Roy James Boyd (18 August 1938 – 27 April 2024) was an English actor best known for his roles on

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between 1963 and 2010.

Life and career

His television credits include '' The Saint'', '' Counterstrike'', ''

The Borderers ''The Borderers'' is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1970. Setting A historical drama series, ''The Borderers'' was set during the 16th century and chronicled the lives of the Ker family, who lived in the Scot ...

'', ''

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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 ...

'', '' The Zoo Gang'', ''

The Sweeney ''The Sweeney'' is a British police drama television series focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective ...

'', ''

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'' (in the serial '' The Hand of Fear''), ''

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'', '' The New Avengers'', '' Space: 1999'', '' The Professionals'', '' Secret Army'', ''

Van der Valk ''Van der Valk'' is a British television crime drama series produced for the ITV network by Thames Television. It ran from 13 September 1972 to 19 February 1992, with the first three series produced between 1972 and 1977, and two more being c ...

'', ''

Blake's 7 ''Blake's 7'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four series of thirteen 50-minute episodes were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, prod ...

'', ''

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Dempsey and Makepeace ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' is a British television crime drama made by LWT for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. Lead roles were played by Michael Brandon (Lieutenant Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Sergeant Makepeace), who got married ...

'', ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC On ...

''. In 1974 Boyd had a principal guest role in lunchtime series ''

Emmerdale Farm ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin ...

'' in which he played a mysterious tent-dwelling camper who many villagers felt had anarchist tendencies. In fact the character, Dryden Hogben, was warm, intelligent, and ended up living with the Sugdens for some time. From 1980 to 1983, Boyd had a recurring role as criminal Eddie Lee in the long running soap opera ''

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''. His film credits include appearances in ''

The Wicker Man ''The Wicker Man'' is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy (film director), Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer (writer ...

'' (1973), ''

The Omen ''The Omen'' is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Sp ...

'' (1976), ''

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Setting Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part ...

'' (1979), ''

Biggles James Charles Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the Title role#Title character, title character and Protagonist, hero of the ''Biggles'' series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns ...

'' (1986) and ''

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'' (2005). In 1990, he portrayed the elderly Lord Drinian in the BBC adaptation of ''

The Silver Chair ''The Silver Chair'' is a portal fantasy novel written by British author C. S. Lewis and published by Geoffrey Bles in 1953. It was the fourth of seven novels published in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956), but became volume six in rec ...

'', the final instalment of the BBC's adaptation of

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books. Boyd married Zohra Sadou and had three children. He died on 27 April 2024, at the age of 85.

Partial filmography

*''The Saint and the Fiction Makers'' (1968) - McCord *'' Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood'' (1969) - Geoffrey of Doncaster *''

Twins of Evil ''Twins of Evil'' (also known as ''Twins of Dracula'') is a 1971 British horror film directed by John Hough and starring Peter Cushing, with Damien Thomas, real-life identical twins former ''Playboy'' Playmates Madeleine and Mary Collinso ...

'' (1971) - Dying Man (uncredited) *''

'' (1973) - Broome *''

'' (1976) - Reporter *''

'' (1979) - Security Guard *''The Year of the Bodyguard'' (1982) - 'Captain' in Androcles *''Tuxedo Warrior'' (1982) - Chief Inspector Andy *''

'' (1986) - German N.C.O *''

'' (2005) - Trevor Wiliams

References

External links

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at Theatricalia 1938 births 2024 deaths English male film actors English male television actors Actors from the London Borough of Croydon Male actors from Surrey People from Croydon {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub