John Carson RIP

mariocki · Post by **mariocki** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 2:57 pm

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.

mrs_emma_peel · Post by **mrs_emma_peel** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 4:41 pm

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.

darren · Post by **darren** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:13 pm

One of my favourite guest actors - he was superb in all his episodes but i especially love him as Halvarssen in Second Sight.

A true character actor!

RIP

Spaceship Dispatcher · Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:52 pm

Very sad news, my favourite John Carson roles were in the Hammer film Plague of the Zombies and the Doctor Who story Snakedance.

anti-clockwise · Post by **anti-clockwise** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:49 am

Loved him as Fitch, one of the creepiest henchmen on the show. Can anyone list the other TA episodes he appeared in? RIP to a most memorable character actor.

mariocki · Post by **mariocki** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:36 am

His four appearances were:

A Chorus of Frogs
Second Sight
Dial A Deadly Number and
The Midas Touch.

Rodders · Post by **Rodders** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:35 pm

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.