Victor Winding (30 January 1929 – 9 October 2014) was a British actor born in Lambeth, London. He appeared in "

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in which he played the character called Spencer, an airline pilot at

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, where his identity was taken over by a chameleon. He also appeared in seasons 1-3 of the tv series The Expert from 1968 to 1971 as series regular Det. Chief Inspector Fleming alongside star

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Biography

Winding was educated at

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and initially trained as a draughtsman but acted in amateur dramatics and taught drama at night school. In 1958, aged 29, he joined Farnham Repertory Theatre. The Castle Theatre was opened in 1941, and operated as a weekly repertory theatre. The English Classical Players' European tour was cut short by the outbreak of war and the actors decided to make their base in Farnham. Three years later in 1961 he worked with

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in London. His first TV acting role was in ''

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'' in 1957 playing the part of Dr Fairfax. At the age of 34 in 1963 Winding acted in James Saunders' play ''Next Time I'll Sing To You'', at the

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in London, England with actor Barry Foster,

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, and

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in the cast. His West End theatre performances included ''Poor Bitos'' by

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translated by Lucienne Hill at the

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, St. Martin's Lane, London in 1964 and also The Merchant of Venice. His film roles included appearances in 3 Pete Walker horror movies, namely '' Frightmare'' (1974), '' House of Mortal Sin'' (1975), and '' Schizo'' (1976). His other films included '' The System'' (1964), ''

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'' (1978) as a senior police officer, and '' The Sailor's Return'' (1978) in which he played the ship's captain. He made numerous TV appearances notably in the series ''

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'' (in the series set in 1890) in which he played the character Barnaby Sweet (broadcast 1970), later also as Benjamin Sweet (both in the series set in 1928 and also 1945, broadcast 1971–1973). He appeared in seasons 1-3 of the series The Expert from 1968 to 1971 as series regular Det. Chief Inspector Fleming alongside star

. He also appeared in ''

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'' (as a policeman in the 1986 episode " The Key") and in ''

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''. Other TV included ''

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'' (he played the character Victor Lee in several editions from 1978 to 1979), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Jemina Shore Investigates'' (1983), ''

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'' (1983) playing the character Colin Simmonds, '' Shelley'' (playing the sergeant in the episode called "Owed to the Electrician" in 1984), ''Menace Unseen'' (1988), ''

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'' (1989) and ''

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''. In 1992 he played the part of Kenneth Pigot in the TV series '' Crime Story''. Winding divorced from Rosalind Allen and had three daughters and a son: Celia, Kay, Julian and Jane.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winding, Victor 1929 births 2014 deaths Male actors from London Alumni of the Westminster School of Art English male stage actors People from Lambeth English male television actors