Russell Hunter

Russell Hunter
Birth date:	18 February 1925
Death date:	26 February 2004
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Kiy Uvanov
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	The Robots of Death
Main time period active:	1977, 2001-2003
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Lilli Marlene, Dixon of Dock Green, The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, Love's Labours Lost, Callan, Taste the Blood of Dracula, Up Pompeii, Ace of Wands, Crown Court, The Sweeney, Rule Britannia!, The Gaffer, Sherlock Holmes, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Rab C. Nesbitt, Casualty, Taggart, Lovejoy, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Born and Bread
IMDb profile

Hunter with a Robots mask. (DWM 324)

Russell Hunter (18 February 1925-26 February 2004) played Kiy Uvanov in the Doctor Who television story The Robots of Death. He reprised the role in five of six of the fully dramatised Doctor Who spin-off series Kaldor City, produced by Magic Bullet Productions.

He was supposed to play the part of Willie Mackay in The Highlanders, but dropped out and was replaced by Andrew Downie.

Career

Easily recognisable as an established TV supporting actor, he is perhaps better known for his role as "Lonely", friend and confidante to Edward Woodwards' "Callan". Hunter's popularity in this role grew so great that during later episodes of the series he was afforded starring roles.

Hunter appeared in many other British TV dramas and sitcoms during the 1960s and 1970s.

External links

• Russell Hunter at the Internet Movie Database