Philip Bond

Philip George William Bond (1 November 1934 – 17 January 2017) was a British actor. He was best known for playing Albert Frazer in 24 episodes of the 1970s BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.

Life and career Bond was born at 189 Uxbridge Street in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, to Welsh parents Matthew William Bond (1899–1951) and Blodwen (née John; 1900–1981); he had an older brother, Ifor John Bond (1929–1992), and a twin sister, Shirley. Bond's first acting experience was at Burton Boys' Grammar School, where he was a pupil, and in addition attended classes at the School of Speech and Drama in Burton. In 1952 he joined the Central School of Speech and Drama (then based in rooms in the Royal Albert Hall), where contemporaries included Delena Kidd, Heather Sears and Ian Hendry. In 1957, he played Sir John Marraby in the musical Zuleika, based on the novel Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.

His first television role was in the series ITV Television Playhouse (1958–61). He later appeared in, among others, The Saint (1963), Doctor Who (in the serial "The Daleks"; 1964), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1968), The Avengers (1969), Z-Cars (1969–75), Only Fools and Horses (1985), Casualty (2007), and Midsomer Murders (2007).

Bond's film roles include Count Five and Die (1957), Orders to Kill (1958), Foxhole in Cairo (1960), I Want What I Want (1972), and Fever Pitch (1997). He was interviewed in the 2008 documentary The Cult of The Onedin Line.

He married the television producer Pat Sandys (1926–2000) in 1959. The marriage was later dissolved. With Sandys he is the father of actresses Abigail and Samantha Bond, and the film and TV journalist Matthew Bond. He lived in the village of Abergwynfi in his parents' native Wales.

He died at the age of 82 on 17 January 2017, while on holiday in Madeira.

Filmography

Film

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1956 1958

1961ITV Television PlayhouseLeading Seaman Hillbrook Shefford

Geoff Stone

unknownSeason 1, episode 33: "Morning Departure" Season 3, episode 46: "Cornelius"

Season 6: (2 episodes)1956 1960

1964ITV Play of the WeekPrivate McClelland Mark Elliott

Tom VeryanSeason 2, episode 8: "Yellow Jack" Season 5, episode 36: "The Green Pack"

Lieutenant MuellerSeason 2, episode 17: "The Intervener" Goldie PadgettSeason 7, episode 12: "Music for Murder" 1968Man in a SuitcaseLuis Stephens

1970

1975The Main ChancePeter FindonSeason 1: (5 episodes) Season 2: (6 episodes)

Season 4, episode 4: "Payment by Result"1969 1975Z-CarsHatchett 1972The Onedin LineAlbert FrazerSeason 1: (12 episodes) 1976WarshipCommander Hilliard LoaderSeason 2, episode 2: "Without Just Cause"