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Denis Lill (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Survivors'' as Charles Vaughan, ''
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'' as Alan Parry, ''
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'' as Dennis Broadley and as Consultant General Surgeon Mr Rose in the
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medical drama ''
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''.


Career

Lill joined the
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as a 13–course BES cadet entrant in 1959. It was in the RNZAF that he first expressed an interest in amateur dramatics and a fondness for mimicking characters of the BBC's ''The Goon Show''. Throughout his air force career, he involved himself in operatic and theatric productions. He left New Zealand for Britain in 1967. Some of his many film and television roles include ''
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'' (1974), '' Special Branch'' (1974 series 4,ep12), ''
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'' (1975), '' Survivors'' (1975–77), '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976), '' Bad Blood'' (1981), ''
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'' (1982), as
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, the Australian oil pioneer in Persia, in '' Reilly: Ace of Spies'' (1983), ''
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'' (1983–92), ''
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'' (1985–86), ''
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'' (1989–92), Batman, Red Dwarf (1 episode, 1990s) (1989), ''
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'' (1991), '' Richard III'' (1995), '' Evita'' (1996), '' The Opium War'' (1997), '' Rebecca'' (1997) Heartbeat (2002) and ''
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'' (2003-2011). Lill twice appeared in the
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series '' Doctor Who'': as Dr Fendelman in the 1977 serial ''
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'' and as Sir George Hutchinson in 1984's '' The Awakening''. After a one-off appearance in the first series of Terry Nation's post-apocalyptic drama '' Survivors'' as Charles Vaughan, he became the leading actor for the show's second and third series. Lill portrayed Bertie, the
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and later Edward the VII, in the 1978 period serial drama '' Lillie'' opposite Francesca Annis as
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. In 1980 he appeared in the role of Josef Merhart, a member of an
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syndicate involved in a
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robbery in the hard-hitting British police drama '' The Professionals;'' the episode titled ''"Hijack".'' In the 1990s he appeared in
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s ''Outside Edge'' as Dennis Broadley and ''Only Fools and Horses'' as Cassandra's father, Alan Parry. Lill appeared in the 1986 Sherlock Holmes adaptation of ''
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'' as Inspector Bradstreet, a character he played in two further Holmes adventures in 1988 & 1994. He also appeared as the drunken MP Sir Talbot Buxomly who died onscreen in an episode of ''
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'' and as the Beadle in ''
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''. He also appeared as Sir Reuben Astwell in "The Underdog" (1993) of the detective series ''
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''. He appeared in '' Red Dwarf'', playing a rogue simulant in "
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", in '' Bertie and Elizabeth'' as Clement Attlee (2002) and from 2003 until 2011 Lill starred in the
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drama ''
The Royal ''The Royal'' is a British period medical drama, produced by Yorkshire Television (later part of ITV Studios), and broadcast on ITV1 from 2003 until its cancellation in 2011. The series is set in the 1960s and focuses on the lives of the ...
'' as Consultant General Surgeon Mr. Rose. Lill has also worked in radio theatre with one of his memorable characters being the brother in Ron Blair's play '' The Christian Brothers.'' In 2014, he appeared in '' 24: Live Another Day''. In February 2016, Lill appeared in series 18 episode 4 " A Dying Art" of the ITV crime drama '' Midsomer Murders''. Lill appeared in Series 2 Episode 5 of "Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators" in March 2019.


Personal life

Lill resides in Ryme Intrinseca,
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, with his wife Vanessa. They have two children.


Selected filmography


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lill, Denis 1942 births Living people New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors People from Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel New Zealand expatriates in England