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Actor Joss Ackland has passed away. He was retired since 2014 but had many great parts, most memorable for us in THE MORNING AFTER as brigadier Hansing.

A favourite actor of mine, I especially remember him for his parts in The Persuaders, Flawless...

German (voice) actor Elmar Wepper has passed away.
His connection to The Avengers is that he was the (primary) voice of Mike Gambit in the German dubbing.

Here are list of the performers who participated in The Avengers and who are currently alive and possibly alive.

I started this research from 2015 when I planned to do interviews with different people participating in the Avengers/TNA. The first...

This query may have already been addressed in this thread or elsewhere, and if so please pardon.

The scene in the reading room early on when the murder occurs and no one interrupts reading...there is a woman, back to the camera, wearing a yellow...

I've built a quick and somewhat rough page that sorts my cast & crew data by number of appearances. It does include all the extras as well as principal cast and guest actors, so it's a bit misleading, but you can see who appeared most, and least, at...

A recent(ish) interview with the elusive Sally Smith! She played Bunty in Toy Trap (1961), who was a family friend of Dr Keel's. She is more famous for playing Dr Corder's daughter in the superb 1963 series The Human Jungle opposite Herbert Lom....

It is a mystery to me why - having written this wonderfully quirky, off-beat episode A Surfeit of H20, he was never asked back. Also, my internet searches have offered up almost no information about him. A mystery man?

Actress Sarah Lawson has passed away. She had a part in How to Succeed .... At Murder as Mary Merryweather and I guess most Avengers fans will have seen her in at least some other roles given her quite impressive career. She was also the wife and...

British actor John Nettleton has passed away, having played many parts he also featured in The Avengers episodes THE SEE-THROUGH MAN and THE ROTTERS, but will probably be best know as the arch bureaucrat Sir Arnold in Yes (Prime) Minister a role in...

British actress Angela Thorne has passed away. Know for a many roles (To the Manor Born being probably the most prominent one) she started her on screen career in The Avengers with a small part in MISSION TO MONTREAL.

At the age of 90 (New) Avengers stuntman, actor and director RAY AUSTIN has passed away.

No official source for this yet, but it is reported on the net and his son confirms on facebook.

Something that was brought up at the Avengers 50 Celebration was the whereabouts of Rhonda Parker. Nobody seemed to know....then someone said that she was currently homeless :cry:

Can anyone who was at Chichester remember who said that? It's very...

Maybe an iffy one to include, but still: Paul O'Grady has died. Not directly connected to The Avengers, he was however one of the most famous fans of The Avengers, he hosted the 50th anniversary event, had Honor Blackman on his tv programme and...

Thanks for everything Tim. RIP.

RIP

Actress Helen Lindsay has died aged 93. She appeared in two Avengers episodes. Nightmare as Faith Browntree from season one and Brief for Murder as Barbara Kingston QC from season 3 - both times for director Peter Hammond.

Her list of...

Actor Murray Melvin has passed away. An actor with a quite impressive career who is connected to The Avengers for appearing in Hot Snow. The very first episode of The Avengers in now left with one surviving cast member (Astor Sklair).

French Canadian film and tv director Claude Fournier has passed away.
Amongst his many lowly appreciated works was The New Avengers episode The Gladiators.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting to rapidly lose the performers, who appeared in The Avengers/TNA. It was revealed that Frank Mills, another Coronation Street actor, died on February 11 at the age of 93.

Frank played Harrap in the Avengers...

The actor who played Prince Ali in Honey For The Prince has died at the age of 91:

He also appeared in Man In A Suitcase, The Champions, Danger Man and Minder.

RIP.

New interesting topic

Performers who participated in the series, according to the different media (mainly printed press), which in the majority can be trusted, but have not been identified. This is possible that many people listed below were...

Sad news that Gerry O'Hara, director of two Series 4 episodes, has passed away. 98 is a ripe old age though! Rodney Marshall mentions it on his Twitter:

According to a private record on Ancestry, Australian-born actor Leon Lissek, who appeared as taxi driver in the Avengers episode The Forget-Me-Knot, died on 13 January 2022. In addition, Lissek's death was announced by the entertainment union...

Actor Christian Roberts died on 26 December aged 78. His old school has tweeted:

We are very sorry to pass on the sad news that Christian Roberts (East 1962) passed away peacefully on Boxing Day. Christian was an excellent sportsman, a...

Sadly we have lost actor Stephen Greif who played Juventor in The New Avengers ' episode Three Handed Game . Among many distinguished roles he was particularly well-known to science fiction fans for his portrayal of Space Commander Travis in the BBC...

Sadly, the prolific actor who appeared in 4 episodes of The Avengers has died at the age of 85 from cancer:

A very sad loss. RIP.