Kevin Lindsay

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Kevin Lindsay
Born
Kevin Alan Lindsay

(1924-04-17)17 April 1924
Bendigo, Victoria [1]
Died26 April 1975(1975-04-26) (aged 51)
Enfield, London, England
OccupationActor

Kevin Lindsay (17 April 1924 – 26 April 1975) was an Australian actor, born in Bendigo, Victoria. [1] He came to Britain in 1959 [2] and is best known for his appearances in the Doctor Who series.

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He appeared as Cho-Je in Planet of the Spiders , as well as playing Linx, the first Sontaran to be seen in the series, in The Time Warrior . [3] Later, Lindsay played two more members of that species, in The Sontaran Experiment . [4]

He died from a heart condition, nine days after his 51st birthday.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966 Love Story Tommy Shuffles
1966 Coronation Street Doctor Connor1 episode
1967 Crossroads Luke7 episodes
1968 Mr Rose Harry CroakerEpisode: The Unlucky Dip
1968 Sherlock Holmes George NorlettEpisode: Shoscombe Old Place
1970 Paul Temple Victor AllanEpisode: Inside Information
1972 Z Cars ManEpisode: Damage
1972 War and Peace Naryshkin Miniseries
1973–1975 Doctor Who Linx/Cho Je/Styre/The Marshal6 episodes, 3 stories
1974 Play for Today Man at seasideEpisode: Eleanor

References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin Lindsay Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Lindsay obituary – the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive".
  3. ↑ "BBC One – Doctor Who, Series 5, Sontarans: Behind the Scenes – Tom Baker as the Doctor and Kevin Lindsay as Styre".
  4. ↑ "BBC One – Doctor Who".


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