craig, Raymond Llewellyn

 

6.       1929 – Colin Jeavons, Steve Machin, John Woodvine, Thelma Barlow

 

7.       1930 –Shirley Cooklin, Roy Evans. David Garfield, Gary Watson, Maureen Heneghan, Henley Thomas

 

8.       1931 –June Bland, Claire Bloom, Gordon Faith

 

9.       1932 –Carmen Munroe, John Gorrie, Jolyon Booth, Edward de Souza, Gabriel Woolf, Antony Carrick, June Hudson, Wendy Gifford, Kenton Moore, Andrew Lodge

 

10.   1933 – Bernard Lodge, Michael Allaby, Geoffrey Frederick, Patrick Godfrey, Donald Douglas, Michael McStay, Derek Martin, Rhoda Lewis, Sheila Hancock, Sian Philips, Ian Frost, Joan Linder, Helen Dorward

 

11.   1934 –Mary Peach, Billy Cornelius, Robert Aldous, Jean Marsh, Gilbert Wynne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Christopher Benjamin, Tom Baker, Roy Macready, Annette Crosbie, Leila Hoffman, John Davies, Mitzi McKenzie, Jean Challis

 

12.   1935 – Tristan de Vere Cole, George Roubicek, Derren Nesbitt, Julian Glover, Michael Imison, Glenn Beck, Wanda Ventham,  Susan Engel, Janet Henfrey, Anne Reid, Amanda Walker, Allister Bain, Richard Martin, David Daker, Burnell Tucker, Anna Barry

 

13.   1936 –Timothy Combe, Douglas Sheldon, David Savile, Tessa Shaw, Brian Blessed, Tony Scoggo, Richard Wilson, Rhys McConnochie, Jon Laurimore, Terence Lodge, Peter Fraser (circa), Malcolm Rogers, Peter Laird, Dick Mills, Jennifer Hill

 

14.   1937 – Derrick Gilbert, Michael Kilgarriff, Tony Caunter, Eileen Helsby, Hugh Fletcher, Tom Georgeson, Brian Grellis, Davyd Harries, Sheila Reid, Gawn Grainger, William Gaunt, Ian Hogg, Steven Berkoff, David Arlen, Vic Tablian, Viktors Ritelis, Brian Cullingford, Darrol Blake, Anthony Verner

 

15.   1938 – Tina Packer, Milton Johns, Brian Hodgson, Warris Hussein, Frances White, John Tillinger, David Weston, Tim Goodman, Christopher Dunham, Christopher Robbie, Leslie Schofield, Laurence Harrington, Tim Preece, Julian Fox, Eleanor Bron, Col Farrell, Derek Jacobi, Val McCrimmon, Martin Cort, John Tordorff, Penelope Lee, Marcus Hammond, Martyn Huntley, Roslyn de Winter, George Gallacio, Douglas Ditta

 

16.   1939 –Geoffrey Kirkland, Ian Thompson, peter Purves, Eric Mival, Rudolph Walker, John Moreno, Paul Grist, Garrick Hagon, Jonathan Newth, John Cleese, Ian McCulloch, Jonathan Burn, Edmund Pegge, Ian McKellen, James Fox, Ronald Rich (circa, if alive)

 

17.   1940 –Pauline Collins, Carole Ann Ford, Clive Doig, Neville Smith, Annette Robertson, David Calderisi, Stanley McGeagh, Alec Linstead, Tony Adams, Ben Howard, John Black, Barry Stanton,  James Beckett, Judy Cornwell, Angela Douglas, Richard Tate, Paul Joyce, Margot Hayhoe (circa), Gilly Fraser, Nicholas McArdle, William Wilde, Ringo Starr, Nick Evans (circa), Lyn Ashley, Alexander Tynan AKA Sandra Reid (circa), June Murphy, Norman Tipton (circa)

 

18.   1941 – John Levene, Hannah Gordon, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Tranchell, Kay Patrick, Anneke Wills, Mike Lucas, John Atterbury, Geoffrey Beevers, Michael Walker, Andrew Robertson, David Gooderson, Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, Nerys Hughes, Brian Miller, Polly James, David Ashton, Alan David, Angela Pleasance, Miriam Margoyles, Roy Marsden, Roger Limb, Richard Dawkins, Pamela Greer, Maurice O’Connell, Rachel Davies (circa), Claire Jenkins (circa), David Valla, Carl Rigg, Forbes Collins

