Derek Waring

Derek Waring (born Derek Barton-Chapple; 26 April 1927 – 20 February 2007) was an English actor who is best remembered for playing Detective Inspector Goss in Z-Cars from 1969 to 1973. He was married to the actress Dame Dorothy Tutin.

Early life Waring was born in Mill Hill, London in 1927; his father was the TV pioneer Wing Commander H.J. Barton-Chapple, who had worked with John Logie Baird. Waring's brother Richard was a television comedy scriptwriter.

Waring's first television role was in a 1956 episode of The Jack Benny Programme. After that he appeared in many television programmes in small roles, including The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, Dixon of Dock Green, Ghost Squad and Callan. In 1964, Waring married Dorothy Tutin; the couple had two children, Amanda and Nick, both of whom later became actors. In 1987, he played Harry Somers in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road. During the 1980s he appeared on-screen in The Enigma Files, Never the Twain and The Professionals. In 1982, he appeared as Shardovan in the third and fourth parts of the Doctor Who serial "Castrovalva" .

Waring was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many productions including War of the Roses. The couple's two children were born in 1964 and 1966. After his wife's death in 2001, Waring concentrated on radio work.