Philip Locke | |
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Locke as Vargas in Thunderball 1965
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Born |
Roy James Locke 29 March 1928 Marylebone, London, England, UK |
Died | 19 April 2004 Dedham, Essex, England, UK |
(aged 76)
Years active | 1956–1998 |
Philip Locke (29 March 1928, London – 19 April 2004, Dedham, Essex) was an English actor.
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".
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 episodes 'The Frighteners' (1961), 'Mandrake' (1964), and 'From Venus With Love' (1967), The Saint, The Champions, Department S, Z-Cars, Pennies from Heaven, The Omega Factor, Codename Icarus, The Box of Delights, Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Jeeves and Wooster, Minder, Antony and Cleopatra, Oliver Twist, Ivanhoe and Jekyll & Hyde.