Thomas Heathcote

Thomas Heathcote (9 September 1917 – 5 January 1986) was a British character actor, a former protégé of Laurence Olivier.

He was educated at Bradfield College in Bradfield, near Reading in Berkshire, England. His films included A Night to Remember (1958), Village of the Damned (1960), Billy Budd (1962), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). On television he had notable guest roles in Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Z-Cars and The Onedin Line, and several years as farmer Ed Lawton in the teatime soap Crossroads. Heathcote was also a regular actor in BBC radio drama, notably in several series of Paul Temple.

Selected filmography

Dance Hall (1950) - Fred Cloudburst (1951) - Jackie Malta Story (1953) - Soldier (uncredited) The Sword and the Rose (1953) - Wrestling Second The Red Beret (1953) - Alf Blood Orange (1953) - Detective Sgt. Jessup The Large Rope (1953) - James Gore The Seekers (1954) - Sgt. Paul Betrayed (1954) - Paratropper Corporal (uncredited) Above Us the Waves (1955) - Hutchins Doctor at Sea (1955) - Wilson The Last Man to Hang (1956) - Bracket Eyewitness (1956) - Tom - Barman (uncredited) Tiger in the Smoke (1956) - Rolly Gripper Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) - Mr. Monaghan RN A Night to Remember (1958) - Steward Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - Sergeant Lamb Dial 999 (TV series) ('Commando Crook', episode) (1958)- Sgt. Quigley The Square Ring (1959) Village of the Damned (1960) - James Pawle On the Fiddle (1961) - Sergeant Billy Budd (1962) - Alan Payne - Maintopman For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965) - Gomez A Man for All Seasons (1966) - Boatman Night of the Big Heat (1967) - Bob Hayward Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - Vicar The Fixer (1968) - Proshko Julius Caesar (1970) - Flavius The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) .- 2nd Policeman Burke & Hare (1972) - Paterson Demons of the Mind (1972) - Coachman Luther (1974) - Lucas Trial by Combat (1976) - Tramp The Jigsaw Man (1983) - Gamekeeper Sword of the Valiant (1984) - Armourer The Shooting Party (1985) - Ogden