Basil Muir Langton-Dodds Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He ...
His son, Simon, is a TV director and directed him in two episodes of 'Upstairs Downstairs'.
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For many years a supporting actor on the London West End stage.
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Upon his death, his remains were cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium in Putney Vale, London, England.
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Married Claire Wilson in 1975, shortly after her divorce from Hughie Green.
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He was to have played Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who (1963): The Web of Fear but dropped out to do a TV play, so Nicholas Courtney took the part and played it for the next 20 years on and off.
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Father of three sons, including the director Simon Langton.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Champions
1969
TV Series
Lord Mauncey
Scobie in September
1969
TV Series
Sir James Thorne
The Wednesday Play
1965-1969
TV Series
Vic Olliphant / Dean Liddell / Lord Fountain's Doctor
Journey to the Unknown
1968
TV Series
Mr. Arthur Thwaite
The Sex Game
1968
TV Series
The Jazz Age
1968
TV Series
Ambiatradi
Gazette
1968
TV Series
Fearnley
The Expert
1968
TV Series
Francis Morton
Ukridge
1968
TV Series
Colonel Bagnew
Sanctuary
1968
TV Series
Randolph
The Avengers
1962-1967
TV Series
Sir James Arnall / Major Swinburne / Gerald Shelley
The Revenue Men
1967
TV Series
Sir John Dolan
Kenilworth
1967
TV Series
Earl of Sussex
Mickey Dunne
1967
TV Series
John Chesterton-Manville
Seven Deadly Virtues
1967
TV Series
Roderick
Blackmail
1966
TV Series
Sir James Belmont
Out of the Unknown
1965-1966
TV Series
Dr. Morrison / Thaddeus Araman
ITV Play of the Week
1957-1966
TV Series
Alan Susman / Fred / William / ...
Mogul
1966
TV Series
Ogilvy
Our Man at St. Mark's
1966
TV Series
Sir Geoffrey Challis MP
The Heart of Midlothian
1966
TV Movie
Duke of Argyle
BBC Play of the Month
1966
TV Series
Sir Leonard Bell
The Liars
1966
TV Series
Sir Richard
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1964-1966
TV Series
Captain Craig
Sir James Grieg
The Power Game
1966
TV Series
The General
Short Stories of D H Lawrence
1966
TV Series
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The Liquidator
1965
Station Commander
An Enemy of the State
1965
TV Series
John Quentin
The Man in Room 17
1965
TV Series
George Henderson
Six Shades of Black
1965
TV Series
Det. Chief Supt. Decanter
The Plane Makers
1965
TV Series
Dr. Renkle
R3
1964
TV Series
Minister
It's a Woman's World
1964
TV Series
Ray
The Dickie Henderson Show
1964
TV Series
A Hard Day's Night
1964
Actor (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
1st Man in Bar (uncredited)
Compact
1963
TV Series
Marmot James / Marmot Jones
A Little Big Business
1963
TV Series
Basil Crane
Zero One
1963
TV Series
Barry
Emergency-Ward 10
1963
TV Series
Dr. Corbyn
Rule of Three
1963
TV Movie
Bob Vernon
The Franchise Affair
1962
TV Series
Bernard Chadwick
No Hiding Place
1962
TV Series
Lord Greslake
Parbottle Speaking
1962
TV Series
Mahmoud
Suspense
1962
TV Series
Bernard
Golden Girl
1961
TV Series
Commander Hamble
Storyboard
1961
TV Series
Jenner
Walk a Crooked Mile
1961
TV Mini-Series
Cmdr. Anthony Gardiner
Royal Foundation
1961
TV Movie
Brigadier Whitmore
The World of Tim Frazer
1961
TV Series
Roger Thornton
An Enemy of the People
1961
TV Series
Captain Horster
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
Frank (uncredited)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1958-1959
TV Series
Auctioneer / M. Jacomet, Chief of Police
Victory
1958
TV Movie
Captain Hardy
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1958
TV Series
Dr. Alfred Black
Another Language
1957
TV Movie
Paul Hallam
Saint Joan
1957
Captain of Warwick's Guard
Electrode 93
1957
TV Series
Hugo Canning
Abandon Ship
1957
John Hayden
PT Raiders
1955
Man in Coastal Forces Club Bar (uncredited)
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1953
TV Movie
Able-Seaman Turner
Mr Don & Mr George
1993
TV Series
Doctor
The Good Guys
1992
TV Series
Ronald McFadyean
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
1991
TV Series
Sir James Damery
The Whistle Blower
1986
Government Minister
Don't Wait Up
1986
TV Series
Sir Kenneth Fairfax
Screen Two
1985
TV Series
Mr. Edwards
Scotland's Story
1984
TV Series
Lord Cockburn
Fox Mystery Theater
1984
TV Series
Victor Frankham
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
TV Movie
Sir Charles Baskerville
All for Love
1983
TV Series
Mr. Erskine
Storyboard
1983
TV Series
Sir Robert Grayne
Number 10
1983
TV Mini-Series
Herbert Henry Asquith
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
TV Movie
Mayhew
Take Three Women
1982
TV Series
Mr. Edgecombe
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
TV Movie
Earl Mountbatten
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
TV Mini-Series
Lord Londonderry
The Spoils of War
1980-1981
TV Series
John Warrington
Quintet
1979
Goldstar
L'amour en question
1978
Sir Geoffrey
Just William
1977
TV Series
Sir Giles Hampton
The Incredible Sarah
1976
Duc De Morny
The Russell Harty Show
1975
TV Series
Richard Bellamy
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971-1975
TV Series
Richard Bellamy
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1972
TV Series
Richard Seal
Clouds of Witness
1972
TV Mini-Series
Duke of Denver
Adam Smith
1972
TV Series
David Crichton
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-1971
TV Series
Teddy Maskell / James Hudson / General Sir Shafto Lawrence / ...