 

19.   1942 – llona Rodgers, Michael E Briant, Prentis Hancock, Ian Talbot, Fernanda Marlowe, Stuart Fell, Patricia Maynard, Stephen Yardley, Brian Croucher, Denis Lill, Paul Shelley, John D Collins, Chloe Ashcroft, Royce Mills, Pam St Clement, David Bradley, David Quilter, Peter Symonds, Caroline Hunt, John Bloomfield, Ernie Vincze, Bernard Lloyd-Jones, John Owens, Paul McCartney, Michael Elwyn, Jo Rowbottom, Wanda Moore, Harriet Philpin (circa), Gillian Brown (circa), Andrew Morgan, Paul Bentley, George Layton

 

20.   1943 – Donald Sumpter, Kevork Malikyan, Virginia Wetherell, Maureen O’Brien, Valentino Musetti, Delia Lindon, Giles Block, Ian Hines, David Simeon, David Griffin, Gregory de Polnay, John Leeson, Peter Straker, Colin Baker, Edward Peel, Sylvester McCoy, Julia Foster, Leena Dhingra, Alan Wareing, Roger Murray-Leach, Julia Foster, Elliott Cairnes, Sue Pulford, Ellis Jones

 

21.   1944 – Adam Verney, Frazer Hines, Fiona Walker, Paula Topham, Graham Weston, Pik-Sen Lim, Philip Hinchcliffe, Catherine Schell, Barry Andrews, Eric Saward, Timothy Block, Keith Drinkel, Martin Potter, Isla Blair, Matthew Robinson, Barbara Kinghorn, Faith Brown, Colin Spaull, John Ogwen, Richard Hartley, Patricia Quinn, Julian Holloway, Anne Robinson, Ian Barritt, Judith Paris, David Rowlands, Bernard G High, Petra Markham

 

22.   1945 – Clive Merrison, Sandra Bryant, John Kane, John Abbott, Andrew McCulloch, John Flanagan, Graeme Harper, Michael Melia, Nicolas Chagrin, Alibe Parsons, Morgan Deare, Michael Bertenshaw, Michael Brandon, Bill Paterson, Bill Lyons, Tariq Anwar, Sarah Hellings, Dave Anderson, Peter Robert Scott, Michael Owen Morris (circa)

 

23.   1946 –Richard Ireson, Katy Manning, Graham Simpson, Tom Chadbon, Sheila Ruskin, Annie Lambert, Roger Davenport, Martin Cochrane , Dicken Ashworth, Simon Williams, Penelope Wilton, Colin Prockter, Maureen Lipman, Struan Rodger, Togo Igawa, Felicity Kendal, David Suchet, Robin Soans, Timothy Dalton, Brian Cox, Sally Faulkner, James Acheson, Colette Gleeson, Martin Fisk, James Snell, John Gleeson (circa) Sue Jerrard Baker (circa)

 

24.   1947 – Wendy Padbury, Felicity Gibson, Guy Siner, Brendan Price, Adrienne Burgess, Michael Keating, Paul Seed, Tony Osoba, Michael Osborne, Christopher Neame, Paddy Kingsland, Michael Cochrane, James Warwick, Ann Holloway, Alec Sabin, Peter Burroughs, Terry Molloy, Rula Lenska, John Alkin, Leslie Meadows, Peter van Dissel (circa), Colin Stinton, Ann Widdecombe, George Costigan, Tim Barker, Ken Bones, William Thomas, Ralph Arliss, Jack Galloway, John Tallents, Ralph Arliss, Ozzie Yue, Lois Baxter, Lloyd McGuire

 

25.   1948 –Matthew Corbett, Gareth Armstrong, David Warwick, David Sibley, Paul Jerricho, Michael J Jackson, Anita Graham, Stephen Wyatt, Joseph Marcell, Ron Cook, Barbara Flynn, Vincent Brimble, Ian McElhinney, Miles Fothergill, Christopher Bailey, Rusty Goffe, Juliet Cadzow, Sharon Duce, Peter Walshe, Mat Irvine, Tony Virgo

 

26.   1949 – Susan Penhaligon, Andrew Johns, Rob Edwards, Neil Dalglish, Keith Skinner, Martyn Whitby, Cameron Gomez, Jeananne Crowley, Zoe Wannamaker, Simon Callow, Anita Dobson, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Sax, Mike Elles, Keith Parry, Peter Howell

