Gareth Jones (actor)
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Gareth Jones (6 June 1925 Lampeter, Wales – 30 November 1958) was a British actor, chiefly remembered for the circumstances of his death.
During the live television broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play Underground on the ITV network in the UK, Jones suffered a massive heart attack and died during a live television video production off camera, between two of his scenes while in make-up. Director Ted Kotcheff was forced to improvise with his cast to carry on the play to its conclusion, with producer Sydney Newman ordering him to "shoot it like a football match". Coincidentally, his character was to have suffered a heart attack during the play.
Jones had previously appeared in a BBC Television adaptation of Under Milk Wood in 1957.
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