William Marlowe (25 July 1930 – 31 January 2003) was an English theatre, television and film actor.
He served in the Fleet Air Arm and hoped for a career as a writer before training as an actor at RADA.
He was cast in A Family at War (1970–72), as Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), as Brian Kettle in Rooms (1977), and as DCI Bill Russell in The Gentle Touch (1980–84). He appeared twice in Doctor Who, as Mailer in The Mind of Evil in 1971, and as Lester in Revenge of the Cybermen in 1975. His guest star roles include Special Branch (1974), Barlow (1975), Breakaway (1980), Callan (1972) and Catch Hand (1964). Later he played Chief Supt. Thomas in The Chief (1990).
Personal Life
He was married to actress Linda Marlowe (née Bathurst) from 1958 until 1967, to actress Catherine Schell from 1968 until 1977, and to Kismet Delgado (née Shahani), the widow of actor Roger Delgado, from 1983 until his death in 2003, aged 72.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1960 Tunes of Glory Officer #9 1962 Play It Cool Cab Driver Uncredited1962 A Prize of Arms Sgt. Ward 1963 A Place to Go Charlie Batey 1965 The Heroes of Telemark Claus 1966 The Uncle Wayne 1967 Robbery Dave Aitken 1968 Amsterdam Affair Martin Ray 1969 Where's Jack? Tom Sheppard 1969 The Royal Hunt of the Sun Candia 1971 Journey to Murder Randolph Verdew (The Killing Bottle) 1971 Zeppelin Anderson 1976 Nosey Dobson Jerry 1980The Gentle TouchDet Ch Insp Bill Russell1985 Revolution Sgt. Marley 1987 Cry Freedom Police captain at Soweto
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