10 Facts About Malcolm McFee

Malcolm McFee made his first appearance on television in 1967.

Malcolm McFee was unavailable for season one as he was appearing in the West End play Forget-Me-Not-Lane and the part of Craven was played for that season by Leon Vitali.

Malcolm McFee appeared on television many times in the 1970s but was only rarely seen after this, until 1993.

Malcolm McFee appeared as a guest on This is Your Life for John Alderton in 1974, and presented three episodes of BBC pre-school programme You and Me in 1978.

Malcolm McFee was the reporter and clown in the 1980s BBC schools science programme Science Workshop.

From 1960 to 1965, Malcolm McFee attended Plaistow County Grammar School.

Malcolm McFee was briefly the drummer in a band called The Abstracts with some schoolfriends before devoting himself to acting.

Malcolm McFee had three children, including a daughter, Victoria, born to Margaret in 1980.

Malcolm McFee died suddenly on 18 November 2001, at the age of 52, at his home in Braintree, Essex, shortly before he was due to appear as a dame in a pantomime of Beauty and the Beast at the Elgiva Theatre in Chesham.

Malcolm McFee had been raising money for the Oncology Department of Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex as a "Thank you" for the treatment he received from them.