Creator / Philip Madoc

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 Doctor Who, Dad's Army and The Avengers. He also, Playing Against Type, starred as David Lloyd George, Wales' most famous politician of all time, in the BBC drama serial The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981).

He was married to Ruth Madoc from 1961 to 1981.

His roles include:

Films

• Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) — Brockley
• Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) — Byker
• Operation Daybreak (1975) — Heydrich's interpreter

Television

• Out Of This World, episode "Target Generation" (1962) — George Mathias
• The Avengers episodes:
  • "The Decapod" (1962) — Stepan
  • "Death of a Batman" (1963) — Van Doren
  • "Six Hands Across a Table" (1963) — Julian Seabrook
  • "The Correct Way to Kill" (1967) — Ivan
  • "My Wildest Dream" (1968) — Slater
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) as Fernand Mondego/de Morcerf
• Dixon of Dock Green episodes:
  • "Within the Law" (1965) — Mr. Stewart
  • "The Golden Year" (1966) — Sydney Calvert
• The Saint, episode "The Counterfeit Countess" (1967) — Alzon
• Man in a Suitcase episodes:
  • "Who's Mad Now?" (1968) — Dr. Forsyth
  • "Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?" (1968) — the Kommandant
• Doctor Who serials:
  • "The Krotons" (1968-69) — Eelek
  • "The War Games" (1969) — the War Lord
  • "The Brain of Morbius" (1976) — Solon
  • "The Power of Kroll" (1978-79) — Fenner
• The Champions, episode "Get Me Out of Here!" (1969)
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), episode "Never Trust a Ghost" (1969)
• Z Cars, episodes "In and Out", Parts 1-4 (1970) — Burroughs
• Dad's Army, episode "The Deadly Attachment" (1973) — the U-Boat Captain
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, episode "The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst" (1973) — Dimitri Wolkinski
• The Sweeney, episode "Golden Fleece" (1975)
• Porridge, episode "Disturbing the Peace" (1975) — Williams
• Space: 1999, episode "Breakaway" (1975) — Commander Gorski
• The Goodies, episode “South Africa” (1975) — Tourism Official.
• Survivors, episode "The Chosen" (1976)
• Emmerdale, 5 episodes (1978) — Paul Pargrave
• Midsomer Murders, episode "The Axeman Cometh" (2007) — D.I. Owen Jenkins

Tropes associated with this actor's life and work include:

• 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!
• One-Shot Character: Had a few of these in British TV shows. His appearance in Dad's Army (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!").
• Patriotic Fervour: 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.
• Stage Name: 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.
• Typecast: Madoc usually played villains throughout his career. He stated that his appearance (short, dark-complexioned) precluded him from being considered for more heroic roles, but that he did not mind this as villains were the most interesting characters to play.