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{{Infobox Person
| image          = Gyln Houston.jpg
| image          = Gyln Houston.jpg
| aka            =
| birth date    = [[23 October (people)|23 October]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
| birth date    = [[23 October (people)|23 October]] [[1925 (people)|1925]]
| death date    =  
| death date    = [[30 June (people)|30 June]] [[2019 (people)|2019]]
| role          = Professor [[Owen Watson|Watson]], Colonel [[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]]''
| time          = 1976, 1984
| non dwu        = ''The Blue Lamp'', ''The Cruel Sea'', ''The Grove Family'', ''A Night to Remember'', ''Sink the Bismark!'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''[[No Hiding Place]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''Softly Softly'', ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''Harriet's Back in Town'', ''Crown Court'', ''Target'', ''Keep it in the Family'', ''Freud'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', ''[[The Bill]]''
| imdb          = 0396830
| imdb          = 0396830
|time = 1976, 1984
}}
}}
'''Glyn Houston''' 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]]''. Outside the DWU, Houston was the initial actor to play Mervyn Bunter in the BBC television dramatisations 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. The character has also been played by [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[Philip Madoc]].
'''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.
== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 14 April 2023

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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.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]