More actions
no edit summary
m (getting rid of double asterisks around imdb template) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[file:511px-IanMarter.jpg|right|200 px|Ian Marter speaking at a Doctor Who fan convention in 1983]] | [[file:511px-IanMarter.jpg|right|200 px|Ian Marter speaking at a Doctor Who fan convention in 1983]] | ||
'''Ian Marter''' (born [[28th October]] [[1944]] in [[Wikipedia:Coventry|Coventry]], [[England]]; died 28th October | '''Ian Marter''' (born [[28th October]] [[1944]] in [[Wikipedia:Coventry|Coventry]], [[England]]; died 28th October [[1986]] in [[London]]) played [[companion]] [[Harry Sullivan]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from "[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]] to "[[Terror of the Zygons]]," and again in "[[The Android Invasion]]." He also wrote several books for the [[Target novelisation]], including several that were published posthumously. He also played the minor role of [[John Andrews]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''. | ||
He sometimes wrote under the [[Wikipedia:pen name|pen name]] '''Ian Don'''. | He sometimes wrote under the [[Wikipedia:pen name|pen name]] '''Ian Don'''. | ||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
Marter's acting career outside of ''Doctor Who'' consisted mainly of guest roles in episodes of series such as the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Bergerac (television)|Bergerac]]'' (in [[1985]]) and [[Wikipedia:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (television)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (in [[1986]]). He also had minor roles in several films, such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Abominable Dr. Phibes|The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[Wikipedia:The Medusa Touch (film)|The Medusa Touch]]'' ([[1978]]). | Marter's acting career outside of ''Doctor Who'' consisted mainly of guest roles in episodes of series such as the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Bergerac (television)|Bergerac]]'' (in [[1985]]) and [[Wikipedia:Granada Television|Granada Television]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (television)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (in [[1986]]). He also had minor roles in several films, such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Abominable Dr. Phibes|The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' ([[1971]]) and ''[[Wikipedia:The Medusa Touch (film)|The Medusa Touch]]'' ([[1978]]). | ||
Marter was married, and had two sons. He died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986]] (some sources give his date of death as being two days later, on 30th October), after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of diabetes. He has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away, and only the second major ''Doctor Who'' actor to die (the first being [[William Hartnell]] more than a decade earlier). | Marter was married, and had two sons. He died suddenly at his home in [[London]] on his forty-second birthday in [[1986]] (some sources erroneously give his date of death as being two days later, on 30th October), after suffering a heart attack brought on by complications of diabetes. He has the sad distinction of being the first companion actor to pass away, and only the second major ''Doctor Who'' actor to die (the first being [[William Hartnell]] more than a decade earlier). | ||
At the time of his death, Marter had completed work on two final novelisations, ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]'', both of which were published posthumously. | At the time of his death, Marter had completed work on two final novelisations, ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|The Rescue]]'', both of which were published posthumously. | ||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
{{Wikipedia|Ian Marter}} | {{Wikipedia|Ian Marter}} | ||
{{NameSort}} | {{NameSort}} | ||
[[Category:Novelisation writers|Marter, Ian]] | [[Category:Novelisation writers|Marter, Ian]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast|Marter, Ian]] | [[Category:Doctor Who regular cast|Marter, Ian]] | ||