Derek Deadman:
† May 1940 – November 21 2014
A former window-cleaner who has made a decent career out of playing
dimwits, to the point that he hardly needs to act at all. Which is a
good thing, as his acting seems to consist mostly of scratching his head and doing huge double-takes. See his definitive turn as Ringo in the excruciating 'Never The Twain', and spots in 'Benny Hill' (as a sort of junior Bob Todd), 'Porridge', 'George
& Mildred', 'Get Some In' and hundreds of bit-part hospital porters, cabbies,
butchers, and petty crooks, as well as Stor the Sontaran in the 1978 'Doctor Who' story 'The Invasion of Time'.
He was in 'Brazil' (1985), 'Bullshot' (1983), 'Time Bandits' (1981) and a 'Harry Potter' (Philosopher's Stone, 2001), doing more of the same, and fulfilling a constant need within British cinema. For which we salute him.
Update Mar 2015: Sorry to hear that Derek Deadman passed away in Nov 2014.
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| 'Get busy with the fizzy!' Sodastream advert circa 1980 |
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| In Michael Winner's star-studded but so dreary British-set version of "The Big Sleep' (1978) |
He was in 'Brazil' (1985), 'Bullshot' (1983), 'Time Bandits' (1981) and a 'Harry Potter' (Philosopher's Stone, 2001), doing more of the same, and fulfilling a constant need within British cinema. For which we salute him.
Update Mar 2015: Sorry to hear that Derek Deadman passed away in Nov 2014.
Derek Deadman - imdb profile
I've just read that he sadly passed away last November
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ReplyDeleteHe passed away five years ago from Diabetes Complications aged 74
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