Hugh Walters (actor)

Hugh Walters
Photo © Peter Hall
Born	(1939-03-02)2 March 1939 Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	13 February 2015(2015-02-13) (aged 75) London, England
Occupation	Actor

Hugh Thornton Walters (2 March 1939 – 13 February 2015) was an English actor.

During the early 1990s, Hugh Walters appeared regularly on The Russ Abbot Show, and he played a recurring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Chance in a Million. His films include Catch Us If You Can (1965), Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967), Alfie Darling (1975), George and Mildred (1980), Brimstone and Treacle (1982), The Missionary (1982), 1984 (1984), The Innocent Sleep (1996) and Firelight (1997).

In 1975, Hugh Walters replaced Terry Scully in the role of Vic Thatcher late in the first series of the BBC series Survivors. Scully had appeared in 4 episodes, but then suffered a nervous breakdown, leaving the Survivors production team no choice but to recast the role of Vic with Vic's big episode Revenge coming up. Walters played Vic in episodes 11 and 13 of the first series.

Selected TV roles

• Nicholas Nickleby (1968) - Smike
• The Train Now Standing (1972) - Peter Pringle
• Survivors (1975) – Vic Thatcher
• Doctor Who
  • The Chase (1965) – William Shakespeare
  • The Deadly Assassin (1976) – Runcible
  • Revelation of the Daleks (1985) – Vogel
• Heartbeat – Arthur Skyes (1999) / Mr. Jones (2003)
• Cor, Blimey! (2000) - Charles Hawtrey

External links

• Hugh Walters at IMDb
• The Doctor Who Programme Guide, pp. 37, 136
• Obituary
• Doctor Who News - Obituary