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Brown Derby
Born5 May 1914
Died17 July 2000
OccupationActor

Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000)[1] was a Scottish film and television actor. He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949).[2][3] Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, and many other British television shows.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Brown Derby". BFI.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Queen of Spades, The (1949) Credits".
  3. ^ Philip Horne. "Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his work not better known?". the Guardian.
  4. ^ "BBC One - The Omega Factor, The Undiscovered Country". BBC.
  5. ^ http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=1597
  6. ^ "Brown Derby".
  7. ^ "Brown Derby". TV.com. CBS Interactive.