Geoffrey Toone

Irish character actor Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910-1 June 2005) played Temmosus in Dr. Who and the Daleks and Hepesh in The Curse of Peladon. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1910.

At the time of his death, Toone was one of the last survivors of the theatre company of the 1930s, having appeared alongside the likes of  and  in productions of Shakespeare. He also appeared in a famous production of which had been designed by.

A onetime matinee idol, Toone's film roles after the 1930s were mostly in supporting parts, usually as authority figures, though he did play the lead character in the production,  in 1961. He also played Sir Edward Ramsey in the 1956 musical film and had a role in the BBC television series. Other roles included guest appearances on, All Creatures Great and Small, Only Fools and Horses, and. Perhaps his most famous television role was as the villainous Von Gelb in Freewheelers, a children's spy series produced by ITV from 1968 to 1969. His last role was in the 1997 television movie The Apocalypse Watch.

Toone shared a home for several years with fellow actor Frank Middlemas. He died from natural causes at the Danville Hall rest home for actors in, in 2005, aged 94.