Philip Madoc
| Philip Madoc | |
|---|---|
| Born | Philip Jones[citation needed] 5 July 1934 Bryn St., Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962- |
Philip Madoc (born 5 July 1934 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor who has had many television and film roles.
One prominent role was the title character in the BBC Wales drama The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. However, he first gained widespread recognition in two TV serials, first as the relentless SS Officer Lutzig in the WW2 serial Manhunt (1969), and then as the vicious Huron warrior Magua in a serialisation of The Last of the Mohicans (1971). He reprised the character of Lutzig somewhat in a later episode of the comedy Dad's Army, "The Deadly Attachment", where he played a U-boat Captain held prisoner by the Walmington-on-Sea platoon of the Home Guard. Philip Madoc's ability to give life to German villains also surfaced in the Kenneth Branagh/Emma Thompson TV series The Fortunes of War directed by James Cellan-Jones. He also appeared in an episode of Porridge ("Disturbing The Peace") by comparing his "large sexual appetite" with that of the frog. He also appeared in a controversial episode of The Goodies ("South Africa"), which satirised apartheid.
Film roles include Operation Crossbow (1965), The Quiller Memorandum (1966) and Operation Daybreak (1975).
In 1966 he appeared in the movie Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. Later he had several roles in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He appeared in two Second Doctor serials — The Krotons and The War Games and in the 1970s he appeared in two Fourth Doctor serials — The Brain of Morbius and The Power of Kroll. He has recorded DVD commentaries for The War Games and The Brain of Morbius and he was interviewed about his roles in Doctor Who in "Philip Madoc - A Villain for All Seasons", which appeared as an extra on the DVD for The Power of Kroll. In 2003, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure, Master.
[edit] Other Sci-Fi
He appeared twice in the drama series UFO, once as the partner of Ed Straker's estranged wife and once as the captain of a British warship under attack by the aliens.
He had a brief appearance as Commander Anton Gorski in the pilot episode of Space: 1999 (1975) who was replaced by Commander John Koenig for the remainder of the series.
He also made a memorable guest appearance in the Survivors television series.
[edit] Other appearances
Madoc also starred in the 1990s detective series A Mind to Kill as DCI Noel Bain. This series was made simultaneously in Welsh and English from 1994 - 2002.
He appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom The Good Life, playing a senior company executive.
Madoc's voice can be heard reading Bible quotations on a variant of the VoCo alarm clock and has also starred as Ellis Peters' medieval detective Brother Cadfael in the BBC Radio 4 Adaptations of Monk's Hood, The Virgin in the Ice and Dead Man's Ransom based on the novels by Ellis Peters. He has recorded a 12-CD audiobook of selections from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
In 2007 he appeared as "Y Llywydd" The President in S4C gangster series Y Pris, where he acts and speaks in his native Welsh.
Madoc is also a linguist who studied languages at the Universities of Wales and Vienna and has worked as an interpreter. He is patron to a St Albans based theatre school for children Best Theatre Arts.
Madoc also was the narrator for the Discovery Channel documentary series Egypt Uncovered.
He was married for a time to the actress Ruth Madoc, but they later divorced.
