- Graham Cole
Graham Cole (born Graham Coleman-Smith on
16 March 1952 inWillesden ,London ) is an Englishactor .He is best known as PC
Tony Stamp in theITV police drama "The Bill ", a role he has played since 1987. He had made previous uncredited appearances as an unnamed PC.He appeared in numerous episodes of "
Doctor Who " in the early 1980s, often in uncredited roles, such as Marshman and Cyberman. He has also played Melkur in "The Keeper of Traken " and most recently a Jacondan in "The Twin Dilemma ".He has also presented and narrated the police video programme
Police Stop! . He appeared regularly onNoel's House Party in sketches withAndrew Paul . Cole wasgunge d on the show, which was arranged by his mother in law.Cole is also a singer. In his early career Graham appeared as the Emperor of China in a record-breaking 1978/79 season of "Aladdin" at the Grand Theatre in Swansea. Other pantomime appearances have included the role of "Beast" in "Beauty & The Beast" at the Woodville Halls in Gravesend and he has appeared in sixteen pantomimes.
Cole is also a member of the showbusiness charity "The
Grand Order of Water Rats ". He is patron of the National Holiday Fund, which takes sick and disabled children to Disney Florida, has been patron toChildline for over 18 years, and of the Orphans Gift Fund South East London Boroughs, Constables Branch Board, Metropolitan Police.External links
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* [http://www.gqgallery.co.uk/stampers/ Stampers: The PC Tony Stamp/Graham Cole fan-site]
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