Paul Whitsun-Jones

Paul Whitsun-Jones (25 April 1923 – 14 January 1974) was a British character actor.

Born in Newport in Monmouthshire, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood in Middlesex. He started his acting career in 1948 with two years at York Repertory Theatre. In the West End he appeared in The Moonraker at the Saville Theatre (1952), Dangerous Curves at the Garrick Theatre (1953), and played the Wazir in Kismet at the Stoll Theatre for two years from 1955 to 1957.

His early television appearances included Street Scene, The Last Tycoon, Love from Italy, Berkeley Square and Swedish Match King; He appeared in two Doctor Who stories: as Squire Edwards in The Smugglers (1966) and the Marshal of Solos in The Mutants (1972). He gave two performances in the episodes A Cellar Full of Silence and Death on Reflection in the series Department S (1968/69).

Personal life and death

Whitsun-Jones had two children by his first wife, Joyce Winifred Rankine, whom he married in 1949 and later divorced, and two from his second wife, Sylvia E. Horswell, including the actress Henrietta Whitsun-Jones. He died of appendicitis in London in 1974 aged 50.

Filmography Title Year Role Note The Diamond 1954 Ballistics Technician Uncredited The Passing Stranger 1954 Lloyd The Constant Husband 1955 Welsh Farmer Uncredited Stock Car 1955 Turk McNeil The Moonraker 1958 Parfitt Next to No Time 1958 Lord Room at the Top 1959 Man at Bar Wrong Number 1959 Cyril The Shakedown 1960 Fat Drinker Let's Get Married 1960 Uncle Herbert Bluebeards Ten Honeymoons 1960 Station Master There Was a Crooked Man 1960 Restaurant Gentleman The Boy Who Stole a Million 1960 Desk Sergeant Tunes of Glory 1960 Major 'Dusty' Miller Candidate for Murder 1962 Phillips Edgar Wallace Mysteries Doctor in Distress 1963 Grimes The Masque of the Red Death 1964 Scarlatti Dead Man's Chest 1965 Chef Edgar Wallace Mysteries The Wild Affair 1965 Tiny Hearst Life at the Top 1965 Keatley What's Good for the Goose 1969 Clark Simon, Simon 1970 The Boss Short All the Right Noises 1971 Mr. Melchum Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde 1971 Sergeant Danvers The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins 1971 Elsinore (segment "Avarice")A Christmas Carol1971Mr. Fezziwig (voice) Assassin 1973 Drunk Man Keep It Up, Jack 1973 Mr. Fairbrother (final film role)

Television Title Year Role Notes The Quatermass Experiment 1953 James Fullalove 6 episodes Dear Dotty 1954 Butch 1 episode Bonehead 1960-1962 Boss Edgar Wallace Mysteries 1962 Charles Pinder Episode: "The £20,000 Kiss" Z-Cars 1962–1963 Donald Patterson / Stan Riley 2 episodes The Saint 1962–1964 Domenick Naccaro / Sebastian Ibanez / Vic Lazaroff / ... 4 episodes The Avengers 1963–1969 Charles / Sanders / Chessman 4 episodes King of the River 1966 Mr. Jones Episode: "Susanna Goes Fishing" United! 1966 Arnold Wilson 1 episode Doctor Who 1966, 1972 Squire Edwards / The Marshal of Solos The Smugglers / The Mutants Wild, Wild Women 1969 Mr. Harcourt 6 episodes Department S 1969 Gresford / Martin Kyle 2 episodes Up Pompeii! 1970 Nefarius Episode: "Exodus" The Goodies 1970 Deputy Commissioner Butcher Episode: "Love the Police" The Persuaders! 1971 Inspector Blanchard Episode: "Powerswitch" Follyfoot 1973 Fat Man Episode: "The Helping Hand" Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 1973