2021 (people)

2021 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2021, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• January - Actor Mary McMillan died.
• 1 January - Actor Mark Eden died.
• 4 January - Actor Barbara Shelley died.
• 5 January - Actor James Greene died.
• 9 January - Actor Ken Sedd died.
• 16 January - Controller of BBC One Alan Hart died.
• 6 February - Actor Harry Fielder died.
• 11 February - Actor Frank Mills died.
• 11 February - Actor Jerry O'Brien died.
• 18 February - Actor Alan Curtis died.
• 20 February - Actor David de Keyser died.
• 24 February - Actor Ronald Pickup died.
• 6 March - Actor David Bailie died.
• 18 March - Actor Richard Gilliland died.
• 30 March - Actor Myra Frances died.
• 1 April - Film cameraman John McGlashan died.
• 1 April - Actor Judy Norman died.
• 4 April - Actor Brian Peck died.
• 5 April - Actor Graham Rigby died.
• 8 April - Director's assistant Thelma Helsby died.
• 9 April - Actor Arthur Cox died.
• 12 April - Actor Andre Maranne died.
• 12 April - Director Stuart McDonald died.
• 16 April - Actor Helen McCrory died.
• 26 April - Floor assistant Charles Beeson died.
• 27 April - Director Frank Cox died.
• 15 May - Stuntman and fight arranger Roy Scammell died.
• 29 May - Actor Christopher Coll died.
• 29 May - Actor John Gregg died.
• 3 June - Actor Damaris Hayman died.
• 7 June - Actor Ben Roberts died.
• 20 June - Actor Ralph Watson died.
• 23 June - Actor Jackie Lane died.
• 6 July - Actor and costumes & props recreator Andrew Hopkinson died.
• 11 July - Actor Colette O'Neil died.
• 12 July - Grams operator Andrew Hunter died.
• 20 July - Actor David Dukas died.
• 23 July - Co-Founder of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society Stephen Payne died.
• 28 July - Actor Clive Scott died.
• 8 August - Actor Vera Fusek died.
• 12 August - Actor Una Stubbs died.
• 13 August - Actor Andrew Hasley died.
• 29 August - Cameraman Roger Bunce died.
• 5 September - Actor Tony Selby died.
• 19 September - Actor John Challis died.
• 19 September - Actor Stephen Critchlow died.
• 19 September - Actor Morris Perry died.
• 4 October - Director Michael Ferguson died.
• 16 October - Actor Denise Bryer died.
• 27 October - Actor Christopher Wenner died.
• Unknown - Film lighting supervisor Archie Dawson died.
• Unknown - Visual effects designer Richard Conway died.
• Unknown - Film sound recordist Jim McAlister died.
• Unknown - Actor Margaret McKechnie died.
• Unknown - Film lighting supervisor Sid Morris died.
• Unknown - Props man Stuart Newton died.
• Unknown - Actor Sebastian Stride died.
• Unknown - Actor Pam Wardell died.
• Unknown - Actor Jeff Wayne died.
• Unknown - Actor Barry Wilkinson died.