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| Polly (Anneke Wills) and the Doctor (William Hartnell) try not to notice Ben (Michael Craze) showing off his pecs |
Episode 1 (5.4m)
Episode 2 (4.7m)
Episode 3 (5.3m)
Episode 4 (5.5m)
Average audience for serial: 5.23m
William Hartnell (The Doctor) January 8th 1908 to April 23rd 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Jack Bligh (Gaptooth) December 31st 1889 to September 25th 1967
Career highlights
Jack's earliest known credit is Brothers in Law (1962), then The Victorians (1963), First Night (1963), Taxi! (1964), The Horror of It All (1964), Danger Man (1965), Blackmail (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and Death of a Private (1967).
Facts
Sadly, Jack died within a year of his appearance in The Smugglers. After turning down an offer to play soccer for Arsenal, Somerset-born Jack became a member of the stock company at the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company. At one stage he was a stuntman in the US. It's believed Jack's earliest television appearance was in 1929. In the 1930s, he and his wife (the actor Mary Holder) settled in South Africa and established a theatre company in Johannesburg, also working in TV and radio in South Africa and Australasia in the 1930s and 40s.
George A Cooper (Cherub) March 7th 1925 to November 16th 2018
Career highlights
George will be best remembered by a certain generation for playing school caretaker Mr Griffiths in more than 100 episodes of Grange Hill between 1985-92. His CV began with 1946's Men of Two Worlds, followed by The Passing Stranger (1954), Othello (1955), Sword of Freedom (1957), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1958), Hell is a City (1960), An Age of Kings (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965), King of the River (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967), The Morecambe and Wise Show (1970), Steptoe and Son (1965/72), Budgie (1972), Son of the Bride (1973), Rising Damp (1975), The New Avengers (1976), Wonder Woman (1977), The Light Princess (1978), Metal Mickey (1982), Alleyn Mysteries (1993) and Casualty (1995). George also had a regular role as Geoffrey Fisher in Billy Liar (1973-74), a role he originated on stage in 1960.
Facts
In 1957, George's son Adam was brain damaged at birth. The A in George's name stood for Alphonsus, after the 18th century patron saint of confessors!
Michael Godfrey (Captain Pike) August 20th 1918 to September 19th 1977
Career highlights
Debuted uncredited in The Third Man (1949), then took roles in Cairo Road (1950), The March of the Peasants (1952), Little Red Monkey (1953), Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1955), The Sentimental Agent (1963), Sykes and a... (1964), Emergency Ward 10 (1963-64), Witch Wood (1964), The Baron (1966), The Champions (1968), Department S (1970), The Persuaders! (1971), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), Yellow Dog (1973), Rogue's Rock (1976) and Devenish (1977).
Facts
Michael's real name was Michael Godfrey Collins. Michael was understudy to Orson Welles in a production of Othello in London in 1951; co-star Maxine Audley said Welles bullied Michael remorselessly.
Elroy Josephs (Jamaica) February 23rd 1939* to February 8th 1997
Career highlights
Elroy debuted in Ebb Tide (1959) followed by Probation Officer (1960), Londoners (1965), Dixon of Dock Green (1966), House of Character (1968), The Alf Garnett Saga (1972), Love Thy Neighbour (1972) and Brideshead Revisited (1981). He also appeared as a guest on a 1975 edition of This is Your Life dedicated to Nina Baden-Semper.
Facts
Actor and dancer Elroy moved from Jamaica to the UK in 1950 and, as the first black dance teacher in a British university, developed an innovative fusion of Afro-Caribbean and European jazz dance styles that was highly influential on future choreographers. In October 2012, as part of Black History Month, the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool and Enterprise South Liverpool Academy staged a tribute show to Elroy to spotlight his often overlooked influence on black dance culture.
Average audience for serial: 5.23m
- A guide to the guest cast is at the bottom of this entry. An episode-by-episode review of this story is on Time Space Visualiser here.
William Hartnell (The Doctor) January 8th 1908 to April 23rd 1975 (heart failure after a series of strokes) For a full career biography for William Hartnell, click here.
