British Character Actors

[YoungWillz 21,024]

On 30/12/2020 at 16:00, Ulitzer95 said:

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Arnold Yarrow (wiki, b. 1920) EastEnders; Doctor Who
Geoffrey Chater (wiki, b. 1921) One Foot in the Grave; Harry's Game; Z-Cars; Bognor
Elizabeth Kelly (wiki, b. 1921) EastEnders
Donald Pelmear (IMDb, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Yes Minister
William Russell (wiki, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Coronation Street
Ysanne Churchman (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; The Railway Children
David Graham (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; Thunderbirds
Pete Murray (wiki, b. 1925) Mum's Boys; Happily Ever After
Morris Perry (wiki, b. 1925) Crown Court; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Sweeney
Stanley Baxter (wiki, b. 1926) The Stanley Baxter Show; Mr. Majeika
Leonard Fenton (wiki, b. 1926) EastEnders
Doreen Mantle (wiki, b. 1926) One Foot in the Grave; Coronation Street
André Maranne (wiki, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers; Yes Minister
Gordon Peters (wiki, b. 1926) Hi-de-Hi!; One Foot in the Grave; Dad's Army
Oscar Quitak (wiki, b. 1926) Howards' Way; Z-Cars; The Kenny Everett Television Show
Gudrun Ure (wiki, b. 1926) Super Gran; Casualty
June Brown (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders
David de Keyser (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court; Holby City
June Flewett aka Jill Freud (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court
Leon Lissek (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders
Frank Mills (wiki, b. 1927) Coronation Street
Lee Montague (wiki, b. 1927) Bergerac; Minder
Joss Ackland (wiki, b. 1928) Z-Cars
Peter Cellier (wiki, b. 1928) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister; Keeping Up Appearances
Michael Craig (wiki, b. 1928) Doctor Who; Triangle
Bernard Cribbins (wiki, b. 1928) The Wombles; Fawlty Towers; Coronation Street
Mark Eden (wiki, b. 1928) Coronation Street
Sarah Lawson (wiki, b. 1928) Within These Walls
Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies
Maria Charles (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Agony
Damaris Hayman (wiki, b. 1929) One Foot in the Grave; Doctor Who
Colin Jeavons (wiki, b. 1929) House of Cards
John Nettleton (wiki, b. 1929) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister
Robin Parkinson (wiki, b. 1929) 'Allo 'Allo!
Clifford Rose (wiki, b. 1929) One by One; Doctor Who; Secret Army
Patricia Routledge (wiki, b. 1929) Keeping Up Appearances
John Woodvine (wiki, b. 1929) Z-Cars
Cyril Appleton (wiki, b. 1930) Coronation Street
Robert Fyfe (wiki, b. 1930) Last of the Summer Wine (most sources say 1925 but born in 1930 according to his son)
Gerald Harper (wiki, b. 1931) Hadleigh; Adam Adamant Lives!
Jack Hedley (wiki, b. 1930) Colditz; Who Pays the Ferryman?; One by One
Una McLean (wiki, b. 1930) Taggart, River City
Bill Treacher (wiki, b. 1930) EastEnders
Gary Watson (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; The Avengers; Doctor Who
June Bland (wiki, b. 1931) The Newcomers; Doctor Who
Claire Bloom (wiki, b. 1931) Brideshead Revisited
Sheila Brennan (IMDb, b. 1931) Open All Hours
Kenneth Cope (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street; Brookside
Eileen Derbyshire (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street
James Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Mapp & Lucia; The Bill; Moon Stallion
Godfrey James (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; Emmerdale Farm; Oliver Twist; Armchair Thriller
Harry Landis (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders
Stanley Meadows (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street
Trevor Peacock (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; The Vicar of Dibley

Vivian Pickles (wiki, b. 1931) Birds of a Feather; Uncle Jack
Corinne Skinner-Carter (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders
John Swindells (IMDb, b. 1931) Z-Cars
Josephine Tewson (wiki, b. 1931) Last of the Summer Wine; Keeping Up Appearances
Cy Town (IMDb, b. 1931) Doctor Who
Frank Williams (wiki, b. 1931) Dad's Army; You Rang, M'Lord?

Added Geoffrey Chater, Ysanne Churchman, Pete Murray, Stanley Baxter, Gudrun Ure and David de Keyser.

Stage Obituary for David de Keyser, died February 20: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/david-de-keyser

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209095/

 

Scavenger Hunt Pick, maybe?

