Laurence Payne

Laurence Payne
Birth date:	5 June 1919
Death date:	23 February 2009
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Johnny Ringo, Morix, Dastari
Main jobs:	Actor
Main time period active:	1966, 1980, 1985
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	A Matter of Life and Death, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, A Tale of Two Cities, Ben-Hur, Interpol Calling, The Tell-Tale Heart, Maigret, The Midnight Men, Court Martial, The Saint, Sexton Blake, The Main Chance, Thriller, Cribb, Tales of the Unexpected
IMDb profile

Laurence Payne (5 June 1919-23 February 2009) appeared in several Doctor Who television stories: as Johnny Ringo in The Gunfighters, Morix in The Leisure Hive and Dastari in The Two Doctors. He also provided the uncredited voice of the Space Station Camera computer in the latter story. (DWM 195)

Payne's other credits included roles on Interpol Calling, Z-Cars, The Saint, The Main Chance and The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. However, he is best known for playing the title character in Sexton Blake. Payne also wrote eleven detective novels from the 1960s onwards.

External links

• Laurence Payne at the Internet Movie Database