Tom Chadbon
Tom Chadbon (born 27 February 1946 in Luton) is an English actor, who has spent the larger part of his career appearing on British television. While principally a character actor, he has occasionally had leading or recurring roles.
Among his more regular work, he helmed all ten episodes of 1995’s Crown Prosecutor, playing the almost-titular Lenny Monk. He also enjoyed substantial recurring roles on Chancer, Where the Heart Is and Wire in the Blood.
The majority of his career, though has been spent building a long résumé of featured guest work on a large number of British television shows, including: Out of the Unknown, The Stone Tape, Softly, Softly, The Liver Birds, Blake’s 7, Tales of the Unexpected, The New Statesman, Between the Lines, Peak Practice, Casualty, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Silent Witness, The Bill, Holby City, Heartbeat, Foyle’s War, Midsomer Murders, Rebecca and Taggart.
The guest rôle seen by the most number of people, however, was that of Duggan in the Doctor Who serial City of Death, He would later return to Doctor Who as Merdeen in the 1986 story, The Trial of a Time Lord. He has also been an occasional guest star in Big Finishaudio productions. Most notably, he played the recurring character of Will in the second series of Sarah Jane Smith audio adventures. He also had a featured guest rôle in No More Lies, during Paul McGann’s 2007 broadcast season on BBC Radio 7.
Though his theatrical film work has been sparser, he had a small rôle in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale.
He plays a semi-regular character, Professor Henry Williams, in the 23rd series of Casualty.
Credits
Stage Debut-Philosopher, Galileo, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, U.K., 1967.
London Debut-Valentine, Twelfth Night, Royal Court Theatre, 1968.
Principal Stage Appearances; All in London Unless Indicated
Oliver, the Houses by the Green, Royal Court Theatre, 1968.
Barry, Saved, Prince of Wales, Early Morning, Tommie White, Inside – out, all Royal Court Theatre, 1969.
Laurie, Cheek, John Lennon, No One Was Saved, both Theatre Upstairs, 1970.
Saturninus, Titus Andronicus, Round House Theatre, 1971.
Said, The Screens, New Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1973.
Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire, Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, 1975.
Gasparo, the White Devil, Old Vic Theatre, 1976.
Alan Jeffcote, Hindle Wakes, Greenwich Theatre, 1978.
Brian, Middle-Age-Spread, Lyric Theatre, 1979.
Also Leontes, A Winter’s Tale, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K.; Petie, Moving House, Farnham, U.K., 1977.
Major Tours
Brian, Middle-Age-Spread, U.K. cities, 1979-81.
Principal Television Appearances; Series
Television Debut-The Jazz Age, BBC, 1968. The Expert.
Also over 100 episodic and series appearances including: Hamlet; A Room with a View; The Liver Birds; The Creeper; Country Matters.
Principal Film Appearances
Film Debut-Say Hello to Yesterday, Cinerama, 1968.
Juggernaut, United Artists, 1974.
Tess, Columbia, 1981.
Dance with a Stranger, Samuel Goldwyn, 1985.
Also appeared in The Beast Must Die; The Last of Linda Cleer; Sarnett Saga
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