Tony Caunter
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| Tony Caunter | |
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| Born | 22 September 1937 Southampton, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1963–2008 |
Anthony Patrick "Tony" Caunter (born 22 September 1937) is a British actor best known for his role as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire TV sitcom Queenie's Castle and also his portrayal of Roy Evans in EastEnders from 1994-2003.
The second son of Annie Margaret (nee Stratton) and Roy Hobert Caunter (1903-1974), Caunter attended Worthing and Westcliff High Schools, before service in the RAF and training as an actor at LAMDA. Caunter has an older brother, Roger Charles Caunter. Counter's mother, Annie, died when Caunter was just ten years old in 1948. Caunter is married to Frances Wallace and has four children, Nicholas, Sarah, James & William Caunter.
His numerous television credits include Z-Cars, The Avengers, London's Burning, Queenie's Castle, The Saint, The Champions, Dixon of Dock Green, Catweazle, The Main Chance, The Professionals, The Sweeney, Minder, Pennies From Heaven, Westbeach, Howards' Way, Lovejoy, May to December, Boon, Heartbeat, Juliet Bravo, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. He played Titanic's chief officer Henry Wilde in S.O.S. Titanic. In The Chief, he played Deputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine from 1990 to 1994. On three occasions he has appeared on Doctor Who (in the episodes The Crusade, Colony in Space and Enlightenment), and has also featured on Blake's 7.
He appeared as a credited player in the 1965 film The Hill alongside other well known British actors such as Michael Redgrave, Harry Andrews, Sean Connery and Ian Hendry.
In addition to "Queenie's Castle"(1970), Tony has further experience as a comic actor in the early 1970s comedies All Our Saturdays (1973) and Beryl's Lot (1973).
