Philip Locke (29 March 1928, London â€" 19 April 2004) was an English actor.
Biography
Early career
He trained at RADA, and from the late 1950s was part of the ensemble at the Royal Court Theatre, where John Osborne described him as "special and reliable".
Television
On television, he will be remembered by fans of the science fiction series Doctor Who for his appearance in the 1982 serial Four to Doomsday as Bigon. Other TV credits include: The Baron, The Avengers, The Saint, The Champions, Department S, Z-Cars, Pennies from Heaven, The Omega Factor, Codename Icarus, <i>The Box of Delights, Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Jeeves and Wooster, Minder, Antony and Cleopatra, Ivanhoe, and Jekyll & Hyde.
Stage
A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he also played "Professor Moriarty" on Broadway in Sherlock Holmes in 1974â€"76 and appeared in Amadeus at the National Theatre.
Personal life
Locke, who was gay, was survived by his companion Michael Ivan.
Filmography
- The Girl on the Boat (1961)
- Father Came Too! (1963)
- Incident at Midnight (1963)
- Thunderball (1965)
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
- Porridge (1979)
- The Plague Dogs (1982)
- Ascendancy (1983)
- And the Ship Sails On (1983)
- Stealing Heaven (1988)
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
References
External links
- Philip Locke at the Internet Movie Database
- Obituary in The Independent
