Career
Martin operated Daleks from 1965's The Chase through 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks making him the longest-running Dalek operator. He worked with eight different actors in the title role of the Doctor from William Hartnell to Sylvester McCoy, and also Richard Hurndall, who took on the role of the First Doctor in "The Five Doctors". Typically, Martin would operate the first Dalek when a group of three entered a scene, due largely to his long tenure on the programme. [2] He also operated other Doctor Who monster costumes including the insectoid Zarbi [3] in The Web Planet , and the robotic Mechanoids in The Chase . Martin made his first on screen appearance in The Dæmons, in which he appeared (uncredited) as Charlie, postmaster of Devils End, in three episodes. Martin also had a cameo in the BBC series The Tripods .
Some of his other television credits include various roles in I, Claudius , Z-Cars and Softly, Softly , [3] as well as a TV Technician in Quatermass and the Pit , as Brown in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em , as a waiter in The Good Life , as Hawke in Poldark (1977) and as Rico Vivaldi in five episodes of the 2004 comedy Mine All Mine , written by Russell T. Davies.
His film credits include a dancing instructor in a brief scene in Alan Parker's film adaption of Pink Floyd's The Wall , and small roles in Ali G Indahouse , Little Shop of Horrors , Erik the Viking and The Crimson Permanent Assurance segment of The Meaning of Life .
He appeared on the West End stage in shows like Kismet , Oliver! and The Streets of London. In the Manchester Opera House production of Fiddler on the Roof featuring Topol in the starring role, he played the Rabbi. [1]
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Sonny Caldinez was a Trinidadian actor and professional wrestler. He was often cast in television and films for his great height and muscular physique. Caldinez appeared as various Ice Warriors on the British programme Doctor Who and also in films such as The Man with the Golden Gun, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ali G Indahouse, Arabian Adventure and The Fifth Element.
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