According to his friend Sheila Hancock it could have been AIDS, a disease then almost unknown. As the gallant gamekeeper Robert Muldoon, Peck had one of the most memorable exits in movie history, mouthing the immortal line, “Clever girl!” before being pounced upon by a ravenous dinosaur. Shortly before his death, Charleson drew great acclaim for his performance as Hamlet on stage. The inventive series was way ahead of its time, used a multi-ethnic cast, and increasingly broke conventions, not least the fourth wall. On television he guested on shows such as Manhunt, Callan, Jason King, Special Branch, and perhaps most notably as the villainous Harrison Chase in the popular six-part Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom. The individuals listed below must report to the Raleigh County Judicial Annex, 222 Main St., 3rd Floor (Courtroom 1), on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 9 a.m. to answer indictments before He was the untrustworthy Major Dalby to Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965). I found it interesting that Anton having spent the previous 20 years living in France and Italy, ended up being buried in a country churchyard near Braintree in Essex? He died from complications from AIDS aged 40 in 1990. He appeared with a great cast in The Cruel Sea (1953), saved himself from a psychotic Patrick McGoohan in Hell Drivers, and played a police inspector in Liverpool in Violent Playground (1958). An Ungentlemanly Act (detailing the 1982 Falklands Conflict), the conspiracy thriller Natural Lies (1992) and Andrew Grieve’s On The Black Hill (1988) are also well worth checking out as career highlights. As a school boy he enjoyed reading, English and painting and it was in Winchester where he first became interested in acting. [9] He was also to appear in the NBC miniseries Beulah Land alongside Lesley Ann Warren, Don Johnson and others. Just before his death he had been signed for further work in the U.S. In, "A lively and versatile 'Shrew' at Oxford". In fact, playwright Alan Ayckbourn discovered Peck and wrote the part of Guy Jones for him in A Chorus of Disapproval. He was also to appear in the NBC miniseries Beulah Land alongside Lesley Ann Warren, Don Johnson and others. International fame came later, when, in 1993, he stole the show in Steven Spielberg’s classic Jurassic Park. In 1983, Charleson appeared to television audiences as the British spy Robert Bruce Lockhart in the miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, opposite Sam Neill. His severe features served him well in a variety of hard man leading roles, and from the 1950s, Baker established himself as a leading actor in British film. Derek Anthony "Tony" Beckley[3] (7 October 1929[4] – 19 April 1980) was an English character actor. © 2018 Found a Grave, All rights reserved. Colbourne had his limitations – never handling comedy well – but his granite face enabled him to carve out a successful career playing heavies and serious leading parts. Beckley spent two years as a seaman aboard the destroyer HMS Scorpion where he found the time to prepare for admission to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Fans of cult British TV may recognise him for guest performances in hit series including Jason King, The Avengers, The Persuaders!, Danger Man And The Protectors. Beckley died at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles and is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The brilliant and original comic performer rewrote the rules on good acting. The handsome leading man with aristocratic good looks came through the ranks in the 1970s, but the 1980s proved his heyday. [2], Shortly before his death, Beckley moved to California where he lived in a flat in West Hollywood. His minor part of Eric Paice in 1971’s Get Carter opposite Michael Caine is rightly celebrated, but as recounted in the biography Send in the Clowns, his demons were causing problems. Just before his death he had been signed for further work in the U.S. Apr 19 Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51 Apr 21 Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. [3], Beckley left school at the age of 16 in pursuit of his acting career. [12], In an interview in 1979 Beckley stated that there was nothing in his background to explain why he became an actor except for possibly "a desire for some attention, which I really didn't get much as a kid. As a relative unknown to TV audiences, Peck was given the leading role in the BBC’s seminal nuclear conspiracy thriller Edge of Darkness in 1985, for which he won that year’s BAFTA as a leading actor, thrusting him into the limelight. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Beckley went on to carve out a career on film and television throughout the 1960s and 1970s often playing villainous roles, as well as being a veteran of numerous stage productions. Due to work commitments she was often away and Beckley was brought up mainly by another lady he referred to as his aunt.