Thomas Heathcote (9 September 1917 – 5 January 1986) was a British character actor, a former protégé of Laurence Olivier.[1][2]
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Born | Thomas Ian Deacon Heathcote (1917-09-09)9 September 1917 Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India |
Died | 5 January 1986(1986-01-05) (aged 68) London, England |
Years active | 1939–1986 |
He was educated at Bradfield College in Bradfield, near Reading in Berkshire, England. His films included A Night to Remember (1958), Village of the Damned (1960), Billy Budd (1962), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967).[3] On television he had notable guest roles in Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Z-Cars, The Onedin Line and Crossroads.[4][5] Heathcote was also a regular actor in BBC radio drama, notably in several series of Paul Temple.[6]
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