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When Did Donald Pelmear Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 100
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn06/07/1924Born inMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UKDied11/01/2025 (aged 100)Died inHampsteadWikidataQ131830625 ↗TMDb#1230546 ↗

Donald Pelmear was a British actor on stage and screen. Among his notable performances were Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons in 1961, in Farnham, Salisbury and Southport, and Malvolio in the 1964 production of Twelfth Night which inaugurated the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. On screen, he may be best known for portraying Professor Joseph Rubeish in the 1973–74 Doctor Who serial The Time Warrior.

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Filmography16 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2006Hotel BabylonSeriesMr. Farrah82
2003Goodbye, Cruel WorldMovieMr. Carter79
2000My HeroSeries—76
1998ElizabethMovieThird Bishop74
1991In Suspicious CircumstancesSeriesHenry Dobson67
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeriesJudge65
1976The Duchess of Duke StreetSeriesMajor Gutch52
1974Napoleon and LoveSeriesMéneval50
1974Doctor Who: The Time WarriorMovieProfessor Rubeish50
1974The Fortunes of NigelSeriesKilderkin50
1972Van der ValkSeriesJan Vierman48
1970UFOSeriesEstate Agent46
1969CounterstrikeSeriesDoctor Barker45
1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSeriesAssizes clerk43
1966King of the RiverSeriesProsser42
1963Doctor WhoSeriesProfessor Rubeish39