17 Facts About Tony Beckley

Tony Beckley was a child out of wedlock and never met his father.

Tony Beckley left school at the age of 16 in pursuit of his acting career.

Tony Beckley worked as a stage sweeper and tea maker for two or three months, then moved to London.

Tony Beckley joined RADA on an ex-Navy grant and during his two-year training befriended people such as actress Sheila Hancock and playwright Charles Laurence.

Tony Beckley appeared in a number of films for director Peter Collinson: The Penthouse ; The Long Day's Dying ; and most memorably as Camp Freddie in The Italian Job.

Tony Beckley's only starring role was as the psychotic Kenny Wemys in The Fiend, and he made his last film appearance in 1979 playing another psychopath in When a Stranger Calls.

On television, Tony Beckley played the villainous Harrison Chase in the six-part Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom.

Tony Beckley guest-starred on shows such as Manhunt, Callan, Jason King, and Special Branch.

Tony Beckley remained active in the theatre, appearing in the West End in Tennessee Williams' Small Craft Warnings with Elaine Stritch and in Snap with Maggie Smith.

Tony Beckley died six months after the premiere of When a Stranger Calls.

Tony Beckley was supposed to co-star with Elizabeth Montgomery in a television movie titled My Fat Friend and appear in a film, American Dreamer.

Tony Beckley was to appear in the NBC miniseries Beulah Land alongside Lesley Ann Warren, Don Johnson and others.

Tony Beckley died at the Medical Center of the University of California in Los Angeles and is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Tony Beckley remarked that he would be surprised if people could find anything psychotic in his behaviour.

For more than 15 years, Tony Beckley was in a relationship with film producer Barry Krost.

When Krost opened his own management company, Tony Beckley became his first client.

Krost produced Tony Beckley's last film When a Stranger Calls and was a production associate on The Penthouse.