 

27.   1950 – David Troughton, Cheryl Hall, Nick Hobbs, Nigel Plaskitt,, Michael Cashman, Liza Goddard, Nitza Saul, Eric Deacon, David Chandler, Christopher Ryan, Rachel Bell, Annette Badland, Jacqueline King (circa), Harriet Walter, Judith Street, Reggie Tsiboe, Lindsay Duncan, Ian McNeice, Elizabeth Parker, Philip McGough, Robert Pugh, Paul Lavers, Jenny McCracken, Jane How, Renu Setna, Jane How

 

28.   1951 – Helen Worth, Louise Jameson, Primi Townsend, Lalla Ward, David Yip, Lee Cornes, Peter Davison, Simon Rouse, David Banks, Tim Munro, Nigel Humphreys, Jeff Rawle, David Rodigan, Chris Clough, Angela Bruce, Don Warrington, David Schofield

 

29.   1952 – Nina Thomas, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Jakob Lindberg, Oliver Smith, Alexei Sayle, Patrick Ryecart, Tomek Bork, Art Malik, Nicholas Gecks, Sharon Osborne, Kerry Shale, Clive Clifford, Albert Welling, Celia Imrie, Roderick Smith, Ian Saynor

 

30.   1953 – Jennifer Lonsdale, Victoria Burgoyne, Janet Fielding, Steve Morley, Nabil Shaban, Trevor Cooper, Malcolm Kohll, Gareth Hale, Norman Pace, Marc Platt, Deborah Manship, Christopher Guard, Dona Croll, Gordon Tipple, Ian Hanmore, Paul Anthony-Barber, Nicholas Witchell, Phil Davis, Tim Bentinck, Maureen Beattie, Richard Hope, Stuart Milligan, Christopher Fairbank, Eliza Roberts, Rosalind Lloyd, Lorelei King

 

31.   1954 – Stephen Gallagher, Anthony Root, Glen McCoy, Chris MacDonell, Anthony Head, Hugh Quarshie, Angela Wynter, Chris Noth, Belinda Mayne, Joseph Long, Ellen Thomas, Clive Wood, Phil Nice, David Bamber

 

32.   1955 – John  Hicks, Hilary Ryan, janet Ellis, david haig, Jeff Stewart, Gillian Taylforth, John Novak, Ellie Haddington, Sallie Aprahamian, Nichola McAuliffe, Ellie Haddington, Kirsty Wark, Clare Higgins, Brid Brennan, Michael Troughton, Mike McShane, Robert Jezek, Annette Woollett

 

33.   1956 – Joanna Monro, Daniel Hill, Jame Coombes, Jeremy Gittins, Adrian Mills, Mark Straker, Dominic Guard, Lesley Dunlop, Kevin McNally, Chris Jury, Eric Roberts, John Debney, Matthew Jacobs, Ron Donachie, Ellen Thomas, Susan Twist, Phyllis Logan, Tim McInnerny, Kiran Shah, Christopher Good, Richard Curtis, Imelda Staunton

 

34.   1957 – Debbie Lee London, Suzanne Danielle, Richard Willis, Leee John, Sneh Gupta, Sarah Greene, Christine Kavanagh, Glen Murphy, Ian Reddington, Mal Young, Trisha Goddard, Trevor Laird, Jonathan Watson, Robert Bathurst, Paul Brroughton, Stephen Fry, Phil Cornwell, Paul Clayton, Sheree Folkson, Frank Skinner, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Tessa Peake-Jones, Richard E Grant, Deep Roy

 

35.   1958 – William Ilkley, Tracy Louise Ward, Andrew Cartmel, Ian Briggs, Marcus Gilbert, Daniel Peacock, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Greenall, Danny Webb, Jamie Foreman, Rachel Talalay, Sue Jenkins, Lenny Henry, Peter Capaldi, Adrian Rawlins, Simon Nye, Simon Dutton, Frances Barber, Philip Rham, Elizabeth Rider, David Verrey (circa), Bridget Lynch-Blosse

 

36.   1959 – Anthony Calf, Mark Strickson, Stephen Garlick, Jonathan Caplan, Gary Cady, Adam Blackwood, Rona Munro, Christopher Bowen, Steve McFadden, Paul McGann, Louise Febre, Andrew Marr, Kevin Eldon, Victoria Wicks, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Nick Hurran, Mark Williams, Jimmy Vee, Simon Slater