Anneke Wills (Polly) Born October 20th 1941 For a full career biography for Anneke Wills, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Jack Bligh (Gaptooth) December 31st 1889 to September 25th 1967
Career highlights
Jack's earliest known credit is Brothers in Law (1962), then The Victorians (1963), First Night (1963), Taxi! (1964), The Horror of It All (1964), Danger Man (1965), Blackmail (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and Death of a Private (1967).
Facts
Sadly, Jack died within a year of his appearance in The Smugglers. After turning down an offer to play soccer for Arsenal, Somerset-born Jack became a member of the stock company at the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company. At one stage he was a stuntman in the US. It's believed Jack's earliest television appearance was in 1929. In the 1930s, he and his wife (the actor Mary Holder) settled in South Africa and established a theatre company in Johannesburg, also working in TV and radio in South Africa and Australasia in the 1930s and 40s.
George A Cooper (Cherub) March 7th 1925 to November 16th 2018
Career highlights
George will be best remembered by a certain generation for playing school caretaker Mr Griffiths in more than 100 episodes of Grange Hill between 1985-92. His CV began with 1946's Men of Two Worlds, followed by The Passing Stranger (1954), Othello (1955), Sword of Freedom (1957), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1958), Hell is a City (1960), An Age of Kings (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965), King of the River (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967), The Morecambe and Wise Show (1970), Steptoe and Son (1965/72), Budgie (1972), Son of the Bride (1973), Rising Damp (1975), The New Avengers (1976), Wonder Woman (1977), The Light Princess (1978), Metal Mickey (1982), Alleyn Mysteries (1993) and Casualty (1995). George also had a regular role as Geoffrey Fisher in Billy Liar (1973-74), a role he originated on stage in 1960.
Facts
In 1957, George's son Adam was brain damaged at birth. The A in George's name stood for Alphonsus, after the 18th century patron saint of confessors!
Terence de Marney (Churchwarden Joseph Longfoot) March 1st 1908 to May 25th 1971 (fall in front of train)
Career highlights
Terence's career began in 1931's The Eternal Feminine, after which he had roles in Eyes of Fate (1933), The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935), Born That Way (1936), I Killed the Count (1939), They Met in the Dark (1943), Dual Alibi (1947), The Silver Chalice (1954), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Pharaoh's Curse (1957), Bonanza (1959), Tightrope (1960), Whispering Smith (1961), Twilight Zone (1962), Lorna Doone (1963), The Spies (1966), Sexton Blake (1967), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968), All Neat in Black Stockings (1969) and Follyfoot (1971). He also had a long-running role as Case Thomas in Johnny Ringo (1959-60). He co-wrote the stage play Wanted for Murder, which was adapted into the film A Voice in the Night in 1946, starring Eric Portman. Other screenwriting credits include No Way Back (1949) and The Crime of Margaret Foley (1957).
Facts
In 1932, Terence co-founded the Independent Theatre Club (formerly the Kingsway Theatre) with his actor brother Derrick de Marney as an outlet for works banned for various reasons by the Lord Chamberlain. Terence - whose grandfather Alfred Concanen was a noted Victorian lithographer - was also the first actor to portray Simon "The Saint" Templar, on Radio Athlone in 1940. Terence's second wife was the actor Beryl Measor, who died at the age of 56 in 1965. Terence died after accidentally falling onto the tracks of the westbound District line at Kensington High Street tube station, London, on his way to perform in a play. In the 1997 book Television Western Players of the Fifties 1949-1959, author Everett Aaker claims Terence had been plagued by ill-health for years, and actually jumped in front of the train, although there is no source for this assertion (contemporary newspaper reports refer to it as an accident).
Career highlights
Terence's career began in 1931's The Eternal Feminine, after which he had roles in Eyes of Fate (1933), The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935), Born That Way (1936), I Killed the Count (1939), They Met in the Dark (1943), Dual Alibi (1947), The Silver Chalice (1954), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Pharaoh's Curse (1957), Bonanza (1959), Tightrope (1960), Whispering Smith (1961), Twilight Zone (1962), Lorna Doone (1963), The Spies (1966), Sexton Blake (1967), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968), All Neat in Black Stockings (1969) and Follyfoot (1971). He also had a long-running role as Case Thomas in Johnny Ringo (1959-60). He co-wrote the stage play Wanted for Murder, which was adapted into the film A Voice in the Night in 1946, starring Eric Portman. Other screenwriting credits include No Way Back (1949) and The Crime of Margaret Foley (1957).
