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'''Noel Coleman''' ([[26 November]] [[1919]]-[[12 October]] [[2007]]) played General [[Smythe]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | {{Infobox Person | ||
| image = Noel_Coleman.jpg | |||
| aka = | |||
| birth date = [[26 November (people)|26 November]] [[1919 (people)|1919]] | |||
| death date = [[12 October (people)|12 October]] [[2007 (people)|2007]] | |||
| role = General [[Smythe (The War Games)|Smythe]] | |||
| job title = [[Actor]] | |||
| story = ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' | |||
| time = 1969 | |||
| non dwu = ''Five Children and It'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Captain Pugwash'', ''The Diary of Samuel Pepys'', ''The Invisible Man'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''Lorna Doone'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''Richard the Lionheart'', ''Emergency-Ward 10'', ''Ivanhoe'', ''The Last of the Mohicans'', ''Burke & Hare'', ''Sykes'', ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'', ''Emmerdale'', ''Churchill's People'', ''The Duchess of Duke Street'', ''Terry and June'', ''Brookside'', ''The Monocled Mutineer'', ''The New Statesman'', ''Red Dwarf'' | |||
| imdb = 0171168 | |||
}} | |||
'''Noel Coleman''' ([[26 November (people)|26 November]] [[1919 (people)|1919]]-[[12 October (people)|12 October]] [[2007 (people)|2007]]<ref>[https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3376 Aveleyman]</ref>) played General [[Smythe (The War Games)|Smythe]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | |||
== Career == | |||
A prolific actor from the early 50s onwards, Coleman's roles included two appearances on ''[[The Avengers]]'' (1962, 1967) and an episode of ''Red Dwarf''. He also appeared as Walmander Fitzurse in a 1970 adaptation of ''Ivanhoe'' and General Webb in ''Last of the Mohicans'' (1971), both directed by [[David Maloney]]. | |||
He had regular roles as Colonel Shaw-Camberley in short lived tongue-in-cheek spy series ''Virgin of the Secret Service'' (1968) and the Commander in comedy spy series ''The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs'' (1974), and one of his final appearances was in an episode of ''Lovejoy'' in 1993. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 3 November 2024
Noel Coleman (26 November 1919-12 October 2007[1]) played General Smythe in the Doctor Who television story The War Games.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
A prolific actor from the early 50s onwards, Coleman's roles included two appearances on The Avengers (1962, 1967) and an episode of Red Dwarf. He also appeared as Walmander Fitzurse in a 1970 adaptation of Ivanhoe and General Webb in Last of the Mohicans (1971), both directed by David Maloney.
He had regular roles as Colonel Shaw-Camberley in short lived tongue-in-cheek spy series Virgin of the Secret Service (1968) and the Commander in comedy spy series The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974), and one of his final appearances was in an episode of Lovejoy in 1993.
