Don Fellows


Don Fellows was an American actor known for his roles in British theater and television.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Fellows served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a member of the Actors Studio. He moved to London in 1973 to further his stage career.
Fellows' TV appearances included Space: 1999, Z Cars, Lillie, The Sandbaggers, The Citadel, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Bill and Inspector Morse.
His film appearances included Spy Story, The Omen, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Valentino, Licensed to Love and Kill, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Eye of the Needle, Who Dares Wins, Electric Dreams, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Velvet Goldmine.
He featured alongside fellow American expatriate actor Ed Bishop in the radio series The BBC Presents: Philip Marlowe.
In 1992, he played the part of Conn Kortchmar, an American GI, in the Radio 4 drama The Archers.
Throughout his life, Fellows suffered from a stutter, which he was able to suppress while acting. He died in 2007, at the age of 84.

Filmography

  • The Detective as Reporter
  • Pretty Poison as Detective
  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm as Himself
  • Trick Baby as Phillips
  • Soft Beds, Hard Battles as Senior Counsellor
  • The Spikes Gang as Cowboy
  • Inside Out as U.S. Colonel
  • The Omen as Thorn's Second Aide
  • Death Play as Arthur
  • Spy Story as Colonel Schlegel
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming as Gen. Stonesifer
  • Valentino as George Melford
  • Lillie as J. M. Whistler
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio as the Green Fisherman
  • The London Connection as General
  • Licensed to Love and Kill as Vice-President
  • Ike as Gen. Carl Spaatz
  • Tales of the Unexpected as Renshaw
  • Superman II as General
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark as Col. Musgrove
  • Eye of the Needle as American Colonel
  • Who Dares Wins as Ambassador Franklin
  • Enigma
  • Electric Dreams as Mr. Ryley
  • Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight as Suzuka
  • Reunion at Fairborough as Duffy
  • The American Way as Capt. War Hero
  • Haunted Honeymoon as Producer
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Levon Hornsby
  • Jeeves and Wooster: Safety in New York / Bertie Sets Sail as J. Washburn Stoker
  • Patlabor: The Movie as Jitsuyama
  • Felidae as Dr. Preterius
  • Ekkusu as Nataku
  • Velvet Goldmine as Lou
  • The Man Who Cried as Joe