Facts
In 1932, Terence co-founded the Independent Theatre Club (formerly the Kingsway Theatre) with his actor brother Derrick de Marney as an outlet for works banned for various reasons by the Lord Chamberlain. Terence - whose grandfather Alfred Concanen was a noted Victorian lithographer - was also the first actor to portray Simon "The Saint" Templar, on Radio Athlone in 1940. Terence's second wife was the actor Beryl Measor, who died at the age of 56 in 1965. Terence died after accidentally falling onto the tracks of the westbound District line at Kensington High Street tube station, London, on his way to perform in a play. In the 1997 book Television Western Players of the Fifties 1949-1959, author Everett Aaker claims Terence had been plagued by ill-health for years, and actually jumped in front of the train, although there is no source for this assertion (contemporary newspaper reports refer to it as an accident).
Career highlights
Debuted uncredited in The Third Man (1949), then took roles in Cairo Road (1950), The March of the Peasants (1952), Little Red Monkey (1953), Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1955), The Sentimental Agent (1963), Sykes and a... (1964), Emergency Ward 10 (1963-64), Witch Wood (1964), The Baron (1966), The Champions (1968), Department S (1970), The Persuaders! (1971), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), Yellow Dog (1973), Rogue's Rock (1976) and Devenish (1977).
Facts
Michael's real name was Michael Godfrey Collins. Michael was understudy to Orson Welles in a production of Othello in London in 1951; co-star Maxine Audley said Welles bullied Michael remorselessly.
Elroy Josephs (Jamaica) February 23rd 1939* to February 8th 1997
Career highlights
Elroy debuted in Ebb Tide (1959) followed by Probation Officer (1960), Londoners (1965), Dixon of Dock Green (1966), House of Character (1968), The Alf Garnett Saga (1972), Love Thy Neighbour (1972) and Brideshead Revisited (1981). He also appeared as a guest on a 1975 edition of This is Your Life dedicated to Nina Baden-Semper.
Facts
Actor and dancer Elroy moved from Jamaica to the UK in 1950 and, as the first black dance teacher in a British university, developed an innovative fusion of Afro-Caribbean and European jazz dance styles that was highly influential on future choreographers. In October 2012, as part of Black History Month, the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool and Enterprise South Liverpool Academy staged a tribute show to Elroy to spotlight his often overlooked influence on black dance culture.
* This may not be his birth year. Elroy's friend Bill Harpe stated in a book about the history of black British dance that when he took up a position as lecturer at what is now called Liverpool John Moores University, Elroy cut approximately ten years from his age to meet expectations for retirement age. However, there is no source to corroborate this claim.
David Blake Kelly (Jacob Kewper) February 17th 1916 to January 21st 1993
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain Benjamin Briggs in The Chase (1965)
Played: Jacob Kewper in The Smugglers (1966)
Career highlights
He started his acting career as Diarmuid Kelly, debuting in I Killed the Count (1948), followed by Someone at the Door (1949), Treasure Island (1950), The Anatomist (1956) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957), after which he anglicised his name and appeared in William Tell (1959), Sergeant Cork (1964), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Spy Trap (1975), The Cherry Orchard (1981), Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987), Jeeves and Wooster (1990) and House of Cards (1990).
Facts
Often mistaken for another actor called David Kelly, who often played stereotypical Irish characters (such as in Fawlty Towers and Robin's Nest), but they are different actors. David was married to Royal Ballet dancer Jill Gregory.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Captain Benjamin Briggs in The Chase (1965)
Played: Jacob Kewper in The Smugglers (1966)
Career highlights
He started his acting career as Diarmuid Kelly, debuting in I Killed the Count (1948), followed by Someone at the Door (1949), Treasure Island (1950), The Anatomist (1956) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957), after which he anglicised his name and appeared in William Tell (1959), Sergeant Cork (1964), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Spy Trap (1975), The Cherry Orchard (1981), Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987), Jeeves and Wooster (1990) and House of Cards (1990).
