Name Douglas Simmonds Role Child actor | ||
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Born 18 February 1958 ( 1958-02-18 ) England, UK Occupation actor, physicist, researcher TV shows Here Come the Double Deckers Died 15 March 2011 (age 53), England, United Kingdom Nationality British Similar Debbie Russ, Michael Audreson, Gillian Bailey Zodiac Sign Aquarius |
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Douglas Simmonds (18 February 1958 – 15 March 2011) was a British child actor, who played the part of Doughnut in the British television show Here Come the Double Deckers.
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Simmonds left acting to work in science and medicine, training as a medical student before becoming a theoretical physicist and researcher. Following several years of service as a medical computing expert with the Department of Health, he retired to focus on gardening.
On 15 March 2011 Simmonds suffered a fatal heart attack.
Filmography
Actor
1971
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Schoolboy - Upton Grange
- O Fat White Woman (1971) - Schoolboy - Upton Grange
1970
Here Come the Double Deckers! (TV Series) as
Doughnut
- A Hit for a Miss (1971) - Doughnut
- Up to Scratch (1970) - Doughnut
- United We Stand (1970) - Doughnut
- Man's Best Friend (1970) - Doughnut
- Barney (1970) - Doughnut
- Invaders from Space (1970) - Doughnut
- A Helping Hound (1970) - Doughnut
- The Go-Karters (1970) - Doughnut
- Robbie the Robot (1970) - Doughnut
- Scooper Strikes Out (1970) - Doughnut
- The Pop Singer (1970) - Doughnut
- Summer Camp (1970) - Doughnut
- Happy Haunting (1970) - Doughnut
- Starstruck (1970) - Doughnut
- Get a Movie On (1970) - Doughnut
- The Case of the Missing Doughnut (1970) - Doughnut
- Tiger Takes Off (1970) - Doughnut
Archive Footage
2010
Double Decker Memories (Documentary short) as
Doughnut
References
Douglas Simmonds Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA