Ian Saynor is a British film and television actor. He has appeared in various TV dramas set in Wales, including the film ''

The Corn is Green ''The Corn Is Green'' is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in September 1938; with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and Williams himself portraying Mo ...

'', in which he played the major role of Morgan. He also appeared in episodes of ''

The District Nurse ''The District Nurse'' is a television series produced by BBC Wales and shown on BBC One between 1984 and 1987. The series was a period drama created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland (who both went on to create ''EastEnders'') and starred Nerys ...

'', but is best known for playing Merak in the 1979 ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' serial ''

The Armageddon Factor ''The Armageddon Factor'' is the sixth and final serial of the The Key to Time, 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 20 January to 24 Febr ...

''. Ian also played Adrian in the

Granada Television ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend TV, ...

sitcom

The Cuckoo Waltz ''The Cuckoo Waltz'' is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the ITV network between 27 October 1975 and 7 August 1980. It was written by Geoffrey Lancashire, and produced and directed by Bill Gilmour. The series, w ...

. He is well known in and around Wales having worked for various production companies, notably

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speakin ...

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

(including BBC Wales and BBC South), and has been involved in many stage productions, mostly in

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

and

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

. He lives in the

Cotswolds The Cotswolds ( ) is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedroc ...

and continues to act. In the 2018 bilingual drama series '' Hidden'', Saynor played the father of lead detective Cadi John.

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* British male television actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama {{UK-tv-actor-stub