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Just now, YoungWillz said:

Stage Obituary for David de Keyser, died February 20: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/david-de-keyser

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209095/

 

Scavenger Hunt Pick, maybe?

 

Def is, I picked him!

 

Shame, though.

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Another veteran actor still alive Denys Graham b 29th June 1926. Not much on his wikipedia page but IMDB list parts in Dambusters  Zulu  Armchair Theatre  Dixon of Dock Green. and latterly played the part of Bigelow in series 1 of Lovejoy

[msc 18,436]

Hmm, noticing the avatars gone, is @Ulitzer95 away? Been a bit busy this month but I was enjoying the discovery of hidden gems among the aging acting lot.

[Bibliogryphon 9,569]

On 31/12/2020 at 13:38, Ulitzer95 said:

Ure is still with us. She lives in London according to StarTiger.

2006 interview here. In the comments section from June 2020:

"That's my gran! And she's still going! Also, never seen this before!"

Someone just liked an old Supergran tweet I made so I had to check in on Gudrun but I just read that she played Desdemona opposite Orsen Wells as Othello on stage in 1951. 

 

She is alive and well as far as I can ascertain

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Updated for the death of de Keyser and added Denys Graham (b. 1926)
 

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Arnold Yarrow (wiki, b. 1920) EastEnders; Doctor Who
Geoffrey Chater (wiki, b. 1921) One Foot in the Grave; Harry's Game; Z-Cars; Bognor
Elizabeth Kelly (wiki, b. 1921) EastEnders
Nadia Cattouse (wiki, b. 1924) Angels; Johnny Jarvis
Raymond Mason (IMDb, b. 1924) Z-Cars; The Two Ronnies; The Bill
Donald Pelmear (IMDb, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Yes Minister
Leslie Phillips (wiki, b. 1924) Revolver; The House of Windsor
William Russell (wiki, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Coronation Street
Laurie Webb (IMDb, b. 1924) Doctor Who; Hancock's Half Hour
Ysanne Churchman (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; The Railway Children
Michael Godley (IMDb, b. 1925) The Bill, Watt on Earth
David Graham (wiki, b. 1925) Doctor Who; Thunderbirds
Dame Angela Lansbury (wiki, b. 1925) Little Women
Pete Murray (wiki, b. 1925) Mum's Boys; Happily Ever After
Morris Perry (wiki, b. 1925) Crown Court; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Sweeney
Stanley Baxter (wiki, b. 1926) The Stanley Baxter Show; Mr. Majeika
James Belchamber (IMDb, b. 1926) The Avengers
Elizabeth Benson (IMDb, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars, The Liver Birds
Barbara Clegg (wiki, b. 1926) Emergency Ward 10
Leonard Fenton (wiki, b. 1926) EastEnders
Denys Graham (wiki, b. 1926) One the Line, Lovejoy, The Bill
Doreen Mantle (wiki, b. 1926) One Foot in the Grave; Coronation Street
André Maranne (wiki, b. 1926) Fawlty Towers; Yes Minister
Gordon Peters (wiki, b. 1926) Hi-de-Hi!; One Foot in the Grave; Dad's Army
Oscar Quitak (wiki, b. 1926) Howards' Way; Z-Cars; The Kenny Everett Television Show
Gudrun Ure (wiki, b. 1926) Super Gran; Casualty
June Brown (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders
Robert Crewdson (IMDb, b. 1927) Epitaph For a Spy
David de Keyser (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court; Holby City DIED 20/02/2021
June Flewett aka Jill Freud (wiki, b. 1927) Crown Court
Leon Lissek (wiki, b. 1927) EastEnders
Frank Mills (wiki, b. 1927) Coronation Street DIED 11/02/2021
Lee Montague (wiki, b. 1927) Bergerac; Minder
Neville Phillips (IMDb, b. 1927) Midsomer Murders, Mansfield Park, Rumpole of the Bailey
Joss Ackland (wiki, b. 1928) Z-Cars
Peter Cellier (wiki, b. 1928) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister; Keeping Up Appearances
Michael Craig (wiki, b. 1928) Doctor Who; Triangle
Bernard Cribbins (wiki, b. 1928) The Wombles; Fawlty Towers; Coronation Street
Anthony Dawes (IMDb, b. 1928) Z-Cars; Who, Sir? Me, Sir? DIED 21/01/2021
Mark Eden (wiki, b. 1928) Coronation Street DIED 01/01/2021
Sarah Lawson (wiki, b. 1928) Within These Walls
Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies
Maria Charles (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Agony
Damaris Hayman (wiki, b. 1929) One Foot in the Grave; Doctor Who
Colin Jeavons (wiki, b. 1929) House of Cards; Epitaph For a Spy
John Nettleton (wiki, b. 1929) Yes Minister; Yes, Prime Minister
Robin Parkinson (wiki, b. 1929) 'Allo 'Allo!
Clifford Rose (wiki, b. 1929) One by One; Doctor Who; Secret Army
Patricia Routledge (wiki, b. 1929) Keeping Up Appearances
John Woodvine (wiki, b. 1929) Z-Cars
Cyril Appleton (wiki, b. 1930) Coronation Street
John Cairney (wiki, b. 1930) This Man Craig
Alan Curtis (wiki, b. 1930) The Saint; Z-Cars; Doctor Who DIED 18/02/2021
Robert Fyfe (wiki, b. 1930) Last of the Summer Wine (most sources say 1925 but born in 1930 according to his son)
Henry Lincoln (wiki, b. 1930) The Saint, No Hiding Place, Z-Cars
Henry Woolf (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; Doctor Who; Full House
Jack Hedley (wiki, b. 1930) Colditz; Who Pays the Ferryman?; One by One
Henry Lincoln (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; Triangle; No Hiding Place
Una McLean (wiki, b. 1930) Taggart, River City
Bill Treacher (wiki, b. 1930) EastEnders
Gary Watson (wiki, b. 1930) Z-Cars; The Avengers; Doctor Who
Denyse Alexander (wiki, b. 1931) Father Charlie; The Bill; Silent Witness
June Bland (wiki, b. 1931) The Newcomers; Doctor Who
Claire Bloom (wiki, b. 1931) Brideshead Revisited
Sheila Brennan (IMDb, b. 1931) Open All Hours
Jeremy Burnham (wiki, b. 1931) United!; The Saint; The Avengers DIED 31/12/2020
Kenneth Cope (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street; Brookside
Eileen Derbyshire (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street
James Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Mapp & Lucia; The Bill; Moon Stallion DIED 05/01/2021
Leon Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Lorna Doone; A Man Called Intrepid

