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Tony Doyle was an Irish television and film actor. He attended Belcamp College, Dublin as a boarder before going onto University College Dublin (which he did not finish). He got his first big break playing Father Sheehy in the RTE weekly soap The Riordans (1965) in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1998, he won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for best leading performance for his role in Amongst Women (1998). He also won a Silver Nymph award at the Monte Carlo TV Awards. His most famous film role saw Tony as the head of the SAS, Colonel Hadley, in the 1982 British film Who Dares Wins. His other film roles included appearances in Ulysses (1967), Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), Loophole (1981), Eat the Peach (1986), Secret Friends (1991), Damage (1992), Circle of Friends (1995), and as Tom French in I Went Down (1997). He died at St Thomas's Hospital in Lambeth, London, England. Brian Quigley, Doyle's Ballykissangel character, was written out of the show in the first episode of the final series where Quigley fakes his own suicide (he supposedly drowned himself) and flees to Brazil. The Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing was launched by the BBC following his death. Judges include his friend and Ballykissangel co-star Lorcan Cranitch.

Kenneth Waller was born on 5 November 1927 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Are You Being Served? (1972) and Bread (1986). He died on 28 January 2000 in London, England, UK.

Joy Shelton was born on 3 June 1922 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Millions Like Us (1943), Impulse (1954) and The Green Finger (1946). She was married to Sydney Tafler. She died on 28 January 2000 in Surrey, England, UK.

Bertel Lauring was born on 11 January 1928 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Huset på Christianshavn (1970), Night Girls (1957) and Premiere i helvede (1964). He died on 28 January 2000 in Denmark.

Jean Metcalfe was born on 2 March 1923 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for This Is the BBC (1959), Pantomania: Babes in the Wood (1957) and Family Affairs (1954). She was married to Cliff Michelmore. She died on 28 January 2000 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK.

Lyman Williams was born on 13 November 1909 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Supernatural (1933), Glamour (1934) and Damaged Lives (1933). He died on 28 January 2000 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.

Roger Segure was born on 22 May 1905 in New York, USA. He is known for Female Jungle (1955). He died on 28 January 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.