 

37.   1960 – Jonathan Morris, Keith Jayne, Nicola Bryant, Sarah Berger, Dominic Glynn, Mark Greenstreet, Ricco Ross, Lisa Osmond, Pip Torrens, Shirley Ballas, Bradley Walsh, Penelope McGhie, Jemma Churchill, Robert Glenister, Shaheen Khan, Karen Gledhill, Lachele Carl, Lesley Sharp, Lindsey Coulson, Ed Bazalgette, Peter O’Brien, Pete Lee-Wilson, Christopher Villiers, Neil Gaiman, Geraldine Alexander

 

38.   1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Martin Clunes, Edward Highmore, Owen Teale, Sean Blowers, Mark Ayres, Shobu Kapoor, Nicholas Briggs, Corey Johnson, Steven Moffat, Jamie Bradley, Huw Edwards, David Charles, Douglas Mackinnon, Colin Salmon, Colin McFarlane, Perry Benson, Paul Wilmshurst, Meera Syal, Iain Glen, Simon Fisher-Becker, Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham

 

39.   1962 – Gordon Warnecke, Sophie Aldred, Jessica Martin, Philip Segal, Suannah Constantine, Moya Brady, Michelle Collins, Stephen Marcus, Gerard Horan, Pauline McLynn, Nicholas Blane, Soo Drouet, Hettie MacDonald, Keith Boak (circa), Suzanne Packer, Lisa Bowerman, Malorie Blackman, David Benson, Ben Browder, Jason Watkins, Ray Trickitt

 

40.   1963 – Esther Freud, Jason Connery, Daphne Ashbrook, Russell T Davies, Nigel Whitmey, Adjoa Andoh, Gary Powell,, Joe Aherne, David Westhead, Cory Pulman, Katharine Schlesinger, Tracey Childs, Nigel Hastings, Alex Kingston, Julian Bleach, Jaye Griffiths, John Voce, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nigel Betts, Hugh Bonneville, Michael Smiley, Rupert Graves

 

41.   1964 – Bonnie Langford, Ben Aaronovitch, Marcus Hutton, Courtney Pine, Ross Kemp, Christopher Eccleston, Trinny Woodall, Paterson Joseph, Sean Gilder, Duncan Duff, Stephen Greenhorn, Mark Addy, Clive Rowe, Sarah Lancashire, Martin Ball, Rupert Holliday-Evans, David Morrissey, Lee Evans, Teresa Banham, Rebecca Front, Paul Kaye, Mark Sheppard, Graham Duff, Richard Dillane, Sian Williams, Silas Carson David Kinder

 

42.   1965 – Mark Benton, Camille Coduri, Steve Speirs, Eric Potts, Cheryl Fergison, Sean Gallagher, Shirley Henderson, Ian Porter, Ardal O’Hanlon, Ross Gurney-Randall, Patrick O’Kane, Steve Toussaint, Julie Graham, Alan Cumming, Charles Palmer, Andrew Havill, Ian Beattie, Richard Ashton, Corrado Invernizzi, Roger Griffiths, David Harewood, Joe Dixon, Jemma Redgrave, Stephen North, Andrew Tiernan, Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey, Rob Jarvis, Peter de Jersey, Dougray Scott

 

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Bravo @msc!

Ronald Rich has always puzzled me. His role in You Only Live Twice was very well received, and you would have thought a 6'8 blonde actor would have found more roles! A year later he just disappeared from acting altogether. I'd love to know why he quit.

Also interesting that we know he was born circa 1939. I'm guessing "Ronald Rich" is a pseudonym though, or at least it sounds like one.

[Bibliogryphon 9,557]

Can't believe Roy Evans is still alive. He has looked old since 1980

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34 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Can't believe Roy Evans is still alive. He has looked old since 1980

Sort of a Dr Who version of Sapphire and Steel. Bert the miner died but his actor lives on. The other miner survived but his actors been dead over forty years!

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On 08/10/2024 at 12:26, msc said:

1942 – Ernie Vincze

Cinematographer Ernie Vincze died on October 6th as reported here. Two time BAFTA winner.

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While checking my notes in preparation for 2025, I realized I hadn't posted this write up with photos from the Spring (March 2024) London Comic Con.

