1926 (people)

1926 in

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the DWU • vital statistics

In 1926, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born. Sometime this year, actors Andre Maranne, Keith Marsh and Derek Pollitt were born. People with known 1926 birthdays included:

• 23 January - Actor John Caesar was born.
• 25 January - Actor Richard Davies was born.
• 11 March - Actor Derek Benfield was born.
• 16 March - Actor Victor Maddern was born.
• 1 April - Dalek Operator John Scott Martin was born.
• 2 April - Writer and script editor Robert Holmes was born.
• 3 April - Actors Timothy Bateson and Andrew Keir were born.
• 29 April - Actor Leonard Fenton was born.
• 17 May - Actor Tenniel Evans was born.
• 20 May - Writer John Lucarotti was born.
• 27 May - Writer Peter Ling was born.
• 4 June - Writer Peter R. Newman was born.
• 10 June - Actor Gabor Baraker was born.
• 15 July - Actor Angus MacKay was born.
• 18 July - Writer Robert Sloman was born.
• 6 August - Actor Frank Finlay was born
• 15 October - Actor Geoffrey Colville was born.
• 18 October - Actor Sheila Gill was born.
• 22 October - Actor Tim Condren was born.
• 23 October - Actor Glyn Houston was born.
• 31 October - Television host Jimmy Savile was born.
• 15 November - Actor Richard Steele was born.
• 10 December - Actor Harry Fowler was born.
• 14 December - Actors Alan Rowe and Margaret John were born.
• 15 December - Actor Christopher Burgess was born.