Patricia Greene (wiki, b. 1931) Doctors
Gerald Harper (wiki, b. 1931) Hadleigh; Adam Adamant Lives!
Veronica Hurst (wiki, b. 1931) Dixon of Dock Green; The Flaxton Boys
Brian Jackson (wiki, b. 1931) Z-Cars; Doctors
Godfrey James (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; Emmerdale Farm; Oliver Twist; Armchair Thriller
John Kelland (IMDb, b. 1931) The Idiot
Harry Landis (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders
James Martin (wiki, b. 1931) Still Game
Ellen McIntosh (IMDb, b. 1931) The Common Room; 199 Park Lane; This Man Craig
Virginia McKenna (wiki, b. 1931) The Scold's Bridle; The Camomile Lawn
Stanley Meadows (wiki, b. 1931) Coronation Street
Jeanne Moody (IMDb, b. 1931) Emergency-Ward 10; The Saint

Arthur Nightingale (IMDb, b. 1931) The Bill, The Crown
Trevor Peacock (wiki, b. 1931) The Bill; The Vicar of Dibley DIED 08/03/2021

Vivian Pickles (wiki, b. 1931) Birds of a Feather; Uncle Jack
Corinne Skinner-Carter (wiki, b. 1931) EastEnders
John Swindells (IMDb, b. 1931) Z-Cars
Josephine Tewson (wiki, b. 1931) Last of the Summer Wine; Keeping Up Appearances
Cy Town (IMDb, b. 1931) Doctor Who
Frank Williams (wiki, b. 1931) Dad's Army; You Rang, M'Lord?

 

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According to this post, Arthur Cox died a few weeks ago. Hearing from other sources its legit.

 

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Yes Minister, The Sweeney, Poirot, Dr Who, a familiar TV face.

 

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

6 hours ago, msc said:

According to this post, Arthur Cox died a few weeks ago. Hearing from other sources its legit.

 

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Yes Minister, The Sweeney, Poirot, Dr Who, a familiar TV face.

You had me there. Thought a new post by msc was bound to be confirmation on André Maranne. It’s starting to stress me out now!

 

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3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

You had me there. Thought a new post my msc was bound to be confirmation on André Maranne. It’s starting to stress me out now!

 

 

Hah, sorry. Our main man is still inconclusive, to the point someone might need to request the certificate from Brighton if it exists. 

