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|role = [[ | |image = Derek_Newark.jpg|thumb | ||
|job title = Actor | |birth date = [[8 June (people)|8 June]] [[1933 (people)|1933]] | ||
|story = | |death date = [[11 August (people)|11 August]] [[1998 (people)|1998]] | ||
|time = | |role = [[Greg Sutton]], [[Za]] | ||
|non dwu = '' | |job title = [[Actor]] | ||
|story = ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' & ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' | |||
|time = 1963, 1970 | |||
|non dwu = ''The Avengers'', ''The Baron'', ''The Saint'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Where Eagles Dare'', ''Oh! What a Lovely War'', ''Dad's Army'', ''Budgie'', ''Crown Court'', ''The Black Windmill'', ''Barlow'', ''The Two Ronnies'', ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', ''Only Fools and Horses...'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Inside the Third Reich'', ''Hitler's S.S.: Portrait of Evil'', ''War and Remembrance'', ''The Bill'' | |||
|imdb = 0627610 | |imdb = 0627610 | ||
}}'''Derek John Newark''' appeared in two ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories: as [[Za]] in ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Greg Sutton]] in ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''. Outside ''Doctor Who'', Newark is perhaps best known on TV for his role as Spooner in the popular sitcom {{wi|Rising Damp}}. | }}'''Derek John Newark''' appeared in two ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories: as [[Za]] in ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Greg Sutton]] in ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''. Outside ''Doctor Who'', Newark is perhaps best known on TV for his role as Spooner in the popular sitcom {{wi|Rising Damp}}. | ||
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* [http://www.mckellen.com/galleries/06.htm Two pictures of Derek Newark with Ian McKellan and other Belgrade Theatre members, 1961] | * [http://www.mckellen.com/galleries/06.htm Two pictures of Derek Newark with Ian McKellan and other Belgrade Theatre members, 1961] | ||
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Revision as of 19:14, 17 January 2018
Derek John Newark appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as Za in An Unearthly Child and Greg Sutton in Inferno. Outside Doctor Who, Newark is perhaps best known on TV for his role as Spooner in the popular sitcom Rising Damp.
He was part of the Royal National Theatre company which opened its present home on the South Bank and worked on many landmark productions on the South Bank, the West End and on Broadway. Early in his career, Derek Newark was a member of the Belgrade Theatre Company, whose members included Ian McKellan. Over the years, he appeared in episodes of the television series Dixon of Dock Green, Dad's Army, The Avengers, Rumpole of the Bailey and Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em. He also had supporting roles in the television miniseries' Reilly: Ace of Spies, Masada and War and Remembrance.
