Trevor Martin

Trevor Gordon Martin (17 November 1929 5 October 2017) was a British stage and film actor known for playing popular British characters.

Trevor Martin
Born
Trevor Gordon Martin

(1929-11-17)17 November 1929
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died5 October 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 87)
Sofia, Bulgaria
OccupationActor

Early life and education

Martin's parents were from Dundee; he was raised in Enfield, and after military service trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Award in 1953, as a result of which he began his career with the BBC Radio Drama Company.[1]

Career

Theatre

Martin was perhaps best known for playing the Doctor on stage at the Adelphi Theatre, London in Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday based on the popular television series Doctor Who. In the 1974 play he essayed the role of an alternate Fourth Doctor, a role he reprised in a 2008 audio adaptation of the play from Big Finish Productions.[2]

Television and film

Previously Martin appeared in Doctor Who as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial The War Games opposite Second Doctor Patrick Troughton and later guested in the 1993 Doctor Who radio play The Paradise of Death alongside Third Doctor Jon Pertwee and the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama Flip-Flop alongside Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy.

Television credits are many ranging from the 1960s onwards and include Sherlock Holmes, Jackanory, Van der Valk, Z-Cars, Special Branch, The Onedin Line, Coronation Street, Inspector Morse and The Bill. He also appeared as Mr Giddings in an episode of Call the Midwife.

Films include Othello (1965), Absolution (1978), Krull (1983), The House of Mirth (2000), and Babel (2006).

Personal life and death

Martin was married twice. He first married Janet Moreton, they later divorced. He then married Scottish actress Hermione Gregory. He had four children from his first marriage; his son Sandy Martin has been an MP.[1] He died on 5 October 2017 at the age of 87, while on holiday in Bulgaria.[1][3][4]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1962Z-CarsMr. HigginsEpisode: "People's Property"
1964Z-CarsWoolfEpisode: "The Dark Side of the Road"
1965Sherlock HolmesDuncan RossEpisode: "The Red-Headed League"
1966Play of the WeekGuy I, Count of PonthieuEpisode: "A Choice of Kings"
1966Coronation StreetDet. Constable Rodgers1 episode
1967JackanoryStorytellerEpisodes: "Pinocchio", "Five Golden Guineas", "The Money Tree", "Out of the Frying Pan...", "The Giant Dog Fish"
1967The TroubleshootersColin MaddoxEpisode: "Mr. Know-How"
1969Play of the MonthArtemidorusEpisode: "Julius Caesar"
1969Doctor WhoTime LordEpisode: "The War Games"
1969Z-CarsJoe AndrewsEpisode: "From Information Received: Part 1"
1969Z-CarsJoe AndrewsEpisode: "From Information Received: Part 2"
1969The Wednesday PlayStewardEpisode: "Blood of the Lamb"
1970Z-CarsFrank PearsonEpisode: "By Bread Alone: Part 1"
1970Z-CarsFrank PearsonEpisode: "By Bread Alone: Part 2"
1972Van der ValkPatrolmanEpisode: "Destroying Angel"
1973Z-CarsFullerEpisode: "Invention"
1973Special BranchBomb Disposal OfficerEpisode: "Red Herring"
1979The Onedin LineCaptain SummersEpisode: "Running Free"
1979Prince RegentThomas DenmanEpisode: "Defeat...and Victory"
1980Armchair Thriller: The Circe ComplexTom ForemanTV serial
1982Bird of PreyChambersTV serial
1984Coronation StreetArthur Whittaker13 episodes
1984The BillThe StrangerEpisode: "A Dangerous Breed"
1989Inspector MorsePorterEpisode: "Ghost in the Machine"
1990Inspector MorseAlan SowdenEpisode: "The Sins of the Fathers"
1997Ain't Misbehavin'Group Captain[5]
1998The BillHarry BennettEpisode: "All the Lonely People"
2003The BillRoy AbercrombieEpisode: "Security Risk"
2013Call the MidwifeMr Giddings1 episode
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1965Othello
1978AbsolutionMr. Gladstone
1983Krull
1987Three Kinds of HeatHaggard
2000The House of MirthJennings, the Butler
2006BabelDouglas
2014Patch TownMan at the Mall

Theatre

DateTitleRoleDirectorCompany / Theatre
1963The Provoked Wife [6]Sir John BruteToby RobertsonProspect Theatre Company / Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire
Prospect Theatre Company / Vaudeville Theatre, London
3 May 1977State of Revolution [7]MinisterChristopher MorahanNational Theatre / Birmingham Repertory Theatre
18 May 1977National Theatre / Lyttelton Theatre

References

  1. Hadoke, Toby (12 October 2017). "Obituary - Trevor Martin, Scottish actor who played Doctor Who on stage". The Herald. Glasgow.
  2. "Trevor Martin is The Doctor". Big Finish News. Big Finish Productions. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  3. "Trevor Martin RIP". The Gallifreyan Newsroom. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Trevor Martin". Dr Who Guide. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. Ain't Misbehavin' – TV Guide
  6. Prospect Theatre Company – Ian McKellen
  7. State of Revolution – Theatricalia



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