Dickon Tolson is a

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actor who started training at the

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school when he was 8 years old. Between 1996 and 1998, he appeared as Lee Simms in 12 episodes of ''

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''. In 1998, he appeared as 'Dirty Dave' in

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. In 2005 he appeared in ''

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'' playing a young

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who was killed during the war. This special flashback episode was to mark

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and also featured a guest appearance from ''

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'' star Trevor Peacock. Other shows Tolson has appeared include veteran hospital drama ''Casualty (television), Casualty'', ''The Bill'', ''Wire in the Blood'' The one off drama 'Hot Money' On ITV1 in 2001, ''Silent Witness''. In 2005, he guest starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''The Game (Doctor Who audio), The Game''. He also works for a theatre company called Big Foot. Previously, he taught drama at Aylwin Girls School in Bermondsey, south east London. Tolson holds a degree in philosophy, graduating from Middlesex University in 1997.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolson, Dickon Living people British male television actors Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School Alumni of Middlesex University 1973 births