Country Matters (1972) featured a cast of 92 tracked actors. Of these, 21 (27%) are still alive today and 58 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Peter Cellier, age 98. This TV series starred Ian McKellen and Susan Penhaligon.
27% still with us· verified cast23% of full cast · incl. 13 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 27% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 77.1 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast92 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1972 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ian McKellen David Masterman | David Masterman | Living | 25/05/1939 | 87 | — | 33 |
 Susan Penhaligon Ianthe Forrest | Ianthe Forrest | Living | 03/07/1949 | 77 | — | 23 |
 Prunella Ransome Katherine Forrest | Katherine Forrest | Deceased | 18/01/1943 | 58 | 01/01/2002 | 29 |
Marilyn Taylerson Julia Tern | Julia Tern | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Joe Holmes Mr Foulkes | Mr Foulkes | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Rosalind Ayres Alice Hartop | Alice Hartop | Living | 07/12/1946 | 79 | — | 26 |
 Ray Smith Mr Holland | Mr Holland | Deceased | 01/05/1936 | 55 | 15/12/1991 | 36 |
 Brenda Bruce Mrs Holland | Mrs Holland | Deceased | 07/07/1918 | 77 | 19/02/1996 | 54 |
Robert Keegan Mr Hartop | Mr Hartop | Deceased | 03/12/1924 | 63 | 16/01/1988 | 48 |
 Maria Charles Mrs Hartop | Mrs Hartop | Deceased | 22/09/1929 | 93 | 21/04/2023 | 43 |
 Tom Chadbon Albert | Albert | Deceased | 27/02/1946 | 80 | 27/07/2026 | 26 |
 Penelope Wilton Rachel Sullens | Rachel Sullens | Living | 03/06/1946 | 80 | — | 26 |
 Clare Sutcliffe Lindy Sullens | Lindy Sullens | Deceased | 05/08/1943 | 75 | 24/12/2018 | 29 |
Gillian Martell Mrs Adams | Mrs Adams | Deceased | 15/03/1936 | 83 | 16/01/2020 | 36 |
 Trevor Bannister Arthur Dagnall | Arthur Dagnall | Deceased | 14/08/1934 | 76 | 14/04/2011 | 38 |
 Queenie Watts Molly Blatts | Molly Blatts | Deceased | 21/07/1926 | 53 | 25/01/1980 | 46 |
James Ottaway Mr Duffy | Mr Duffy | Deceased | 25/07/1908 | 90 | 16/06/1999 | 64 |
 John Horsley Judge | Judge | Deceased | 21/07/1920 | 93 | 12/01/2014 | 52 |
 Pauline Collins Ruby | Ruby | Deceased | 03/09/1940 | 85 | 05/11/2025 | 32 |
 Anna Cropper Nan | Nan | Deceased | 13/05/1938 | 68 | 22/01/2007 | 34 |
 Joss Ackland Potter-Jones | Potter-Jones | Deceased | 29/02/1928 | 95 | 19/11/2023 | 44 |
 George Waring Mr Belfrage | Mr Belfrage | Deceased | 20/02/1925 | 84 | 15/02/2010 | 47 |
 Meg Johnson Barmaid | Barmaid | Deceased | 30/09/1936 | 86 | 01/07/2023 | 36 |
 Susan Fleetwood Mary McDowall | Mary McDowall | Deceased | 21/09/1944 | 51 | 29/09/1995 | 28 |
 Gareth Thomas Frank Oppidan | Frank Oppidan | Deceased | 12/02/1945 | 71 | 13/04/2016 | 27 |
 John Welsh Fergus McDowall | Fergus McDowall | Deceased | 07/11/1904 | 80 | 21/04/1985 | 68 |
Susan Tebbs Elizabeth Plantney | Elizabeth Plantney | Living | 25/03/1944 | 82 | — | 28 |
 Carl Bernard Thorpe | Thorpe | Deceased | 08/10/1907 | 64 | 04/05/1972 | 65 |
 Peter Cellier Archibold | Archibold | Living | 12/07/1928 | 98 | — | 44 |
Donald Eccles Judge | Judge | Deceased | 26/04/1908 | 77 | 02/02/1986 | 64 |
Kevin Lindsay Clerk | Clerk | Deceased | — | — | 26/04/1975 | — |
 William Simons Jesse | Jesse | Deceased | 17/11/1940 | 78 | 21/06/2019 | 32 |
 Rex Arundel Dr Ainsworth | Dr Ainsworth | Deceased | 24/11/1901 | 90 | 15/12/1991 | 71 |
 Jean Rimmer Wardress | Wardress | Deceased | 24/01/1928 | 76 | 15/03/2004 | 44 |
 Morag Hood Breeze Anstey | Breeze Anstey | Deceased | 12/12/1942 | 59 | 05/10/2002 | 30 |
 Meg Wynn Owen Lorn | Lorn | Deceased | 08/11/1938 | 83 | 01/06/2022 | 34 |
 Bernard Archard Vernon | Vernon | Deceased | 20/08/1922 | 85 | 01/05/2008 | 50 |
 Peter Firth Roger Blackburn | Roger Blackburn | Living | 27/10/1953 | 72 | — | 19 |
 Rachel Kempson Miss Wills | Miss Wills | Deceased | 28/05/1910 | 92 | 24/05/2003 | 62 |
 Tenniel Evans Mr Harvey | Mr Harvey | Deceased | 17/05/1926 | 83 | 10/06/2009 | 46 |
 Joan Newell Mrs Harvey | Mrs Harvey | Deceased | 19/02/1915 | 97 | 01/11/2012 | 57 |
 Bryan Marshall Tom Richards | Tom Richards | Deceased | 19/05/1938 | 81 | 25/06/2019 | 34 |
 Barbara Ewing Edna Johnson | Edna Johnson | Living | 14/01/1939 | 87 | — | 33 |
