12 Facts About Graham Crowden

Graham Crowden was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric scientist, teacher and doctor characters.

Graham Crowden was educated at Clifton Hall School and the Edinburgh Academy before serving briefly in the Royal Scots Youth Battalion of the army until he was injured in an accident.

Graham Crowden's sister, Anne Crowden was a world renowned prominent classical musician and founder of the Crowden Music School, which has rich history of many renowned graduates, faculty, and history of board members in Berkeley, California.

Graham Crowden had a long theatrical career, most notably at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre where he performed as The Player King in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a play by Tom Stoppard.

Graham Crowden played the eccentric history master in Anderson's if.

Graham Crowden was offered the role of the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who in 1974, when Jon Pertwee left the role but turned it down, informing producer Barry Letts that he was not prepared to commit himself to the series for three years.

Graham Crowden's potential hiring was the reason why Ian Marter was originally hired for a role, as the producers and directors considered Graham Crowden too old to be seen running about and taking on a larger physical role.

Graham Crowden appeared in The Horns of Nimon as a villain opposite Baker.

In 1994, Graham Crowden played the part of Professor Pollux in the BBC TV adaptation of the John Hadfield novel Love on a Branch Line.

Graham Crowden then voiced the role of Mustrum Ridcully in the 1997 animated Cosgrove Hall production of Terry Pratchett's Soul Music.

For many years in later life, Graham Crowden lived in Mill Hill, London.

Graham Crowden died on 19 October 2010 in Edinburgh after a short illness, survived by his wife, Phyllida Hewat, whom he married in 1952, a son and three daughters, one of whom, Sarah Graham Crowden, followed him into acting.