Facts
Often mistaken for another actor called David Kelly, who often played stereotypical Irish characters (such as in Fawlty Towers and Robin's Nest), but they are different actors. David was married to Royal Ballet dancer Jill Gregory.
Mike Lucas (Tom) Born May 29th 1941
Career highlights
Mike's other work includes Frankie Howerd (1966), You Can't Win (1966), The Dick Emery Show (1967), Crossroads (1965/67), The Expert (1968), Beggar My Neighbour (1968), Thicker Than Water (1969), Carry On Camping (1969), The Liver Birds (1971, as Gerry), Pardon My Genie (1973) and Funny Ha-Ha (1974).
Career highlights
Mike's other work includes Frankie Howerd (1966), You Can't Win (1966), The Dick Emery Show (1967), Crossroads (1965/67), The Expert (1968), Beggar My Neighbour (1968), Thicker Than Water (1969), Carry On Camping (1969), The Liver Birds (1971, as Gerry), Pardon My Genie (1973) and Funny Ha-Ha (1974).
Facts
Mike was a founding member of the Mikron Theatre Company in 1963, which still tours theatre aboard a canal boat (Turlough actor Mark Strickson was a member of this company for a time). Mike ran the company until 2005.
John Ringham (Josiah Blake) February 10th 1928 to October 20th 2008 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tlotoxl in The Aztecs (1964)
Played: Josiah Blake in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Ashe in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
John's acting career stretches as far back as Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans in 1957, and took in Very Important Person (1961), The Plane Makers (1963), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Railway Children (1968), Up Pompeii (1970), The Pallisers (1974), Poldark (1975-76), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Maybury (1981) The Tripods (1985), Terry and June (1987), And There's More (1988), The Darling Buds of May (1991), The Governor (1995), Out of Sight (1997), The Secret of Eel Island (2005-07), V for Vendetta (2005) and Wallander (2008). He also played Captain Bailey in Dad's Army (1969-70), Superintendent Lake in Juliet Bravo (1980), Norman Warrender in Just Good Friends (1983-86) and Mr Blocker in Woof! (1989-93).
Facts
John was a member of the ensemble cast in the pilot episode of sitcom Dad's Army, but his character was dropped for the series as he was considered too similar to the bumbling Private Godfrey. He starred in TV adverts for Terry's Chocolate Orange spoofing the Indiana Jones films. He also wrote a couple of stage plays which were both premiered at the Edinburgh Festival, in 1991 and 1999. John's first wife was actress Elizabeth Shepherd (1959-62).
Derek Ware (Spaniard) February 27th 1938 to September 22nd 2015 (cancer) Click here for Derek Ware's entry on The Crusade
Paul Whitsun-Jones (Squire) April 25th 1923 to January 14th 1974 (appendicitis)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Squire in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Marshal in The Mutants (1972)
Career highlights
Paul's familiar face (and figure!) first graced our screens when he played James Fullalove in The Quatermass Experiment (1953), but viewers might also recognise him from The Passing Stranger (1954), Huntingtower (1957), The Moonraker (1958), Bonehead (1957-62, as the Boss), Better Late! (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Doctor in Distress (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), United! (1965), Mr Rose (1967), Wild, Wild Women (1969), Up Pompeii (1970), Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree (1971), Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Jason King (1972), Follyfoot (1973) and Keep It Up, Jack (1975). Paul played Porthos in The Three Musketeers (1954), and was the original Mr Bumble in the stage musical Oliver! in 1960.
Mike was a founding member of the Mikron Theatre Company in 1963, which still tours theatre aboard a canal boat (Turlough actor Mark Strickson was a member of this company for a time). Mike ran the company until 2005.
