Donald Eric Tandy (20 December 1918 – 9 May 2014) was an English actor who appeared in over a dozen films (usually in minor or uncredited roles) and several dozens of televisions shows during his career. He played potman

Tom Clements Thomas Albert Clements (born June 18, 1953) is an American former professional football quarterback and coach. He served as an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saint ...

in ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'' from 1986 through 1988.

Career

Tandy started his career in 1950 in the low-budget film '' Chance of a Lifetime''. He appeared in many television programmes including '' Man from Interpol'', ''

Scotland Yard Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's London boroughs, 32 boroughs. Its name derives from the location of the original ...

'', '' You Can't Win'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again ...

'', ''

Sergeant Cork ''Sergeant Cork'' is a British detective television series which aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 ...

'', ''

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

'', '' The Troubleshooters'', and ''

Colditz Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig (district), Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C prisoner-of-war camp, POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situa ...

''. Starting in 1986, he appeared in ''EastEnders'' as the Queen Vi
potman
Tom Clements. His last appearance was in 1988.

Partial filmology

Film

* '' Chance of a Lifetime'' (1950) * '' Hand in Hand'' (1960) * ''

Scotland Yard (film series) ''Scotland Yard'' is a series of 39 half-hour episodes produced by Anglo-Amalgamated. Produced between 1953 and 1961, they are short films, originally made to support the main feature in a cinema double-bill. Each film focuses on a true crime ...

'', ''

Crossroads to Crime ''Crossroads to Crime'' is a 1960 British crime film produced and directed by Gerry Anderson and distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated (AA). Starring Anthony Oliver, George Murcell, Miriam Karlin, David Graham and Ferdy Mayne, ''Crossroads to Cri ...

'' (1960) * ''

'', The Square Mile Murder" (1960) * '' The Middle Course'' (1961) * ''

Doomsday at Eleven ''Doomsday at Eleven'' (also known as ''Doomsday at 11'') is a 1962 British film directed by Theodore Zichy and starring Carl Jaffe, Alan Haywood and Stanley Morgan. The screenplay was by Paul Tabori. The film was produced by Jack Parsons. P ...

'' (1962) * '' Farewell Performance'' (1963) * ''

Edgar Wallace Mysteries The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''Th ...

'': ''

Playback (1962 film) ''Playback'' is a 1962 British crime film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Margit Saad, Barry Foster (actor), Barry Foster and Nigel Green. It was written by Robert Banks Stewart based on a short story by Edgar Wallace, and was part of t ...

''; &

Game for Three Losers ''Game for Three Losers'' is a 1965 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Michael Gough, Mark Eden and Toby Robins. It was written by Roger Marshall and made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of ...

'' (1965) * '' Twenty-One'' (1991) - Bobby's Father (Last appearance)

Television

* ''

Sunday Night Theatre ''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, ...

'' (2 episodes, 1950–1959) * ''

Redgauntlet ''Redgauntlet'' (1824) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels, set primarily in Dumfriesshire, southwest Scotland, in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson (a point first made by Andrew Lang) as "in a sense, ...

'' (1 episode, 1959) * '' Man from Interpol'' (2 episodes, 1960) * ''

ITV Play of the Week ''Play of the Week'' is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced for the ITV network by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television. Synopsis Approximately 500 episodes ...

'' (1 episode, 1960) * ''

The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...

'' (1962) * '' The Avengers'' (1 episode, 1962) * '' Hancock'' (1 episode, 1963) * '' The Saint'' (1 episode, 1963) * ''

Suspense Suspense is a state of anxiety or excitement caused by mysteriousness, uncertainty, doubt, or undecidedness. In a narrative work, suspense is the audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict (which may be heightened by a viol ...

'' (2 episodes, 1963) * ''

Dr. Finlay's Casebook ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novella ''Country Doctor'', the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fiction ...

'' (1 episode, 1963) * ''

'' (2 episodes, 1966) * ''

'' (1 episode, 1968) * '' Mogul'' (1 episode, 1969) * '' Softly Softly'' (2 episodes, 1966–1970) * ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

'' (2 episodes, –1974) * ''Out of the Past'' (1 episode, 1974) * '' Brendon Chase'' (2 episodes, 1981) * '' Weekend Playhouse'' (1 episode, 1984) * ''

'' (1986-1988)

References

External links

* 1918 births 2014 deaths English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London {{UK-tv-actor-1910s-stub