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in London, with

Sean Connery Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Origina ...

. He made more than 40 appearances in television programmes between 1956 and 1988, and many more on radio and in commercials. He became known for his appearances in British

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productions of the 1960s, including '' The Avengers'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in 1969 in the last episode "

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". In 1966 he appeared as Aramis in all ten episodes of ''

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'', starring alongside

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and

Jeremy Young John Henry Young (1934 – 9 April 2022), known professionally as Jeremy Young, was an English actor of Scottish descent. Young had numerous television credits, including ''Deadline Midnight'' (1960), ''Doctor Who'' (appearing as caveman Kal i ...

. He also appeared in the 1967 '' Doctor Who'' serial "

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". He played Denisov in the 1972 television series ''

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''. and the semi-regular character of Detective Inspector Fred Connor in the long-running BBC police drama ''

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'' between 1972 and 1974. In 1974 he played George Vavasor in five episodes of ''

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''. In 1977 he played the role of Ross in the BBC series ''Murder Most English''. He also appeared in the 1970

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adaptation o

playing MacDuff. He was also much employed as a reader and narrator, featuring in dozens of commercials throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He was particularly noted for his work for

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and commercials for

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and

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. Watson was born in

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on 13 June 1930. He attended

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, where he was a classmate of

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. graduated from the

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. In the late 1950s he taught English at Westminster City School, off Victoria Street in London. He was very popular with the pupils and directed some school plays such as ''Treasure Island'', starring a young Ken Phillips as Doctor Trelawny.

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* 1930 births Living people English male television actors English male voice actors {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub