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Donald Ellis Pickering (15 November 1933 – 19 December 2009) was an English actor,[1][2] appearing in many stage, television, film and radio roles.[3]

Donald Pickering
Born	Donald Ellis Pickering (1933-11-15)15 November 1933 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England,
Died	19 December 2009(2009-12-19) (aged 76) Gloucestershire, England,
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2004

Early life and education

Pickering was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, son of John Joseph Pickering (died 1978) and Edith (died 1983), née Ellis. He was educated privately and at the Old Vic Theatre School in London established by Michel Saint-Denis.[4]

Career

Pickering's television appearances include three roles in Doctor Who (The Keys of Marinus, 1964; The Faceless Ones, 1967; Time and the Rani, 1987).[5] In the 26-part BBC series The Pallisers, he played Dolly Longstaffe.[6] He also played roles in The House of Eliott, Dr. Watson in the series Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980), Yes, Prime Minister, The Brittas Empire, Executive Stress and The Professionals.[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Doctor at Large	Cyril	Uncredited
1957	Carry on Admiral	Second Officer	Uncredited
1964–1987	Doctor Who	Captain Blade / Beyus / Eyesen	TV Series, 12 episodes
1964	Nothing But the Best	Adrian Slater
1964–1966	The Saint	Jeremy / Hans	TV Series, 2 episodes
1965	Battle of the Bulge
1966	Fahrenheit 451	Bernard	Uncredited
1967	A Challenge for Robin Hood	Sir Jamyl de Penitone
1967–1969	The Avengers	Freddie Cartwright / Peter Roberts	TV Series, 2 episodes
1970	The Breaking of Bumbo	Jorum
1971	The Persuaders!	Morley Lyndon
1973	The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club	Dr. Penberthy	Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series) Episodes 6-9 [8]
1977	A Bridge Too Far	Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie
1977	The Three Hostages	McGillivray
1978	The Thirty Nine Steps	Marshall
1979	Zulu Dawn	Major Russell
1979	Yanks	Golfing friend
1979–1980	Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson	Doctor John Watson	Series, 24 episodes
1982	The Professionals	Army brigadier	Series 5 Episode 4
1983	Scarab	Harrington
1986	Half Moon Street	George Hardcastle
1986–1988	Yes, Prime Minister	Sir Richard Wharton, Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office	TV series
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Sir Duncan
1998	Monk Dawson	Archbishop of Westminster
2000	Undertaker's Paradise

References

External links

• Donald Pickering at IMDb
• Donald Pickering at the Internet Broadway Database
• Obituary in The Independent

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