British Character Actors
A mate has started this rather wonderful tribute site to the lesser-known but often supremely talented bit-part players of stage and screen.
http://familiar-unknown.blogspot.co.uk/
A few good names in there for end-of-year lists
Tony Haygarth (IMDB), a British stage and screen actor who has appeared in many TV shows including Doctors, Midsummer Murders, Casualty, The Bill and was the voice of Mr Tweedy in Chicken Run, has died aged 72.