12 Facts About Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale Landen performed in many Shakespeare plays at Stratford-upon-Avon and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

Dinsdale Landen made his television debut in 1959 as the adult Pip in an adaptation of Great Expectations and made his film debut in 1960, with a walk-on part in The League of Gentlemen.

Dinsdale Landen appeared in James Saunders's play Bodies in the West End in 1979, receiving a nomination for a Society of West End Theatre Award.

Dinsdale Landen portrayed Rupert Purvis in the 1982 production of Tom Stoppard's play The Dog It Was That Died, and played the urbane Ambassador McKenzie in BBC Radio 4 series of Flying the Flag.

Dinsdale Landen played Dr Mark Thorn, Guardians officer and official psychiatrist, in Episode 6 of the 1971 London Weekend Television series, The Guardians.

Dinsdale Landen was the only actor to play the same character, private detective Matthew Earp, in two episodes of Thriller.

Dinsdale Landen appeared in The Glittering Prizes as Gavin Pope.

In 1977, Dinsdale Landen starred in his own situation comedy, Devenish, playing a Basil Fawlty-type character in a Reggie Perrin-type situation, designing board games.

In 1984, Dinsdale Landen played Jean-Martin Charcot in the television series Freud.

Dinsdale Landen played a recurring role on Lovejoy, a mentor to the main character during the series run in the 1990s.

Dinsdale Landen died at his home in South Creake, Norfolk, on 29 December 2003 after becoming ill with pneumonia.

Dinsdale Landen had been diagnosed with oral cancer several years before his death, but was in remission at the time.