Who: Before And After #885
Name: Leslie French [1904 - 1999]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1
Character(s): The Mathematician
Note(s):
- Was considered for the role of the First Doctor
- At the age of 94, he was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of his death.
Before Who:
Films: Radio Pirates (1935), Peg of Old Drury (1935), The Insect Play (1939), Table d'Hote (1939), This England (1941), The Wallet (1952), Orders to Kill (1958), The Scapegoat (1959), The Singer Not the Song (1961), The Leopard (1963), The Rescue Squad (1963), The Witches (1967), More Than a Miracle (1967), Death in Venice (1971), Miss Nightingale (1974), Henry IV Part II (1979), The Trial of Lady Chatterley [as E.M. Forster] (1980), Invitation to the Wedding (1983),
The Living Daylights* (1987), Young Toscanini (1988)
Television: Robin Hood: The Silver Arrow (1953) / Television Playwright: The Commentator (1958) / Dixon of Dock Green [2 episodes, different characters (1958-1961)] / Armchair Theatre: Hand in Glove (1959) / Love and Mr Lewisham [3 episodes as Mr. Lagune (1959)] / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Driving Force (1959) / Interpol Calling: Private View (1959) / Bleak House [7 episodes as Mr. Snagsby (1959)] / Emma [6 episodes as Mr. Woodhouse (1960)] / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Malpas Mystery (1960) / ITV Television Playhouse: The Essay Prize (1960) / Maigret [2 episodes, different characters (1960-1963)] / International Detective: The Anthony Case (1961) / Knight Errant Limited: Troubled Waters (1961) / Deadline Midnight: Why George Brown Hanged (1961) / ITV Play of the Week: The Visitors (1961) / The Franchise Affair [4 episodes as Mr. Heseltine (1962)] /
The Avengers: Death of a Great Dane* (1962) / Probation Officer (1962) / Somerset Maugham Hour: The Creative Impulse (1962) / Man of the World: The Mindreader (1962) / Z Cars: First Class Citizen (1964) / The Protectors: The Pirate (1964) / Taxi!: Three Bags Full, Sir (1964) / No Hiding Place: The Break Out (1964) / A Tale of Two Cities [9 episodes as Jarvis Lorry (1965)] / Gaslight Theatre [4 episodes, different characters (1965)] / Knock on Any Door: First Offender (1965) / The Informer: A Word in Your Ear Brother (1966) / The Troubleshooters: There's Always a Next Time (1967) / Emergency-Ward 10: The Loser (1967) / The Avengers: You Have Just Been Murdered (1967) / Mystery and Imagination: The Telltale Heart (1968) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Flag (1968) / Fraud Squad: Two Kinds of Crash (1969) / Manhunt: Better Doubt Than Die (1970) / Villette: The Long Summer (1970) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Witness Sensation (1971) / Jason King: All That Glisters... (1971) /
The Frighteners: The Treat* (1972) / The Adventures of Black Beauty: Race Against Time (1974) / Ten from the Twenties: Mr Oddy (1975) / Village Hall: Silver Threads (1975) / Prometheus - The Life of Balzac [2 episodes as Pere Dablin (1975)] / Doctor on the Go: The War of the Wards (1977) / The Velvet Glove: Auntie's Niece (1977) / Crown Court: One for the Road (1977) / Supernatural; Lady Sybil (1977) / Target: Carve Up (1977) / Out of the Past: The King's Glaziers - A Blaze of Light (1978) / Ladykillers [2 episodes, different characters (1980)] / Shoestring: The Dangerous Game (1980) / The Glamour Girls (1982) / Tom, Dick and Harriet: Dog in the Manger (1982) / Lovejoy [2 episodes as Cuthie (1986)] / The Singing Detective [6 episodes as Noddy Tomkey (1986)] / Strike It Rich! [8 episodes as Albert Kingsley (1986-1987)]
After Who:
Films: None
Television: Uncle Silas (1989) / 4 Play: The Book Liberator (1989) / Perfect Scoundrels; Party Games (1992) / Screen Two: O Mary This London (1994)