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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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