Simon Williams

Simon Williams
Birth date:	16 June 1946
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Ian Gilmore
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1988, 2003, 2011-present
IMDb profile

Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) played Group Captain Ian Gilmore in the Doctor Who television story Remembrance of the Daleks and reprised his role in the Big Finish spin-off series Counter-Measures and 1963: The Assassination Games, The Reesinger Process and The Split Infinitive. He also voiced several other roles in various Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories and spin-offs.

On the DVD audio commentary for Remembrance of the Daleks, Sophie Aldred mentions that she was especially nervous to be working with Williams because she used to fancy him when he appeared in Upstairs, Downstairs.

He was previously considered for the roles of Eirak in Terminus (TCH 37) and Commander Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep. (TCH 38)

Personal life

He is the husband of Lucy Fleming, the father of Tam Williams and the former brother-in-law of both Kate O'Mara and Nigel Havers.

DWU credits

Television

Doctor Who

• Remembrance of the Daleks - Gilmore

Audio

As Group Captain Ian Gilmore

Doctor Who Main Range

• 1963: The Assassination Games

Doctor Who Special Releases

• The Worlds of Doctor Who
  • The Reesinger Process
• The Legacy of Time
  • The Split Infinitive

Counter-Measures

• Series 1
  • Threshold
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • The Pelage Project
  • State of Emergency
• Series 2
  • Manhunt
  • The Fifth Citadel
  • Peshka
  • Sins of the Fathers
• Series 3
  • Changing of the Guard
  • The Concrete Cage
  • The Forgotten Village
  • Unto the Breach
• Series 4
  • New Horizons
  • The Keep
  • Rise and Shine
  • Clean Sweep

The New Counter-Measures

• Who Killed Toby Kinsella?
• Series One
  • Nothing to See Here
  • Troubled Waters
  • The Phoenix Strain
  • A Gamble with Time
• Series Two
  • The Splintered Man
  • The Ship of the Sleepwalkers
  • My Enemy's Enemy
  • Time of the Intelligence
• Series Three
  • The Hollow King
  • The Movellan Manoeuvre
  • The Dalek Gambit

Other Roles

Doctor Who Main Range

• Nekromanteia - Paul Addison / Shara

The Lost Stories

• The Guardians of Prophecy - Guardian

Jago & Litefoot

• The Ruthven Inheritance - Lord Ruthven

External links

• Simon Williams at the Internet Movie Database