Anthony "Tony" Anholt (19 January 1941 – 26 July 2002) was a British television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Charles Frere in the successful BBC drama series Howards' Way (1985–90). Other appearances include Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999 (1976–77) playing the role of Security Chief Tony Verdeschi in the second season and The Protectors (1972–73) as Paul Buchet. His only credited film role was as an FBI agent in Fear Is the Key in 1972, and he also made a guest appearance in the Only Fools and Horses episode "To Hull and Back".Born in Singapore to an Anglo-Dutch family, they moved to Australia before the end of World War II, then to South Africa for a brief time, and eventually settled in the United Kingdom where he was educated at Cranleigh School. His father had been taken prisoner by the Japanese, was forced to work on the Burma Railway and died when his son was three. His mother remarried five years later.He married and divorced twice. The first, in 1964, to Sheila Willet, with whom he had a son, Christien, also an actor. They divorced in 1986. His second marriage was to actress Tracey Childs, his co-star in Howards' Way. She became his second wife in 1990 but they divorced eight years later.Anholt was originally a continuity announcer for the BBC World Service. His last filmed acting work was for Canadian television productions; he appeared in small roles in several episodes of Lexx and also guest-starred on his son Christien's series, Relic Hunter.Tony Anholt died in London of a brain tumour in 2002, aged 61.
Trained in voice and drama at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Had a significant career on the stage before working in television from the 1960's.
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Born in Singapore to Anglo-Dutch parents, he was evacuated to Australia during World War II. His father became a Japanese POW and died during the building of the Burma Railway.
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In the soap opera Howards' Way (1985), Lynne Howard (played by Tracey Childs) was the on-off lover of Charles Frere (played by Tony Anholt). In real life Childs married Anholt round about the time the series was cancelled.
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Was deeply interested in philosophy and meditation.