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It has been a while since I had the chance to do some field work.  A collector who deals in comics I’ve worked with was attending the event, so I took the opportunity to see him in person.  I attended this event on the Sunday (March 3rd) and can give these updates.

Billie Piper – was present on Saturday, didn't see her as she was doing photo ops and signing
Julian Glover – did not attend on Saturday, photo session cancelled
Sheila Reid - did not attend on Saturday, photo session cancelled; she played Etta in ‘Vengeance on Varos’
Slyvester McCoy – on site on Sunday, didn’t see him
Colin Baker – was at the meet & greet table, animated and engaging with the long line of fans; he’s a big man with thinning white hair and his voice carried in the hall
Julian Bleach – did not realize the older man was him, as he is now 60!  Long line of avid fans waited to see him
Frasier Hines – for someone who turned 80 in September, he looked good.  Was outgoing and lively with the enthusiastic fans that made the longest line in the hall to meet any of the actors and even after a while, there were always people lined to speak with him;  a bit tricky to grab a snap of as his minders were on the look out for anyone taking pictures, hence the odd angle.
And saving the best of last!
Bonnie Langford – came up to her table with fists pumping in the air to a line of fans maybe a fifth of that for Hines, and her entrance was interrupted by a conga line of visitors in their costumes!  And she’s clad in p/leather.  Don’t worry I’ve got a pic for you @YoungWillz, as her minders didn’t care.

 

 

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Did the previous post inspire you and you wish  to do your own form spotting?  The Winter London Comic Con is 16-17 November 2024 at London Olympia is your chance.

https://londoncomicconwinter.com/guests/film-tv-guests/

 

An incomplete listing with lots of cross genres/shows/movies:

 

Nu Who - Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Alexander Devrient

Classic Who - Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford,  Julian Glover (more on this later)

Red Dwarf - Chris Barrie

Star Wars - Glover, many character and background actors, about 1/4 of the listed appearances

Harry Potter - David Bradley, Glove

Coronation Street - Tim Healy

Good Omens - Michael Sheen

Ted Lasso - Devrient, Celina Nessa 

V The Series - Frank Ashmore (solid '80s throwback)

 

Richard Dreyfuss (77) in attendance throughout the event.

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On 28/03/2024 at 13:42, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

 

• Julian Glover - General Veers, just turned 89 but is still just as active as he ever has been

 

On 12/06/2024 at 22:59, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

 

3. Julian Glover - Appeared in a season 6 episode, maybe he was too busy but according to IMDb he doesn't seem to have a lot on.

 

On 08/10/2024 at 05:50, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

Julian Glover yesterday at a comic con. Has a walking stick but otherwise active.

 

I think it was @Commtech Sio Bibble comments that first made me wonder if something was up after Glover's absence at the March 2024 Comic Con.  Given he was sighted a month ago (and the search function worked!), maybe it was nothing (thanks @Octopus of Odstock).

 

The search function didn't turn this up and in my thoughts that something was amiss, I did find this from July 2020:

Star Wars actor sells props after lockdown 'sort out 

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2 hours ago, Evil Grimace said:

 

 

I think it was @Commtech Sio Bibble comments that first made me wonder if something was up after Glover's absence at the March 2024 Comic Con.  Given he was sighted a month ago (and the search function worked!), maybe it was nothing (thanks @Octopus of Odstock).

 

The search function didn't turn this up and in my thoughts that something was amiss, I did find this from July 2020:

Star Wars actor sells props after lockdown 'sort out 

 

My mum bumped into Julian Glover about a year ago and he was in fine form for his age (and out and about) then, though obviously he's now at an age where you can go downhill quickly.

[msc 18,420]

Confirmed by friends in the know that Michael Keating (Vila from Blake's 7) has severe dementia and is now very unwell. Shame, he was a nice chap.

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Just now, msc said:

Confirmed by friends in the know that Michael Keating (Vila from Blake's 7) has severe dementia and is now very unwell. Shame, he was a nice chap.

 

Vila would have no hesitation of putting him on a dead pool. Business is business y'know!

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51 minutes ago, msc said:

Confirmed by friends in the know that Michael Keating (Vila from Blake's 7) has severe dementia and is now very unwell. Shame, he was a nice chap.

I've only just started watching Blake's 7, I'm planning on finishing (the Blake-less) series 3 tonight. Vila has easily been my favourite character out of the many greats so far. Sad news.