Stewart Bevan 1948-2022
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society have just announced the death of actor Stewart Bevan, who played Pro Clifford Jones in the 1973 story “The Green Death”
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Stewart Bevan, Prof. Jones in the seminal story "The Green Death". He was a lovely man, who will be enormously missed.
Here he is interviewed at The Capitol in 2018https://t.co/YUY5NpauC3
Deepest sympathies to @ManningOfficial pic.twitter.com/A1i1QmcCn1
— DWAS ONLINE (@DWASonline) February 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1495790087841493000
https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1495793401362591748
We are very sad to read the news that Stewart Bevan has passed away. Pictured here along with his "screen wife" @ManningOfficial in 2011. pic.twitter.com/A2rJ3zT7jQ
— Big Finish Insider (@bigfinish) February 21, 2022
Doctor Who actor Stewart Bevan dies, aged 73https://t.co/Jm2QWme6kP pic.twitter.com/3ZDqeogE7A
— Radio Times (@RadioTimes) February 21, 2022
Stewart Bevan (born 10 March 1948) was a British actor, best known for his performances in both film and television. His extensive career include the films Brannigan (1975), The Ghoul (1975), House of Mortal Sin (1976), Ivanhoe (1982), Chromophobia (2005) and The Scouting Book for Boys (2009) while on television, he is best known for playing Clifford Jones in Doctor Who (1973) and Ray Oswell in Emmerdale (1977).
Bevan was born into a Welsh family and spent his early years in Southall, Middlesex. It was while working in a menswear shop that a window dresser told Bevan that an amateur dramatics group he attended in the evenings was looking for members and he decided to go along with him. While attending these classes, Bevan participated in a drama festival at The Questors Theatre in which he played the main role as Alec in a production of Still Life for which he won an award for Best Actor. After enrolling at the Corona Theatre School he became friends with fellow actor Michael Des Barres and the pair went to audition for small roles as teenage schoolchildren for the film To Sir, with Love which they both got.
After his role in To Sir, with Love (1967), Bevan had a part in the film Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) before he went on to spend two years in a production of Conduct Unbecoming in the West End from 1969 to 1971 playing Lieutenant Edward Millington alongside Jeremy Clyde, Jeremy Bulloch and Gareth Hunt. His film credits include Burke & Hare (1972), The Flesh and Blood Show (1972), Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973), The Ghoul (1975), Brannigan (1975) and House of Mortal Sin (1976).
TV roles include: Public Eye, Secret Army, Shoestring, Blake’s 7, The Enigma Files, Ivanhoe, Airline, The Gentle Touch, Casualty, Silent Witness and Murder in Mind. He is well known for playing Professor Clifford Jones, love interest to popular companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning), in the 1973 Doctor Who serial The Green Death.
Bevan has also made many appearances in theatre including in Chase Me, Comrade, The Taming of the Shrew, Under Milk Wood, The Importance of Being Earnest, Come and Be Killed (1972), Fatal Affair (1974), Candida (1977) and Deathtrap in 2002 with David Soul and Susan Penhaligon.
In 2012, Bevan voiced the character of Inspector Nettles in an episode of the audio series Iris Wildthyme with Katy Manning for Big Finish Productions. Bevan also provided his voice for the part of BOSS for Big Finish Productions in their Torchwood audio series with Manning and John Barrowman.
In 2019, Bevan reprised his role as Clifford Jones opposite Manning in a trailer for the Doctor Who Season 10 Blu-Ray box-set in which he and Manning also feature in a documentary where they revisit the filming locations for The Green Death. In 2020, the pair starred in another trailer in their roles from Doctor Who, this time for the Season 8 Blu-Ray box-set.
Prior to filming Doctor Who Bevan became engaged to Katy Manning, reflecting the plot of their joint appearance in Doctor Who in which Manning’s character left the series to marry Bevan’s character.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1967 | To Sir, with Love | Schoolboy | |
1969 | Lock Up Your Daughters! | Tom | |
1972 | Burke & Hare | Bruce | |
1972 | The Flesh and Blood Show | Harry Mulligan | |
1973 | Steptoe and Son Ride Again | Vet | |
1975 | Brannigan | Alex | |
1975 | The Ghoul | Billy | |
1976 | House of Mortal Sin | Terry Wyatt | |
1976 | Spy Story | Sylvester | |
1981 | 4D Special Agents | Det. Sgt. Crane | |
2005 | Chromophobia | David | |
2009 | The Scouting Book for Boys | Frank |
Television
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1966 | The Troubleshooters | Twp Morris | Episode: “A Run for Their Money” |
1973 | Doctor Who | Prof. Clifford Jones | All 6 episodes of “The Green Death” |
1975 | Public Eye | Martins | 2 episodes |
1977 | Romance | Rupert | Episode: “Emily” |
1977 | Emmerdale | Ray Oswell | 8 episodes |
1978 | Accident | Interviewee | Episode: “Terri” |
1979 | Dick Turpin | Charles Fenton | Episode: “The Pursuit” |
1979 | Secret Army | Flight Sgt. Sharp | Episode: “The Last Run” |
1979 | Shoestring | Presenter | Episode: “Private Ear” |
1979 | Paul | Episode: “The Link-Up” | |
1979 | DJ | Episode: “Stamp Duty” | |
1980 | Blake’s 7 | Max | Episode: “Death-Watch” |
1980 | The Enigma Files | Lenny | Episode: “The Sweeper” |
1980 | The Onedin Line | The Mate | Episode: “A Royal Return” |
1981 | Lamaload | David | TV film |
1982 | Airline | Glover | Episode: “Conscience” |
1982 | Ivanhoe | Edward | TV film |
1983 | The Gentle Touch | Ray Gillespie | Episode: “Pressures” |
1983 | Nanny | Doctor Brogan | Episode: “The Sault” |
1983 | Number 10 | Peter Evans | Episode: “A Woman of Style” |
1984 | The Brief | Chief Insp. Long | 2 episodes |
1987 | A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery | Sergeant Ryder | Episode: “Strong Poison: Episode One” |
1988 | Casualty | Kenith Pollard | Episode: “Desperate Odds” |
1989 | Shalom Salaam | Richard | 2 episodes |
1989 | ScreenPlay | Stranger | Episode: “Seeing in the Dark” |
1994 | The House of Eliott | George Phillips | Episode: #3.7 |
1995 | The Bill | Howard Sharpe | Episode: “Journey Home” |
1996 | Crocodile Shoes II | Superior Officer | Episode: “Boom” |
1997 | Silent Witness | Wyn’s Man | 2 episodes |
1997 | Brookside | Mr. Dawson | Episode: #1.1899 |
2002 | Murder in Mind | Mourner | Episode: “Rage” |
2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Proprietor | TV film |
2005 | The Brief | Chairman of the Jury | Episode: “Blame” |