John Ringham (Josiah Blake) February 10th 1928 to October 20th 2008 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Tlotoxl in The Aztecs (1964)
Played: Josiah Blake in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Ashe in Colony in Space (1971)
Career highlights
John's acting career stretches as far back as Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans in 1957, and took in Very Important Person (1961), The Plane Makers (1963), The Forsyte Saga (1967), The Railway Children (1968), Up Pompeii (1970), The Pallisers (1974), Poldark (1975-76), Pennies from Heaven (1978), Maybury (1981) The Tripods (1985), Terry and June (1987), And There's More (1988), The Darling Buds of May (1991), The Governor (1995), Out of Sight (1997), The Secret of Eel Island (2005-07), V for Vendetta (2005) and Wallander (2008). He also played Captain Bailey in Dad's Army (1969-70), Superintendent Lake in Juliet Bravo (1980), Norman Warrender in Just Good Friends (1983-86) and Mr Blocker in Woof! (1989-93).
Facts
John was a member of the ensemble cast in the pilot episode of sitcom Dad's Army, but his character was dropped for the series as he was considered too similar to the bumbling Private Godfrey. He starred in TV adverts for Terry's Chocolate Orange spoofing the Indiana Jones films. He also wrote a couple of stage plays which were both premiered at the Edinburgh Festival, in 1991 and 1999. John's first wife was actress Elizabeth Shepherd (1959-62).
Derek Ware (Spaniard) February 27th 1938 to September 22nd 2015 (cancer) Click here for Derek Ware's entry on The Crusade
Paul Whitsun-Jones (Squire) April 25th 1923 to January 14th 1974 (appendicitis)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Squire in The Smugglers (1966)
Played: Marshal in The Mutants (1972)
Career highlights
Paul's familiar face (and figure!) first graced our screens when he played James Fullalove in The Quatermass Experiment (1953), but viewers might also recognise him from The Passing Stranger (1954), Huntingtower (1957), The Moonraker (1958), Bonehead (1957-62, as the Boss), Better Late! (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Doctor in Distress (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), United! (1965), Mr Rose (1967), Wild, Wild Women (1969), Up Pompeii (1970), Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree (1971), Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Jason King (1972), Follyfoot (1973) and Keep It Up, Jack (1975). Paul played Porthos in The Three Musketeers (1954), and was the original Mr Bumble in the stage musical Oliver! in 1960.
Facts
Paul's daughter Henrietta had a brief acting career in the early 1990s. Sadly, Paul died when she was only six years old. As an adult, Henrietta had two children - grandchildren Paul never met.
CREW
Brian Hayles (writer) March 7th 1931 to October 30th 1978 Click here for Brian Hayles's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Julia Smith (director) May 26th 1927 to June 19th 1997 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Julia's directing career began with Suspense in 1963, followed by Swizzlewick (1964), the soap Compact (1965), The Railway Children (1968), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963-69), The Newcomers (1966-69), Z Cars (1971-74), Angels (1975-76), Katy (1976), EastEnders (1985-89) and Civvy Street (1988). While becoming a respected director she also worked as producer on many of the same shows, as well as The District Nurse (1984/87) and Medics (1990). Along with Tony Holland, she also helped create the BBC soaps EastEnders in 1985 (which she also produced 1985-89) and Eldorado (1992-93).
Brian Hayles (writer) March 7th 1931 to October 30th 1978 Click here for Brian Hayles's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Julia Smith (director) May 26th 1927 to June 19th 1997 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Julia's directing career began with Suspense in 1963, followed by Swizzlewick (1964), the soap Compact (1965), The Railway Children (1968), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963-69), The Newcomers (1966-69), Z Cars (1971-74), Angels (1975-76), Katy (1976), EastEnders (1985-89) and Civvy Street (1988). While becoming a respected director she also worked as producer on many of the same shows, as well as The District Nurse (1984/87) and Medics (1990). Along with Tony Holland, she also helped create the BBC soaps EastEnders in 1985 (which she also produced 1985-89) and Eldorado (1992-93).
Facts
Julia's cousin is cinematographer Chris Menges, who won Oscars for his work on The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986). Julia was the real owner of Roly the poodle, a popular fixture in the early years of EastEnders.
Innes Lloyd (producer) December 24th 1925 to August 23rd 1991 Click here for Innes Lloyd's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Gerry Davis (script editor) February 23rd 1930 to August 31st 1991 (stomach cancer) Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
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