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Dateline: 24th October, 2010
Graham Crowden (1922 - 2010) Edinburgh-born actor Graham Crowden has died at the age of 87. He is best known for two television series (A Very Peculiar Practice from 1986 to 1988 and Waiting for God from 1990 to 1994) but had a long theatre, film and TV career before then. Indeed, he was asked to be the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who in 1974 after the departure of Jon Pertwee but turned it down, explaining variously that he wasn't prepared to commit himself to the series for three years and anyway "working with a lot of Daleks did not sound like much fun." He played numerous roles in rep nationally, starting as a spear-carrier at Stratford in 1944, going on to work at, among others, the Glasgow Citizens' and Britol Old Vic. He made his London debut in 1956 at the Old Vic as Charles Lomax in Major Barbara and went on to appear regularly at the Arts Theatre (first appearing there in 1959), the Royal Court (where he first appeared, also in 1959, in N F Simpson's One Way Pendulum which later transferred to the Criterion) and the new National Theatre Company based at the Old Vic. He worked with the National Theatre Company from 1965 to 1975, appearing first in Trelawny of the Wells, followed by, among others, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Love for Love, A Flea in Her Ear, Volpone, Edward the Second, Jumpers and Heartbreak House. In 1970 he played the title role in both parts of Henry IV and Prospero in The Tempest for the Mermaid Shakespeare Festival. In 1978 and 1979 he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both parts of Henry IV as Gloucester, in As You Like It, The Lorenzaccio Story, Coriolanus and Nicholas Nickleby. His film work was very diverse and included Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, If ..., The Virgin Soldiers, Up the Chastity Belt, The Ruling Class, O, Lucky Man!, Britannia Hospital and, most recently, Calendar Girls. Television work included episodes of Doctor Who, Porridge and The Comic Strip Presents. Most recently he guest-starred in Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War.
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