Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson
Birth date:	9 November 1929
Death date:	30 November 1982
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Viscount Gaston de Leran
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	The Massacre
Main time period active:	1966
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Twelfth Night, The Black Arrow, The Lost King, The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff, The Avengers, Galileo, Z-Cars, The Magic Roundabout, Play School, Dixon of Dock Green, Out of the Unknown, Man in a Suitcase, Coronation Street, Dougal and the Blue Cat, The Magic Box (actor & writer), The French Way, The Italian Way, The Yugoslav Way
IMDb profile

Eric Thompson (9 November 1929-30 November 1982) played Viscount Gaston de Leran in the Doctor Who television story The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. He was the husband of Phyllida Law and the father of Emma Thompson. He is best known for rewriting and narrating The Magic Roundabout in the UK.

External links

• Eric Thompson at the Internet Movie Database