Bruce Alexander Montague (24 March 1939 – 16 August 2022) was a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom ''

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''. He also acted in over 300 television productions – one of his earliest being in the 1965 sci-fi drama '' Undermind''. In 2000, he guest-starred in the ''

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'' audio adventure ''

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'' and, in the following year, he starred alongside Paul McGann in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''

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''. In 2015, he appeared as a guest role in '' Hollyoaks'' as

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Life and career

Montague played Mr. Brownlow in ''

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'' directed by Sam Mendes at the London Palladium for 3 years. He played in ''Phantom of the Opera'' directed by Hal Prince at Her Majesty's Theatre for 2 years. He starred as Abner Dillon in a UK tour of '' 42nd Street''. He would later reprise his role in the 2017 West End revival. He guest-starred in "Wild Justice", a 2013 episode of '' New Tricks''. In that episode was

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, one of his fellow cast members from ''Butterflies''. In 2015, he starred in ''

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'' by Harvey Fierstein. In October 2019, he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' alongside former ''Butterflies'' co-star

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Personal life

Montague lived in

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with his wife, actress and novelist, Barbara Latham. They were married from 1962 until her death in April 2022, and had three children. Montague died from cancer on 16 August 2022, at the age of 83.

Filmography

References

External links

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A profile of Bruce Montague
* 1939 births 2022 deaths 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of RADA Deaths from cancer in England English male stage actors English male television actors English musical theatre actors Male actors from Kent People from Deal, Kent People from Hove {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub