Jeremy Wilkin
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Jeremy Wilkin is a British
actor, possibly best known for his contributions to the television
productions of Gerry Anderson
.
He provided the voice of Virgil Tracy for Thunderbirds
in the second series after the departure of David Holliday in 1965. In 1968 He provided the voice of Captain Ochre and the original Captain Black and many various characters for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
. He was also a recurring cast member on UFO
. Other Gerry Anderson credits include: The Secret Service and Joe 90. He also made a brief uncredited cameo as Captain Forsyth in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
.
Fans of Doctor Who
will remember his performance as Kellman in the 1975 serial Revenge of the Cybermen
and also his appearance as the Federation agent Dev Tarrant in the first Blake's 7
episode The Way Back
Other TV credits include: Dixon of Dock Green
, Man in a Suitcase
, The New Avengers, and Reilly, Ace of Spies
.
United Kingdom
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actor, possibly best known for his contributions to the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
productions of Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson MBE is a British publisher, producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....
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He provided the voice of Virgil Tracy for Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (TV series)
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...
in the second series after the departure of David Holliday in 1965. In 1968 He provided the voice of Captain Ochre and the original Captain Black and many various characters for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...
. He was also a recurring cast member on UFO
UFO (TV series)
UFO is a 1970-1971 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.UFO first aired in the UK and Canada...
. Other Gerry Anderson credits include: The Secret Service and Joe 90. He also made a brief uncredited cameo as Captain Forsyth in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
.
Fans of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
will remember his performance as Kellman in the 1975 serial Revenge of the Cybermen
Revenge of the Cybermen
Revenge of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 19 April to 10 May 1975.-Synopsis:...
and also his appearance as the Federation agent Dev Tarrant in the first Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
episode The Way Back
Other TV credits include: Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
, Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase is a 1967 television series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.-Origins and overview:Man in a Suitcase was effectively a replacement for Danger Man, whose production had been curtailed when its star Patrick McGoohan had decided to create his own series, The Prisoner...
, The New Avengers, and Reilly, Ace of Spies
Reilly, Ace of Spies
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies to ever work for the British. Among his exploits in the early 20th century were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of...
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