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Post by Stephen Doran on Sept 9, 2009 15:47:20 GMT
Just read he died aged 82 lets hope his GS5 appearances will be found as DR Who episodes he was in has just been.
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Post by Peter Kane on Sept 9, 2009 16:01:08 GMT
Just read he died aged 82 lets hope his GS5 appearances will be found as DR Who episodes he was in has just been. Stephen, Is that Ray Barrett from The Troubleshooters? Who played Peter Thornton? |
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Post by Stephen Doran on Sept 9, 2009 16:03:25 GMT
Yes Peter. Ray Barrett (1927-2009)
From the Melbourne Sun newspaper in Australia ...
VETERAN Australian actor Ray Barrett has died at aged 82 in a Queensland hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
Barrett died from a brain haemorrhage at the Gold Coast Hospital this morning, ABC Radio said.
The actor suffered from chronic low-blood pressure which led to several falls including one this morning.
Barrett was one of the popular leading men on British television in the 1960s, including an appearance in the Doctor Who serial The Rescue in 1965.
He did the voice of an ex-astronaut in the popular series Thunderbirds.
He had also appeared alongside fellow acting icons John Hargreaves and Graham Kennedy in the screen adaptation of John Williamson's play Don's Party and won an AFI Award for best actor for his role in director Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Barrett was better known in recent years for a string of television appearances in series, including Something in the Air, All Saints and White Collar Blue.
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After the recent death of Charles `Bud' Tingwell, this is particularly poignant. Another well known Australian-import to the UK, I'll always fondly remember his performances in Mogul (and The Troubleshooters) and Doctor Who.
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Post by Peter Kane on Sept 9, 2009 16:08:56 GMT
A great shame. He did a lot of things apart from play Peter Thornton, I know, but it is in that role that I will always remember him. I hope that somehow, some day, we may even get to see him in some repeats of The Troubleshooters - though it seems very unlikely now. RIP Ray. |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Sept 9, 2009 20:11:32 GMT
He was our honorary Brit.
British TV was a lot duller when the likes of Ray and all the other Ozzi and American actors decided to call it a day on a Britain that was falling apart in the 1970s.
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