The British actor who starred in “Casino Royale” and “The mouse on the moon died at the age of 93, his agent announced.
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The 93-year-old comedian, an officer of the Order of the British Empire, died on July 28, his agent announced in a press release. With nearly 70 years of career, the actor who had taken his first steps in the series Bowler hat and leather boots it was then turned to the big screen by playing in The Best Enemy in 1961 then with Hitchcock in frenzy in 1972, and even alongside the famous agent 007 in Casino Royale as a taxi driver. His interpretation of Albert Perks, in The children of the railway by Lionel Jeffries, earned him a Bafta Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
The British actor appeared for the first time in the universe of Doctor Who in 1966 alongside actor Peter Cushing. Thirty-nine years later, he had seduced a new generation of fans of the fantasy series. Doctor Who, playing in the fourth season the father of Donna (Catherine Tate), the partner of the time traveler. The showrunner of the series Russell T. Davies paid tribute to him on social networks in a long message saluting the journey and the joviality of the actor.