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Years active
  
1948–1991

TV shows
  
EastEnders

Died
  
May 9, 2014

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Donald Tandy


Born
  
20 December 1918
London, England

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Donald E. Tandy (20 December 1918 — 9 May 2014) was an English actor who appeared in over a dozen films (usually in minor or uncredited roles) and several dozens of televisions shows during his career. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tom Clements in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

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Career

Tandy started his career in 1950 in the low-budget film Chance of a Lifetime.

He appeared in many television programmes including Man from Interpol, You Can't Win, The Avengers, The Saint, Danger Man, Sergeant Cork, Sherlock Holmes, The Troubleshooters, Colditz and Escape.

He appeared in EastEnders from 1986 to 1988. He played the Queen Vic potman, Tom Clements. His character was killed off in mid-1988.

Film

  • Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
  • Hand in Hand (1960)
  • Crossroads to Crime (1960)
  • The Middle Course (1961)
  • Doomsday at Eleven (1963)
  • Farewell Performance (1963)
  • Game for Three Losers (1965)
  • Twenty-One (1991) - Bobby's Father (Last appearance)
  • Television

  • Sunday Night Theatre (2 episodes, 1950-1959)
  • Redgauntlet (1 episode, 1959)
  • Man from Interpol (2 episodes, 1960)
  • ITV Play of the Week (1 episode, 1960)
  • The Winter's Tale (1962)
  • The Avengers (1 episode, 1962)
  • Hancock (1 episode, 1963)
  • The Saint (1 episode, 1963)
  • Suspense (2 episodes, 1963)
  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1 episode, 1963)
  • The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1 episode, 1965)
  • Sergeant Cork (2 episodes, 1966)
  • Sherlock Holmes (1 episode, 1968)
  • Mogul (1 episode, 1969)
  • Softly Softly (2 episodes, 1966-1970)
  • Dixon of Dock Green (2 episodes, 1971-1974)
  • Out of the Past (1 episode, 1974)
  • Brendon Chase (2 episodes, 1981)
  • Weekend Playhouse (1 episode, 1984)
  • EastEnders (1986-1988)
  • References

    Donald Tandy Wikipedia