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'''Bill Fraser''' ([[5 June]] [[1908]]-[[5 September]] [[1987]]) played General [[Grugger]] in ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' and [[Bill Pollock]] in ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]''. He agreed to play Grugger only if he could kick [[K9]].
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| image          = Bill_Fraser.jpg|thumb
| aka            =
| birth date    = [[5 June (people)|5 June]] [[1908 (people)|1908]]
| death date    = [[5 September (people)|5 September]] [[1987 (people)|1987]]
| role          = General [[Grugger]], [[Bill Pollock]]
| job title      = [[Actor]]
| story          = ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' & ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]''
| time          = 1980-81
| non dwu        = ''Cinderella'', ''Fast and Loose'', ''Just My Luck'', ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''The Army Game'', ''Bootsie and Snudge'', ''[[The Avengers]]'', ''David Copperfield'', ''Captain Nemo and the Underwater City'', ''Up Pompeii'', ''The Goodies'', ''The Professionals'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''Ripping Yarns'', ''Eye of the Needle'', ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4'', ''The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole'', ''Little Dorrit''
| imdb          = 0292077
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'''Bill Fraser''' ([[5 June (people)|5 June]] [[1908 (people)|1908]]-[[5 September (people)|5 September]] [[1987 (people)|1987]]<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1c58e6 BFI]</ref>) played General [[Grugger]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' and [[Bill Pollock]] in the ''[[K9 and Company]]'' television story ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]''.
 
[[Director (crew)|Director]] [[John Black]] described him as a character actor.<ref>[[THWR 205]]</ref>
 
He agreed to play Grugger only on the condition that he could kick [[K9]], which he had never been too fond of — an action he would perform in part three. According to [[Tom Baker]] on ''[[The Tom Baker Years (VHS box set)|The Tom Baker Years]]'', Fraser pointed out quite firmly to the production team: "If I don't kick the dog, I don't do the show!"<ref>''[[The Tom Baker Years (VHS box set)|The Tom Baker Years]]''</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
He was married to [[Pamela Cundell]], who appeared in the documentary ''[[Music Hall: The Talents of Ones who Sang (documentary)|Music Hall]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{imdb name|id=0292077|name=Bill Fraser}}
{{imdb name|id=0292077}}
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Actors who appeared in The Avengers]]
[[Category:K9 and Company cast]]
[[Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners]]

Latest revision as of 20:00, 26 October 2023

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Bill Fraser (5 June 1908-5 September 1987[1]) played General Grugger in the Doctor Who television story Meglos and Bill Pollock in the K9 and Company television story A Girl's Best Friend.

Director John Black described him as a character actor.[2]

He agreed to play Grugger only on the condition that he could kick K9, which he had never been too fond of — an action he would perform in part three. According to Tom Baker on The Tom Baker Years, Fraser pointed out quite firmly to the production team: "If I don't kick the dog, I don't do the show!"[3]

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

He was married to Pamela Cundell, who appeared in the documentary Music Hall.

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]