Trevor Gordon Martin (17 November 1929 – 5 October 2017) was a British stage and film character actor. He was known for work in the Doctor Who universe. He played Doctor Who on stage, a time lord on TV and other small parts for a radio play and an audio dramatisation. Martin had numerous television credits and acted in the films ''

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'' (1965), ''

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'' (1978), '' Krull'' (1983), '' The House of Mirth'' (2000), and '' Babel'' (2006).

Early life and education

Martin was born in

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and raised in Enfield, London. After military service, he trained at the

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, where he won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Award in 1953 and went to began his career with the

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Radio Drama Company.

Career

Theatre

Martin was known for playing the

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on stage at the

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in '' Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday'' based on the popular television series ''

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''. In the 1974 play, he essayed the role of an alternate

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, a role he reprised in a 2008 audio adaptation of the play from

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Television

Martin appeared in ''

'' as a

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in the 1969 serial ''

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'' opposite

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and later guest starred in the 1993 ''Doctor Who'' radio play '' The Paradise of Death'' alongside the

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and the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama '' Flip-Flop'' alongside

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. Martin had numerous television credits from the 1960s, including ''

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'', '' Van der Valk'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also appeared as Mr Giddings in an episode of ''

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''.

Film

His films included ''

'' (1965), ''

'' (1978), '' Krull'' (1983), '' The House of Mirth'' (2000), and '' Babel'' (2006).

Personal life and death

Martin was married twice. He first married Janet Moreton, they later divorced. He then married actress Hermione Gregory. He had four children from his first marriage; his son Sandy Martin was a UK Member of Parliament. Martin died on 5 October 2017 at the age of 87, while on holiday in Bulgaria.

Filmography

Theatre

Radio

Trevor Martin played the part of Reuben Starkadder in BBC Radio 4's 1981 production of Stella Gibbons' novel ''Cold Comfort Farm''.

References

External links

*
An interview with Trevor Martin from Sonic Screwdriver magazine

Trevor Martin at Theatricalia
1929 births 2017 deaths 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors British male stage actors British male television actors British male film actors Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Male actors from Edinburgh {{DoctorWho-stub