Doctor Who actor Olaf Pooley has passed away at the age of 101.
The celebrated stage and screen star died on July 14 in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson said.
Pooley was well known for his role as villainous scientist Professor Stahlman in the 1970s' Doctor Who serial, 'Inferno'.
He also appeared in numerous other television shows including Star Trek:Voyager, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and La Law.
As well as a successful film career with appearances in The Lost People, Highly Dangerous, The Iron Petticoat alongside Katherine Hepburn and Bob Hope and the 1971 horror, The Corpse, he was also a regular on the stage.
He originated the part of Chorley Bannister in Noel Coward's Peace in Our Time in 1947 and he had roles in productions of Twelve Angry Men, The Tempest and Othello.
In his later years, Pooley retired from acting and turned to painting, and was an artist...
The celebrated stage and screen star died on July 14 in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson said.
Pooley was well known for his role as villainous scientist Professor Stahlman in the 1970s' Doctor Who serial, 'Inferno'.
He also appeared in numerous other television shows including Star Trek:Voyager, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and La Law.
As well as a successful film career with appearances in The Lost People, Highly Dangerous, The Iron Petticoat alongside Katherine Hepburn and Bob Hope and the 1971 horror, The Corpse, he was also a regular on the stage.
He originated the part of Chorley Bannister in Noel Coward's Peace in Our Time in 1947 and he had roles in productions of Twelve Angry Men, The Tempest and Othello.
In his later years, Pooley retired from acting and turned to painting, and was an artist...
- 7/20/2015
- Digital Spy
In her new book Rachel Cooke re-examines the 1950s through 10 women who pioneered in their careers. In this extract she tells the stories of sisters-in-law Muriel and Betty Box, two prominent women in the British film industry
Until recently, anyone who wanted to see the film To Dorothy a Son had to lock themselves deep in the bowels of the British Film Institute off Tottenham Court Road, London, and watch it on an old Steenbeck editing machine. A little-known comedy from 1954, To Dorothy is no one's idea of a classic. It has an infuriating star in Shelley Winters, a creaky screenplay by Peter Rogers (later the producer of the Carry On series) and a set that looks as if it is on loan from a local amateur dramatics society.
We are in the home of Tony (John Gregson) and his baby-faced wife, Dorothy (Peggy Cummins). Dorothy is heavily pregnant, and confined to bed.
Until recently, anyone who wanted to see the film To Dorothy a Son had to lock themselves deep in the bowels of the British Film Institute off Tottenham Court Road, London, and watch it on an old Steenbeck editing machine. A little-known comedy from 1954, To Dorothy is no one's idea of a classic. It has an infuriating star in Shelley Winters, a creaky screenplay by Peter Rogers (later the producer of the Carry On series) and a set that looks as if it is on loan from a local amateur dramatics society.
We are in the home of Tony (John Gregson) and his baby-faced wife, Dorothy (Peggy Cummins). Dorothy is heavily pregnant, and confined to bed.
- 10/5/2013
- by Rachel Cooke
- The Guardian - Film News
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