Laurence Payne

Laurence Payne (born June 5, 1919 in London , † February 23, 2009 there ) was a British actor .

Life

Payne, who grew up without a father and in a Methodist upbringing, was a permanent member of the Old Vic Theater on tours through England during World War II , and also through Germany and Australia after the war, later worked with Peter Brook on his Romeo and Juliet production and interpreted the Hamlet at the Embassy Theater .

His television career began in 1954 with the role of d'Artagnan in a multi-part television series and peaked as the sexton Blake in 60 parts of the detective stories set in the 1920s. He was also seen in several episodes in Doctor Who .

Payne worked in films only occasionally, but regularly; Ben Hur belongs to his works as well as Circus of the Vampires and Summer of the Cursed . His theater career also ended in the 1970s.

In addition to acting, Payne published eleven crime novels as a writer and was known as a painter and worked for the radio until the 1990s.

He was married to colleagues Sheila Burrell and Pamela Alan ; both marriages failed. His third wife was the horse journalist Judith Draper since 1974.

Filmography (selection)

• 1954: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
• 1957: In the service of the king (Dangerous Exile)
• 1958: The Devil Cloud of Monteville (The Trollenberg Terror)
• 1958: A Tale of Two Cities
• 1959: Ben Hur
• 1960: The House of a Thousand Screams (The Tell Tale Heart)
• 1961: Barabbas
• 1961: Summer of the Cursed (The Singer not the Song)
• 1961: The Third Alibi (The Third Alibi)
• 1963: U 153 does not answer (Decoy)
• 1964: The Midnight Men (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1966: Doctor Who (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1967–1971: Sexton Blake (TV series, 60 episodes)
• 1972: Circus of the Vampires (Vampire Circus)

Web links and sources

• Laurence Payne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Obituary