1939 (people)

1939 in

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the DWU • vital statistics

In 1939, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born. Sometime this year, actors Brenda Kempner, Illarrio Bisi-Pedro and Ken Tyllsen and designer Geoffrey Kirkland were born. People with known 1939 birthdays included:

• 9 January - Actor Susannah York was born.
• 18 January - Actor Paul Grist was born.
• 10 February - Actor Peter Purves was born.
• 11 February - Actor Bernard Finch was born.
• 23 February - Actor Elroy Josephs was born.
• 28 February - Actor Max Arthur was born.
• 2 March - Actor Hugh Walters was born.
• 6 March - Actor Jonathan Newth was born.
• 8 March - Actor Badi Uzzaman was born.
• 16 March - Actor Katherine Schofield was born.
• 24 March - Actor Bruce Montague was born.
• 20 April - Actor Ray Brooks was born.
• 22 April - Actor Mark Jones was born.
• 25 April - Actor Marina Martin was born.
• 2 May - Actor Peter Dean was born.
• 5 May - Stunt arranger and actor Terry Walsh was born.
• 5 May - Actor Ian McCulloch was born.
• 19 May - Actor James Fox was born.
• 25 May - Actor Ian McKellen was born.
• 4 June - Actor John Joyce was born.
• 16 June - Film cameraman Kenneth McMillan was born.
• 11 July - Production assistant Martin Lisemore was born.
• 26 July - Writer Bob Baker was born.
• 10 August - Actor Kate O'Mara was born.
• 11 August - Actor Ian Thompson was born.
• 31 August - Actor Peter Childs was born.
• 6 September - Actor Gordon Reid was born.
• 19 September - Actor Charles Pemberton was born.
• 24 September - Actor Maurice Colbourne was born.
• 27 September - Actor Garrick Hagon was born.
• 28 September - Actor Rudolph Walker was born.
• 10 October - Actor Rick James was born.
• 18 October - Actor Ian East was born.
• 20 October - Actor Ian Cullen was born.
• 27 October - Actor John Cleese was born.
• 28 November - Actor Jonathan Burn was born.
• 8 December - Actor Jennie Linden was born.
• 13 December - Actor Eric Flynn was born.