 

(He was a known person in fan circles, to the point of phone number and address, and had a lot of friends in acting - I find it astounding if he was able to die 3 weeks ago without a single RIP tweet, Facebook message or reference in a local paper. So the longer without confirmation the more sceptical I get. Judy Norman's death was just announced about a month after it happened and she was considerably less famous...)

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

5 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Hah, sorry. Our main man is still inconclusive, to the point someone might need to request the certificate from Brighton if it exists. 

 

(He was a known person in fan circles, to the point of phone number and address, and had a lot of friends in acting - I find it astounding if he was able to die 3 weeks ago without a single RIP tweet, Facebook message or reference in a local paper. So the longer without confirmation the more sceptical I get. Judy Norman's death was just announced about a month after it happened and she was considerably less famous...)

I can see his address on the autograph hunter community I’m on.
 

Half tempted to drive down to Brighton, chap on the door and say “Well hello there, just checking you’re not dead. ”

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31 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I can see his address on the autograph hunter community I’m on.
 

Half tempted to drive down to Brighton, chap on the door and say “Well hello there, just checking you’re not dead. ”

 

If he gets suspicious just claim you are Daredevil...

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28 minutes ago, msc said:

 

If he gets suspicious just claim you are Daredevil...

Or you have driven from Torquay to get a replacement duck 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

13 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Or you have driven from Torquay to get a replacement duck 

 

You've tried it on just once too often!!! Don't say I haven't warned you!!!! 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,880]

I'm going to give you a damn good trashing 

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16 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I can see his address on the autograph hunter community I’m on.
 

Half tempted to drive down to Brighton, chap on the door and say “Well hello there, just checking you’re not dead. ”

Do you have an address, i can pop round in my lunch hour 

[time 8,586]

Tony Armatrading, younger brother of Joan, has died aged 59, cancer.

 

He was in The Saint, Notting Hill plus a plethora of other TV, film & video game roles.

 

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Obituary of Douglas Livingstone, who died 19 April, aged 86.

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Report of the death of British actor Shane Briant, appeared in several Hammer movies as well as The Naked Civil Servant and The Picture Of Dorian Gray, before he emigrated to Australia in the 1980s: 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108470/

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Really sad news about Shane Briant. I used chat with him on Twitter quite a bit around eight years ago and he was lovely. He was also *stunningly* gorgeous when he was young. RIP.

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

On 27/05/2021 at 15:40, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of British actor Shane Briant, appeared in several Hammer movies as well as The Naked Civil Servant and The Picture Of Dorian Gray, before he emigrated to Australia in the 1980s: 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108470/

Daily Star obit.
Mirror obit.

"Long and terrible illness"... hmmmmmm...

[Toast 16,129]

22 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

"Long and terrible illness"... hmmmmmm...

 

I don't know what you're thinking, but my guess would be one of the degenerative illnesses like Huntingtons or MND.  Having recently lost a friend to the former, I can confirm that it was both long and increasingly terrible.

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

26 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

I don't know what you're thinking, but my guess would be one of the degenerative illnesses like Huntingtons or MND.  Having recently lost a friend to the former, I can confirm that it was both long and increasingly terrible.

Thats exactly what I was thinking actually.

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On 29/12/2020 at 23:51, Ulitzer95 said:

Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but thought we were overdue a masterlist for British television actors so went through a list of UK TV shows of the 60s–90s earlier and singled out all the actors turning 90+ in 2021. Vast majority of these names will obit for sure:


Damaris Hayman (wiki, b. 1929) One Foot in the Grave; Doctor Who

As always, additions very welcome.

 

 

Bad news, everyone, I'm afraid the great Damaris Hayman has died.

 

(4) Toby Hadoke on Twitter: "RIP that gloriously eccentric character player Damaris Hayman, not far off her 92nd birthday - she helped Doctor Who battle The Daemons, walked the halls of St Trinian's, saw the Pink Panther Strike Again and was the essence of genteel English wit opposite many great comics. https://t.co/83sLbMoq51" / Twitter

 

 

 

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She was in all sorts of things from my earliest TV memories onwards.

 

She was also a unique pick for me in the first Scavenger deadpool!

[RoverAndOut 4,745]

3 hours ago, Toast said:

She was in all sorts of things from my earliest TV memories onwards.

She was also a unique pick for me in the first Scavenger deadpool!

 

She was, in fact, your third unique pick death in R1, making you the second person after Rotten Ali to have completed R1 by all 3 methods! Nearly 4 years since it finished and 5 players haven't finished by any of the 3 measures yet!