Line #20 Creator/TalfrynThomas


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3	Talfryn Thomas, born John Talfryn Thomas, (31 October 1922 -- 4 November 1982), was a Welsh actor best known for playing Private Cheeseman in ''Series/DadsArmy''. He was nicknamed "Talf the Teeth" for his distinctive front teeth.
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5	His first interest in acting came when he joined his local amateur dramatic society. He joined the RAF in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and was the sole survivor of a crash where the rest of his crew was killed. After the war, he went back into acting as a sort of therapy to cope with his trauma and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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7	Thomas acted in the theatre until the late [[The50s '50s]], when he started to appear on TV. In The60s, he appeared in many espionage, crime, and action series, including ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', ''Series/TheSaint'', ''Series/TheChampions1968'', and ''Series/ThePersuaders''. In The70s, he appeared in ''Series/DoctorWho'' twice, in an episode of ''Series/WorzelGummidge'', and in ''Dad's Army''.
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9	At first, he played a OneShotCharacter in Series 6, but after Creator/JamesBeck's tragic passing, he was [[AscendedExtra made a member of the platoon]]. Thomas' character, Private Cheeseman, [[CreatorBacklash was unpopular with cast and crew alike]] and was dropped from the series following Series 7.
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11	In 1975, he appeared in the first few episodes of ''Series/SurvivorsBBC'' as Tom Price, who was KilledOffForReal in the tenth episode. He also had a small but memorable role in the AwfulBritishSexComedy ''Come Play with Me''. One of his final acting roles was in the ''Series/HiDeHi'' episode "Stripes", playing Gareth Davies, the half-brother of Chief Yellowcoat Gladys Pugh.
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13	He died of a heart attack at the age of 60.
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15	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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17	* ''Series/ZCars'', 7 episodes:
18	** "Somebody Said..." (1964) -- Carpenter
19	** 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"It's Been a Long Time: Part 1", "Give a Dog a Bad Name: Part 1", "Give a Dog a Bad Name: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (1969) -- [=McCall=]
20	** 2-episode story "I Wouldn't Give You Tuppence for Your Old Watch Chain" (1970) -- Greenough
21	** "Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears" (1974) -- Jake Morris
22	* ''{{Series/The Avengers\|1960s}}'', 2 episodes:
23	** "A Surfeit of H₂O" (1965) -- Eli Barker
24	** "Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers..." (1968) -- Fiery Frederick
25	* ''Series/{{Crossroads}}'', 3 episodes:
26	** 2 episodes (1966) -- Mr. Wagstaffe
27	** 1 episode (1967) -- Vicar
28	* ''Series/AdamAdamantLives'', episode "The Doomsday Plan" (1966) -- Man with Parcel
29	* ''Series/TheSaint'', episode "The House on Dragon's Rock" (1966) -- Owen Thomas
30	* ''{{Series/The Champions\|1968}}'', episode "The Body Snatchers" (1968) -- Garage Mechanic (UncreditedRole)
31	* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', episode "Breaking Point" (1969) -- Hospital Porter
32	* ''Series/DoctorWho'', 4 episodes:
33	** 1 episode of 4-episode story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" (1970) -- Fred Mullins
34	** 3 episodes of 6-episode story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath The Green Death]]" (1973) -- Dave
35	* ''Series/{{Doomwatch}}'', 2 episodes:
36	** "The Human Time Bomb" (1971) -- Mr. Hetherington
37	** "Fire and Brimstone" (1972) -- Prisoner Warren
38	* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 6 episodes (1971-72) -- Dirty Dick
39	* ''Series/PlayForToday'', episode "Edna, the Inebriate Woman" (1971) -- Tramp
40	* ''Series/ThePersuaders'', episode "A Home of One's Own" (1971) -- Poacher
41	* ''Series/TheOnedinLine'', episode "Survivor" (1972) -- Thomas
42	* ''Series/DadsArmy'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"My British Buddy", "A Man of Action", "Gorilla Warfare", "The Godiva Affair", "The Captain's Car", "Turkey Dinner"[[/labelnote]] (1973-74) -- Private Cheeseman
43	* ''{{Series/Survivors\|BBC}}'', 7 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Fourth Horseman", "Genesis", "Gone Away", "Starvation", "Spoil of War", "Law and Order", "The Future Hour"[[/labelnote]] (1975) -- Tom Price
44	* ''Series/GetSomeIn'', episode "Call-Up" (1975) -- Corporal White
45	* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'', episode "The Scarecrow Wedding" (1980) -- Soggy Boggart
46	* ''Series/HiDeHi'', episode "Stripes" (1982) -- Gareth Davies

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