- Tony Beckley
Infobox actor
name = Tony Beckley
caption = Tony Beckley in "Gold" (1974)
birthdate =7 October 1927
birthplace =Southhampton ,Hampshire ,England
deathdate =19 April 1980
deathplace =Los Angeles ,California ,USA Tony Beckley (
7 October 1927 -19 April 1980 ) was an English character actor. A graduate of theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Arts , Beckley went onto carve out a career on film and television throughout the 1960s and 1970s often playing villainous roles, as well as being a veteran of numerous stage productions.Film Career
He made his film debut in 1965 as Ned Poins in
Orson Welles ' "Chimes at Midnight ", and appeared in a number of films for directorPeter Collinson : "The Penthouse " (1967); "The Long Day's Dying " (1968); and most memorably as Camp Freddie in "The Italian Job " (1969).His only starring role was as the psychotic Kenny Wemys in "
The Fiend " (1972), and he made his last film appearance in 1979 playing another psychopath in "When a Stranger Calls". Other films include "The Lost Continent " (1968), "Get Carter " (1970), "Assault " (1971), "Sitting Target " (1972), "Gold" (1974), and "Revenge of the Pink Panther " (1978).Television Career
Television credits include "The Saint", "
Z-Cars ", "Callan", "Jason King ", "Special Branch", and perhaps most notably as the villainous Harrison Chase in the "Doctor Who " serial "The Seeds of Doom ".Death
Beckley died of cancer in Los Angeles in 1980.
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