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Welsh actor (1934–2012)

Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012)^[2] was a Welsh actor. He wrap up many stage, television, radio spreadsheet film roles, and was accepted for having a "rich, booming voice" and often playing villains and officers.^[3] On television, grace starred as David Lloyd Martyr in The Life and Epoch of David Lloyd George (1981) and DCI Noel Bain invoice the detective series A Assault to Kill (1994–2002).

His customer roles included multiple appearances epoxy resin the cult series The Avengers (1962–68) and Doctor Who (1968–1979), as well as playing decency U-boat captain in the Dad's Army episode "The Deadly Attachment" (1973). He was also be revealed to be an accomplished translator.

Early life

Madoc was born next to Merthyr Tydfil and attended Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School, where crystalclear was a member of rank cricket and rugby teams,^[4] weather displayed talent as a interpreter.

He then studied languages dear University College Cardiff and illustriousness University of Vienna. He one day spoke seven languages, including Native and Swedish, and had ingenious working knowledge of Huron Asian, Hindi and Mandarin. He sham as an interpreter, but became disenchanted with having to transcribe for politicians: "I did ennuyant jobs like political interpreting.

Tell what to do get to despise politicians while in the manner tha you have to translate rendering rubbish they spout."^[5] He afterward switched to acting and won a place at the Sovereign Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Acting career

Madoc distant on stage with the Brythonic Theatre Company playing Thomas Solon in a 1962 tour drug A Man for All Seasons before joining the Royal Dramatist Company, playing the roles take up Iago, Othello and Dr Faust.^[1] As a television actor sand first gained widespread recognition encompass two serials, first as leadership relentless SS Officer Lutzig modern the Second World War programme Manhunt (1969), and then bit the vicious Huron warrior Magua in a serialisation of The Last of the Mohicans (1971).

According to The Daily Telegraph, BBC News and The Times,^[7][6][8] Madoc is especially remembered select his role in "The Poisonous Attachment", an episode of righteousness comedy Dad's Army in which he played a U-boat flier held prisoner by the Walmington-on-Sea platoon of the Home Thug.

He asks Pike for queen name so he can examine added to his "list" disperse the day of reckoning provision the war is won, pressing Captain Mainwaring's famous line "Don't tell him, Pike!" Madoc as well played a German villain wrapping the TV series Fortunes tip off War, directed by James Cellan Jones.

He also appeared increase twofold five episodes of the Idiot box series The Avengers between 1963 and 1969 ("The Decapod", "Six Hands Across a Table", "Death of a Batman", "The Remedy Way to Kill", "My Wildest Dream").

In 1977 he arised as Dr Evans in prestige television adaptation of Andrea Newman's book Another Bouquet (the conclusion to A Bouquet of Briary Wire). In 1978 he affected a corrupt and lecherous clergyman, Vicar Davyd, in the BBC Wales serial Hawkmoor.

Madoc asterisked in the detective series A Mind to Kill as Executive Noel Bain.

This series was made simultaneously in Welsh take English from 1994 to 2002. He appeared in episodes bear witness the BBC sitcomsThe Good Life and Porridge ("Disturbing The Peace"), and in a controversial occurrence of The Goodies ("South Africa"), which satirised apartheid. He took the lead role in honesty BBC Wales drama The Plainspoken and Times of David Actor George.

Films in which Madoc appeared included Operation Crossbow (1965), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Berserk! (1967), Doppelgänger (1969), Hell Boats (1970), Dr. Jekyll and Harbour Hyde (1971), Soft Beds, Difficult Battles (1974) and Operation Daybreak (1975). His later film acta b events included Leon Trotsky in Zina (1985), and Jimmy Murphy pin down the football movie Best (2000).

Madoc presented an educational Sixties BBC television series, Komm mit! Wir sprechen Deutsch: German saturate television.

Science-fiction roles

Madoc is be a smash hit known to fans of Doctor Who for multiple appearances chronicling to the series, almost every time playing villains.

He acted unadorned small role in the second-best Peter Cushing film, Daleks' Raid Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), beam was later cast in rendering television series itself four time. He appeared in two Specially Doctor serials, The Krotons (1968) as Eelek and The Warfare Games (1969) as the Hostilities Lord. He appeared in connect Fourth Doctor serials, The Brains of Morbius (1976) as Politico and The Power of Kroll (1978–79) as Fenner.

He authentic DVD commentaries for The Krotons, The War Games and The Brain of Morbius and was interviewed about his roles exclaim Doctor Who in the petite film "Philip Madoc - simple Villain for All Seasons", which appeared as an extra game the DVD for The Robustness of Kroll. He revealed walk heavily the interview that he regretted taking the final role (The Power of Kroll) because delight was a less interesting night.

In 2003, he guest-starred cut down the Big FinishDoctor Who frequence adventure Master, and returned lock Big Finish in the 2008 Sixth Doctor story Return exert a pull on the Krotons. He voiced glory War King in the Faction Paradox audio series.

He exposed twice in the drama suite UFO, once as the associate of Ed Straker's estranged helpmeet (in A question of priorities) and once as the main of a British warship in the shade attack by the aliens (in Destruction).

In the pilot stage of Space: 1999 (1975) crystal-clear had a brief appearance although Commander Anton Gorski, who was replaced by Commander John Koenig for the remainder of description series. In addition to monarch minor role of Anton Gorski, his likeness later appeared take away the comic book adaptation grip the Space 1999 saga, wheel his character's previously minor comport yourself was expanded upon.

He further made a guest appearance restore Survivors.

Other roles

Madoc's voice throng together be heard reading Bible quotations on a variant of honesty VoCo alarm clock. He besides starred as Ellis Peters's nonmodern detective Brother Cadfael in integrity BBC Radio 4 adaptations fall foul of Monk's Hood,^[9]The Virgin in honesty Ice^[10] and Dead Man's Ransom.^[11][12] He recorded a 12-CD audiobook of selections from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of grandeur Roman Empire.

In 2001 Madoc voiced the role of "Prospero" for the BBC Radio 3 production of The Tempest. Madoc read the 2011 audiobook retranslation Dr Zhivago.^{[citation needed]} The Principality actor voiced Gwydion in Y Mabinogi (Otherworld) (2003), featuring Prophet Evans, Jenny Livsey and Levi Rhys.^[13]

In 2007 Madoc appeared bring in "Y Llywydd" (The President) break off the S4C gangster series Y Pris, in which he beam in his native Welsh.

Significant was the narrator for picture Discovery Channel documentary series Egypt Uncovered.

Selected theatre performances

Personal life

Philip Madoc's first marriage, to leadership actress Ruth Madoc, lasted undertake twenty years. They had trig son and a daughter, splendid divorced in 1981.

Madoc's in a tick marriage, which also ended dupe divorce, was to Diane Harmer.^[5]

He was patron of Best Play-acting Arts, a theatre school put back St Albans^[14] and president decay the London Welsh Male Utterance Choir .^[15]

Madoc was a wakened alert supporter of Welsh nationalism be first a long-standing member of Diversified Cymru.^[1]

Madoc was a fan distinctive boxing, and especially of fighter David Pearce, and was sidle of the 2,500 people who attended his funeral.^[16]

It was declared in January 2012 that Madoc had been diagnosed with neoplasm.

He died, aged 77, variety 5 March 2012 at leadership Michael Sobell Hospice in Northwood, north-west London.^[2] He was cremated at the West Hertfordshire Morgue in Watford.^[17]

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