Donald Churchill


Donald Churchill was an English actor and playwright. He appeared in many film and television productions over a 35-year period and wrote several TV scripts.

Career

His films included Barnacle Bill, The Captain's Table, Victim, The Wild Affair, Zeppelin, The First Great Train Robbery, Charlie Muffin and The Hound of the Baskervilles as Doctor Watson. On television he starred in Bulldog Breed, Spooner's Patch, played game show host Ronnie Kemp in Goodnight and God Bless, Mr Scott Eccles in an adaptation of "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" for The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1988, and appeared in Stanley and the Women and C.A.T.S. Eyes. He co-wrote Moody and Pegg, with Julia Jones, in 1974. His plays include Mixed Feelings, The Decorator, and ''Moments of Weakness.''

Personal life

Churchill married the actress Pauline Yates in 1960; the couple had two daughters, Jemma and Polly.

Death

He died in Spain of a heart attack after filming his final episode of El C.I.D. for Granada Television in which he played the irascible harbour master Metcalf.

Filmography (actor)

  • Barnacle Bill as Roy
  • Carve Her Name with Pride as Roy Bushell
  • A Night to Remember as passenger
  • The Captain's Table as Jay
  • Yesterday's Enemy as Elliott
  • Sink the Bismarck! as seaman on Ark Royal
  • Doctor in Love as doctor
  • No Love for Johnnie as Sheilah's party guest
  • Victim as Eddy
  • Spaceflight IC-1 as Carl Walcott
  • The Wild Affair as Andy
  • Zeppelin
  • The First Great Train Robbery as prosecutor
  • Charlie Muffin as Wilberforce
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles as Dr. John Watson

    Filmography (writer)

  • ''The Spare Tyres''