 Michael Elphick Jack | Jack | Deceased | 19/09/1946 | 55 | 07/09/2002 | 26 |
 Diane Keen Girl in Office | Girl in Office | Living | 29/07/1946 | 80 | — | 26 |
 Alistair Cooke Self – Narrator | Self – Narrator | Deceased | 20/11/1908 | 95 | 30/03/2004 | 64 |
 Stephan Chase The Honourable Gerald Laughlin | The Honourable Gerald Laughlin | Deceased | 01/01/1947 | 72 | 27/06/2019 | 25 |
 Jane Lapotaire Orianda Crabbe | Orianda Crabbe | Deceased | 26/12/1944 | 81 | 05/03/2026 | 28 |
 June Watson Lizzie | Lizzie | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Glyn Houston Nathaniel Crabbe | Nathaniel Crabbe | Deceased | 23/10/1925 | 93 | 03/07/2019 | 47 |
Dorothy Black Lady Tillington | Lady Tillington | Deceased | 18/09/1899 | 85 | 19/02/1985 | 73 |
Herbert Ramskill Porter | Porter | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Edward Peel Man in Tap Room | Man in Tap Room | Living | 10/12/1943 | 82 | — | 29 |
 Fred Feast Farmer | Farmer | Deceased | 05/10/1929 | 69 | 25/06/1999 | 43 |
 Keith Drinkel Harvey Witlow | Harvey Witlow | Living | 14/11/1944 | 81 | — | 28 |
Mary Wimbush Mrs Witlow | Mrs Witlow | Deceased | 19/03/1924 | 81 | 31/10/2005 | 48 |
 Jane Carr Sophy Daws | Sophy Daws | Living | 13/08/1950 | 76 | — | 22 |
 Sheila Ruskin Mary Sadgrove | Mary Sadgrove | Living | 28/03/1946 | 80 | — | 26 |
 Rosalie Crutchley Mrs Sadgrove | Mrs Sadgrove | Deceased | 04/01/1920 | 77 | 28/07/1997 | 52 |
 Daphne Heard Cassandra | Cassandra | Deceased | 01/08/1904 | 78 | 22/06/1983 | 68 |
 Michael Raghan Amos | Amos | Deceased | 16/12/1892 | 84 | 22/09/1977 | 80 |
Daphne Goddard Amos' Wife | Amos' Wife | Deceased | 10/01/1925 | 80 | 06/06/2005 | 47 |
Philip Dunbar Best Man | Best Man | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Maggie Fitzgibbon Stella Bartholomew | Stella Bartholomew | Deceased | 30/01/1929 | 91 | 08/06/2020 | 43 |
 Robert Urquhart Barty Bartholomew | Barty Bartholomew | Deceased | 16/10/1921 | 73 | 21/03/1995 | 51 |
 Carolyn Courage Christine | Christine | Living | 20/07/1947 | 79 | — | 25 |
 Jeremy Brett Captain Blaine | Captain Blaine | Deceased | 03/11/1933 | 61 | 12/09/1995 | 39 |
Agnes Lauchlan Aunt Bertie – Miss Charlesworth | Aunt Bertie – Miss Charlesworth | Deceased | — | — | 28/08/1993 | — |
 Renée Asherson Mother | Mother | Deceased | 19/05/1915 | 99 | 30/10/2014 | 57 |
 Mary Healey Ruby | Ruby | Living | 01/01/1942 | 84 | — | 30 |
Maggie Wells Mary | Mary | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Joanna Shelley Brenda | Brenda | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Rowland Davies Lt Pascoe | Lt Pascoe | Deceased | — | — | 18/11/2019 | — |
 John Wells Trooper Jordan | Trooper Jordan | Deceased | 17/11/1936 | 61 | 11/01/1998 | 36 |
 Freddy Marks John | John | Deceased | 10/09/1949 | 71 | 27/05/2021 | 23 |
 Royston Tickner Sgt Hipwell | Sgt Hipwell | Deceased | 08/09/1922 | 74 | 07/07/1997 | 50 |
 Peter Dudley Batman | Batman | Deceased | 21/06/1935 | 48 | 20/10/1983 | 37 |
William Wymar Mr Carter | Mr Carter | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Nicholas Hoye George Pickard | George Pickard | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Cherith Mellor Kitty | Kitty | Living | 01/01/1946 | 80 | — | 26 |
 Ray Mort Albert Pickard | Albert Pickard | Deceased | 10/01/1926 | 68 | 04/07/1994 | 46 |
 Prunella Scales Babs Pickard | Babs Pickard | Deceased | 22/06/1932 | 93 | 27/10/2025 | 40 |
Priscilla Morgan Mrs Lambton | Mrs Lambton | Living | 01/01/1934 | 92 | — | 38 |
Mike Murray Harry | Harry | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
John Jardine Vicar | Vicar | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Michael Kitchen Henry Batley | Henry Batley | Living | 31/10/1948 | 77 | — | 24 |
 Kate Nelligan Christie Davenport | Christie Davenport | Living | 16/03/1950 | 76 | — | 22 |
 Jan Francis Sophie Davenport | Sophie Davenport | Living | 05/08/1947 | 79 | — | 25 |
 Veronica Quilligan Tina Davenport | Tina Davenport | Living | 01/01/1956 | 70 | — | 16 |
 Zena Walker Mrs Davenport | Mrs Davenport | Deceased | 07/03/1934 | 69 | 24/08/2003 | 38 |
Clifford Cox Sgt Baines | Sgt Baines | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Marc Ellis Ellacot | Ellacot | Unverified | — | — | — | — |