Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 â€" 5 March 2012)
was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film
roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and
often playing villains and officers. On television, he starred as
David Lloyd George in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
and DCI Noel Bain in the detective series A Mind to Kill (1994-2002).
His guest roles included multiple appearances in the cult series The
Avengers (1962â€"68) and Doctor Who (1968-1979), as well as playing
the U-boat captain in the Dad's Army episode "The Deadly Attachment"
(1973). He was also known to be an accomplished linguist.Madoc was
born near Merthyr Tydfil and attended Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School,
where he was a member of the cricket and rugby teams, and displayed
talent as a linguist. He then studied languages at University College
Cardiff and the University of Vienna. He eventually spoke seven
languages, including Russian and Swedish, and had a working knowledge
of Huron Indian, Hindi and Mandarin. He worked as an interpreter, but
became disenchanted with having to translate for politicians: "I did
dry-as-dust jobs like political interpreting. You get to despise
politicians when you have to translate the rubbish they spout." He
then switched to acting and won a place at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art (RADA).Madoc acted on stage with the Royal Shakespeare
Company, playing the roles of Iago, Othello and Dr Faust. As a
television actor he first gained widespread recognition in two
serials, first as the relentless SS Officer Lutzig in the Second World
War serial Manhunt (1969), and then as the vicious Huron warrior Magua
in a serialisation of The Last of the Mohicans (1971).
was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film
roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and
often playing villains and officers. On television, he starred as
David Lloyd George in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
and DCI Noel Bain in the detective series A Mind to Kill (1994-2002).
His guest roles included multiple appearances in the cult series The
Avengers (1962â€"68) and Doctor Who (1968-1979), as well as playing
the U-boat captain in the Dad's Army episode "The Deadly Attachment"
(1973). He was also known to be an accomplished linguist.Madoc was
born near Merthyr Tydfil and attended Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School,
where he was a member of the cricket and rugby teams, and displayed
talent as a linguist. He then studied languages at University College
Cardiff and the University of Vienna. He eventually spoke seven
languages, including Russian and Swedish, and had a working knowledge
of Huron Indian, Hindi and Mandarin. He worked as an interpreter, but
became disenchanted with having to translate for politicians: "I did
dry-as-dust jobs like political interpreting. You get to despise
politicians when you have to translate the rubbish they spout." He
then switched to acting and won a place at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art (RADA).Madoc acted on stage with the Royal Shakespeare
Company, playing the roles of Iago, Othello and Dr Faust. As a
television actor he first gained widespread recognition in two
serials, first as the relentless SS Officer Lutzig in the Second World
War serial Manhunt (1969), and then as the vicious Huron warrior Magua
in a serialisation of The Last of the Mohicans (1971).
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