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RIP David Collings
Renowned British stage and screen actor David Collings has passed away suddenly. The news was announced by his family earlier today on Twitter. To genre fans, Collings is known for […]
Renowned British stage and screen actor David Collings has passed away suddenly.
The news was announced by his family earlier today on Twitter.
To genre fans, Collings is known for his role in key Doctor Who stories, Revenge of the Cybermen, The Robots of Death and Mawdryn Undead, and played an alternate Doctor for Big Finish’s Unbound series. He recetly reprised his character from The Robots of Death for Big Finish’s The Robots series.
He also played Silver in Sapphire & Steel and appeared in the final episode of Blake’s 7. He was Legolas in the BBC Radio 4 version of Lord of the Rings, and voiced Monkey for the BBC 2 adaptation of the series.
He had a long and varied stage career including time with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Sad news, I thought he was great as Silver in Sapphire and Steel.
Agreed. David was also very good as Cassius in BBC’s Julius Caesar.
I am sorry to hear of the passing of David Collings
He was in the legendary UFO TV series.
David was also in the Blake 7 TV series finale as Deva.