Brown Derby | |
---|---|
Born | 5 May 1914 |
Died | 17 July 2000 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Actor |
Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000) [1] was a Scottish stage, film and television actor. He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949). [2] [3] He played Sergeant Roberts, too, in Suspended Alibi. Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, Take The High Road and many other British television shows. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Confessions of a Justified Sinner | Blanchard, Shepherd | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Richard Eyre | Edinburgh International Festival |
1982 | Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaites | Merchant | Scottish Theatre Company | Tom Fleming | play by Sir David Lyndsay, adapted by Robert Kemp |
Brown Derby | |
---|---|
Born | 5 May 1914 |
Died | 17 July 2000 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Actor |
Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000) [1] was a Scottish stage, film and television actor. He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949). [2] [3] He played Sergeant Roberts, too, in Suspended Alibi. Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, Take The High Road and many other British television shows. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Confessions of a Justified Sinner | Blanchard, Shepherd | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Richard Eyre | Edinburgh International Festival |
1982 | Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaites | Merchant | Scottish Theatre Company | Tom Fleming | play by Sir David Lyndsay, adapted by Robert Kemp |