Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham OBE (23 December 1909-24 July 2002 ) played Azmael in the Doctor Who television story The Twin Dilemma and voiced the President in the Doctor Who audio story The Paradise of Death.

He had earlier been considered for the role of Edward Waterfield in The Evil of the Daleks (DWM 200), Professor Hayter in Time-Flight, (TCH 35) and Hedin in Arc of Infinity. (TCH 36)

His career as an actor on stage, film, radio and television spanned over sixty years. Before making acting his full time career, he was the lift engineer who installed the lifts at the BBC Broadcasting House.

He was the oldest actor to have appeared in Doctor Who at the time of his death.