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| image = Gyln Houston.jpg | | image = Gyln Houston.jpg | ||
| birth date = [[ | | birth date = [[23 October (people)|23 October]] [[1925 (people)|1925]] | ||
| death date = [[ | | death date = [[30 June (people)|30 June]] [[2019 (people)|2019]] | ||
| role = [[Owen Watson]], [[Ben Wolsey]] | | role = [[Owen Watson]], [[Ben Wolsey]] | ||
| job title = [[Actor]] | | job title = [[Actor]] | ||
| story = ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'' | | story = ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'' | ||
| imdb = 0396830 | | imdb = 0396830 | ||
|time = 1976, 1984 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Glyn Houston''' ([[ | '''Glyn Houston''' ([[23 October (people)|23 October]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]-[[30 June (people)|30 June]] [[2019 (people)|2019]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/08/glyn-houston-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) appeared in two ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories: as Professor [[Owen Watson|Watson]] in ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' and Colonel [[Ben Wolsey]] in ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]''. | ||
He was also considered for the roles of Captain [[Stapley]] in ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' ([[TCH 35]]) and [[George Ratcliffe|Ratcliffe]] in [[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|''Remembrance of the Daleks'']]. ([[TCH 44]]) | |||
== | == Career == | ||
Outside the DWU, Houston was the initial actor to play Mervyn Bunter in the BBC television dramatizations of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. He was also the first actor to portray Ellis Peters' medieval-detective Brother Cadfael on BBC Radio 4 in 1979. | |||
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{{imdb name|id=0396830}} | {{imdb name|id=0396830}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 14 April 2023
Glyn Houston (23 October 1925-30 June 2019[1]) appeared in two Doctor Who television stories: as Professor Watson in The Hand of Fear and Colonel Ben Wolsey in The Awakening.
He was also considered for the roles of Captain Stapley in Time-Flight (TCH 35) and Ratcliffe in Remembrance of the Daleks. (TCH 44)
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Outside the DWU, Houston was the initial actor to play Mervyn Bunter in the BBC television dramatizations of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. He was also the first actor to portray Ellis Peters' medieval-detective Brother Cadfael on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
