Donald Tandy
Donald Tandy (20 December 1918 – 9 May 2014)[2] was an English actor who appeared in over a dozen films (usually in minor or uncredited roles) and several dozens of televisions shows during his career. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tom Clements in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[3]
Donald Tandy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 December 1918 London, England |
| Died | 9 May 2014 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1948–1991[1] |
Career
Tandy started his career in 1950 in the low-budget film Chance of a Lifetime.[4]
He appeared in many television programmes including Man from Interpol, You Can't Win, The Avengers, The Saint, Danger Man, Sergeant Cork, Sherlock Holmes, The Troubleshooters, Colditz and Escape.[5]
He appeared in EastEnders from 1986 to 1988. He played the Queen Vic potman, Tom Clements. His character was killed off in mid-1988.
Partial filmology
Film
- Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
- Hand in Hand (1960)
- Crossroads to Crime (1960)
- The Middle Course (1961)
- Doomsday at Eleven (1963)
- Farewell Performance (1963)
- Game for Three Losers (1965)
- Twenty-One (1991) - Bobby's Father (Last appearance)
Television
- Sunday Night Theatre (2 episodes, 1950-1959)
- Redgauntlet (1 episode, 1959)
- Man from Interpol (2 episodes, 1960)
- ITV Play of the Week (1 episode, 1960)
- The Winter's Tale (1962)
- The Avengers (1 episode, 1962)
- Hancock (1 episode, 1963)
- The Saint (1 episode, 1963)
- Suspense (2 episodes, 1963)
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1 episode, 1963)
- The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1 episode, 1965)
- Sergeant Cork (2 episodes, 1966)
- Sherlock Holmes (1 episode, 1968)
- Mogul (1 episode, 1969)
- Softly Softly (2 episodes, 1966-1970)
- Dixon of Dock Green (2 episodes, 1971-1974)
- Out of the Past (1 episode, 1974)
- Brendon Chase (2 episodes, 1981)
- Weekend Playhouse (1 episode, 1984)
- EastEnders (1986-1988)
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References
- Donald Tandy Retires
- "Equity magazine Autumn 2014". equity.org.uk.
- Donald Tandy Plays Tom In EastEnders
- "Donald Tandy - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- "Donald Tandy". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
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