Sad news that John, who made four appearances in the show, passed away yesterday in South Africa. He was a great actor with a very long list of credits and a very entertaining guest at the Avengers 50th celebration at Chichester.
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/de ... 014/carson
A very sad loss.
John Carson RIP
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Very sad news. He was a very accomplished actor with a beautifully smooth voice. I think his most memorable Avengers performance was as Fitch - Mrs Peel"s potential nemesis in Dial A Deadly Number. I last watched John in the excellent thriller The Man Who Haunted Himself opposite Roger Moore.
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He was wonderful as Fitch, who is both a henchman and a diabolical mastermind. He is also fantastic as John Gilsen in the titular role in the MIAS episode Dead Man's Shoes. He used to own a property near us in France and people there said that he was an absolute gentleman. RIP.
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