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In 1956, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.
- 9 January - Actor Imelda Staunton was born.[1]
- 11 January - Actor Phyllis Logan was born.
- 21 January - Actor William Gaminara was born.
- 30 January - Actor Jeremy Gittins was born.
- 2 February - Actor Philip Franks was born.[2]
- 6 February - Actor Daniel Hill was born.[3]
- 7 February - Actor Bhasker Patel was born.
- 9 March - Actor Mark Straker was born.
- 10 March - Actor Lesley Dunlop was born.[4]
- 12 March - Actor Lesley Manville was born.[5]
- 13 March - Actor Dione Inman was born.
- 18 April - Actor Eric Roberts was born.[6][7]
- 26 April - Actor Ron Donachie was born.
- 27 April - Actor Kevin McNally was born.
- 12 May - Actor Christopher Good was born.
- 15 May - Controller of BBC One Peter Salmon was born.[8]
- 18 June - Actor Dominic Guard was born.[9]
- 1 July - Writer Matthew Jacobs was born.[10]
- 16 July - Actor Adrian Mills was born.
- 17 July - Animatronic designer Tim Rose was born.
- 26 July - Controller of BBC One Peter Fincham was born.[11]
- 8 August - Actor Jim Sweeney was born.
- 18 August - Composer John Debney was born.
- 20 August - Actor Simon Shepherd was born.
- 18 September - Actor Tim McInnerny was born.[12]
- 28 September - Actor Chris Jury was born.[13]
- 8 October - Actor James Coombes was born.
- 8 November - Writer Richard Curtis was born.[14][15]
- 16 November- Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey was born.[16]
- 16 November - Director Karl Zwicky was born.
- 29 November - Actor Owen Aaronovitch was born.
- 29 December - Actor Bernard Padden was born.
- Unknown - Actor Joanna Munro was born.
Footnotes
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Eric Roberts. Cineplex.com. Retrieved on 31 January 2019.
- ↑ Eric Roberts. BFI. Retrieved on 31 January 2019.
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ BFI
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Richard Curtis. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved on 10 March 2017.
- ↑ Roberts, Jem. The True History of the Blackadder. London: Arrow Books, 2013. Print.
- ↑ People Pill