1972 (people)

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 1972, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born. Sometime during the year, writer Nick Harkaway was born. Among the dated birthdays and deaths of that year were:

• 8 January - Actor Hamilton Dyce died.
• 3 February - Actor Rex Rashley died.
• 21 February - Stunt co-ordinator Jo McLaren was born.
• 6 March - Director Julian Simpson was born.
• 14 March - Actor Ben Jones was born.
• 24 March - Actor Shaun Dingwall was born.
• 9 April - Actor Neve McIntosh was born.
• 12 April - Actor Bert Sims died.
• 14 April - Actor Alan Ruscoe was born.
• 7 May - Writer Jonathan Blum was born.
• 9 May - Actor Anna-Louise Plowman was born.
• 27 May - Assistant costume designer Fraser Purfit was born.
• 14 June - Actor Phillip Rhys was born.
• 17 June - Actor Antonio D. Charity was born.
• 5 July - Actor Nia Roberts was born.
• 10 July - Actor Emrys Jones died.
• 26 July - Actor Spencer Wilding was born.
• 17 September - Actor Peter Stephens died.
• 24 September - Actor Kate Fleetwood was born.
• 29 September - Actor Robert Webb was born.
• 2 October - Writer Graham Sleight was born.
• 4 October - Actor Colin Gordon died.
• 22 October - Actor Jack Melford died.
• 30 October - Actor Jessica Hynes was born.
• 10 November - Composer Francis Chagrin died.
• 10 November - Actor Rosemary Johnson died.
• 28 May - Actor Kate Ashfield was born.
• 5 December - Actor Maurice Selwyn died.
• 21 December - Actor Chris Porter was born.