Richard Hurndall

Richard Gibbon Hurndall (born November 3, 1910 in Darlington , † April 13, 1984 in Camden ) was an English actor.

Career

BBC radio

Hurndall was born in Darlington and attended Claremont Preparatory School Darlington and then Scarborough College before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts . Since 1930 he worked as an actor. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon . Hurndall was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company from 1949 to 1952 . In 1959 he played Sherlock Holmes in a five-part adaptation of The Sign of Four . He continued to play on BBC radio until around 1980 , often starring.

Radio Luxembourg

In 1958 he became the third presenter of the Radio Luxembourg program called This I Believe . (This show was originally hosted by Edward R. Murrow on the US CBS Radio Network from 1951 to 1955 and was then taped in London for retransmission on Radio Luxemburg's wavelength 208 in the British style.)

Doctor Who

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , producer John Nathan-Turner planned the ninety-minute episode The Five Doctors in 1983 with the five actors who had previously played the role. However, William Hartnell , the original cast of the role, had died in 1975. The show's unofficial fan advisor Ian Levine had seen Hurndall in Blake's 7 and suggested him to the producers as a possible replacement. When Tom Baker did not want to take on the role of the fourth doctor, Hurndall's role was expanded to make up for this.

Hurndall died six months after it was first broadcast of a heart attack

Web links

• Richard Hurndall in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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