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2 | Philip Madoc (5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He generally played villains throughout his long career, in which he appeared in many popular British TV shows including ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Series/DadsArmy Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s The Avengers]]''. He also, PlayingAgainstType, starred as [[UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge David Lloyd George]], Wales' most famous politician of all time, in the BBC drama serial ''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'' (1981). |
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4 | He was married to Creator/RuthMadoc from 1961 to 1981. |
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6 | !!His roles include: |
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8 | [[AC:Films]] |
9 | * ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD'' (1966) -- Brockley |
10 | * ''Film/DoctorJekyllAndSisterHyde'' (1971) -- Byker |
11 | * ''Film/OperationDaybreak'' (1975) -- Heydrich's interpreter |
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13 | [[AC:Television]] |
14 | * ''Series/{{Out Of This World|1962}}'', episode "Target Generation" (1962) -- George Mathias |
15 | * ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' episodes: |
16 | ** "The Decapod" (1962) -- Stepan |
17 | ** "Death of a Batman" (1963) -- Van Doren |
18 | ** "Six Hands Across a Table" (1963) -- Julian Seabrook |
19 | ** "The Correct Way to Kill" (1967) -- Ivan |
20 | ** "My Wildest Dream" (1968) -- Slater |
21 | * ''Series/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|1964}}'' (1964) as Fernand Mondego/de Morcerf |
22 | * ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'' episodes: |
23 | ** "Within the Law" (1965) -- Mr. Stewart |
24 | ** "The Golden Year" (1966) -- Sydney Calvert |
25 | * ''Series/TheSaint'', episode "The Counterfeit Countess" (1967) -- Alzon |
26 | * ''Series/ManInASuitcase'' episodes: |
27 | ** "Who's Mad Now?" (1968) -- Dr. Forsyth |
28 | ** "Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?" (1968) -- the Kommandant |
29 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' serials: |
30 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]" (1968-69) -- Eelek |
31 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]" (1969) -- the War Lord |
32 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]" (1976) -- Solon |
33 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E5ThePowerOfKroll The Power of Kroll]]" (1978-79) -- Fenner |
34 | * ''Series/{{The Champions|1968}}'', episode "Get Me Out of Here!" (1969) |
35 | * ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased'', episode "Never Trust a Ghost" (1969) |
36 | * ''Series/ZCars'', episodes "In and Out", Parts 1-4 (1970) -- Burroughs |
37 | * ''Series/DadsArmy'', episode "The Deadly Attachment" (1973) -- the U-Boat Captain |
38 | * ''Series/TheRivalsOfSherlockHolmes'', episode "The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst" (1973) -- Dimitri Wolkinski |
39 | * ''Series/TheSweeney'', episode "Golden Fleece" (1975) |
40 | * ''Series/{{Porridge}}'', episode "Disturbing the Peace" (1975) -- Williams |
41 | * ''Series/Space1999'', episode "Breakaway" (1975) -- Commander Gorski |
42 | * ''Series/TheGoodies'', episode “South Africa” (1975) -- Tourism Official. |
43 | * ''Series/{{Survivors}}'', episode "The Chosen" (1976) |
44 | * ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'', 5 episodes (1978) -- Paul Pargrave |
45 | * ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS10E4 The Axeman Cometh]]" (2007) -- D.I. Owen Jenkins |
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47 | !!Tropes associated with this actor's life and work include: |
48 | * {{Omniglot}}: He was this in real life, having trained as a linguist and worked as an interpreter before becoming an actor. He spoke seven languages fluently (English, Welsh, French, Italian, German, Russian and Swedish) and had a working knowledge of several more, including Huron Indian, Hindi and Mandarin! |
49 | * OneShotCharacter: Had a few of these in British TV shows. His appearance in ''Series/DadsArmy'' (as an arrogant German u-boat captain in "The Deadly Attachment") includes one of the show's best loved scenes ("Your name vill also go on ze list. Vot is it?" "Don't tell him Pike!"). |
50 | * PatrioticFervour: He was fiercely proud of being Welsh, and always liked to remind people that English was one of the '''foreign''' languages that he spoke. Born Philip Jones, he even took the name of the legendary Welsh prince Madoc as his stage surname. He was politically a supporter of Plaid Cymru. |
51 | * StageName: He was born Philip Arvon Jones. He took his stage surname from Madoc, a legendary Welsh prince said to have sailed the Atlantic to America in the 12th century. |
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