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

• 1 January - Actor Mark Eden died.
• 4 January - Actor Barbara Shelley died.
• 5 January -
  • Actor James Greene died.
  • Film cameraman David Pankhurst died.
• 9 January - Actor Ken Sedd died.
• 16 January - Controller of BBC One Alan Hart died.
• Unknown - Actor Mary McMillan died.

February

• 6 February - Actor Harry Fielder died.
• 11 February -
  • Actor Frank Mills died.
  • Actor Jerry O'Brien died.
• 18 February - Actor Alan Curtis died.
• 20 February - Actor David de Keyser died.
• 21 February - Actor Fernand Monast died.
• 24 February - Actor Ronald Pickup died.
• Unknown - Actor Sebastian Stride died.

March

• 6 March - Actor David Bailie died.
• 18 March - Actor Richard Gilliland died.
• 30 March - Actor Myra Frances died.

April

• 1 April -
  • Film cameraman John McGlashan died.
  • Actor Judy Norman died.
• 3 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.
  • Director Stuart McDonald died.
• 16 April - Actor Helen McCrory died.
• 26 April - Floor assistant Charles Beeson died.
• 27 April - Director Frank Cox died.

May

• 14 May - Film cameraman Paul Wheeler died.
• 15 May - Stuntman and fight arranger Roy Scammell died.
• 22 May - Stuntman Andy Smart died.
• 29 May -
  • Actor Christopher Coll died.
  • Actor John Gregg died.

June

• 3 June - Actor Damaris Hayman died.
• 7 June - Actor Ben Roberts died.
• 18 June - Actor Eric Lindsay died.
• 20 June - Actor Ralph Watson died.
• 23 June - Actor Jackie Lane died.

July

• 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 -
  • Foley artist Julie Atkinson died.
  • Actor Clive Scott died.

August

• 8 August - Actor Vera Fusek died.
• 12 August - Actor Una Stubbs died.
• 13 August - Actor Andrew Hasley died.
• 29 August - Cameraman Roger Bunce died.

September

• 5 September - Actor Tony Selby died.
• 11 September - Actor Vilma Hollingbery died.
• 19 September -
  • Actor John Challis died.
  • Actor Stephen Critchlow died.
  • Actor Morris Perry died.

October

• 4 October - Director Michael Ferguson died.
• 16 October - Actor Denise Bryer died.
• 22 October - Visual effects designer Chris Lawson died.
• 24 October - Actor Thapelo Maropefela died.
• 27 October - Actor Christopher Wenner died.
• 29 October - Actor Ron Pinnell died.

November

• November - Actor William Kenton died.
• 3 November - Writer Bob Baker died.
• 6 November - Actor Clifford Rose died.
• 8 November - Studio sound supervisor Hugh Barker died.
• 9 November - Actor Roy Holder died.
• 11 November - Actor Henry Woolf died.
• 14 November - Actor Heath Freeman died.
• 21 November - Actor Cynthia Grenville died.
• 22 November - Actor Bernard Holley died.

December

• 6 December -
  • Actor David McKail died.
  • Artist Chris Achilleos died.
• 29 December - Actor Hugh Lund died.

Unknown

• Film editor Pam Bosworth died.
• Actor Ray Carnell died.
• Visual effects designer Richard Conway died.
• Film lighting supervisor Archie Dawson died.
• Grip Mickey Ellis died.
• Film editor John Gregory died.
• Studio lighting director Mike Jefferies died.
• Actor June Jenson died.
• Actor Kristyna Kasvili died.
• Film sound recordist Jim McAlister died.
• Actor Margaret McKechnie died.
• Film lighting supervisor Sid Morris died.
• Props man Stuart Newton died.
• Actor Pam Wardell died.
• Actor Jeff Wayne died.
• Actor Barry Wilkinson died.