Timeline for 1956 |
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In 1956, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.
- 9 January - Actor Imelda Staunton was born.[1]
- 11 January - Actor Phyllis Logan was born.[2]
- 21 January - Actor William Gaminara was born.[3]
- 25 January - Presenter Bill Turnbull was born.[4]
- 30 January - Actor Jeremy Gittins was born.[5]
- 2 February - Actor Philip Franks was born.[6]
- 3 February - Actor Ellen Thomas was born.[7]
- 6 February - Actor Daniel Hill was born.[8]
- 7 February - Actor Bhasker Patel was born.[9]
- 9 March - Actor Mark Straker was born.[10]
- 10 March - Actor Lesley Dunlop was born.[11]
- 12 March - Actor Lesley Manville was born.[12]
- 13 March - Actor Dione Inman was born.[13]
- 16 March - Actor Melanie Kilburn was born.[14]
- 18 April - Actor Eric Roberts was born.[15]
- 26 April - Actor Ron Donachie was born.[16]
- 27 April - Actor Kevin McNally was born.[17]
- 9 May - Actor Jane Booker was born.[18]
- 12 May - Actor Christopher Good was born.[19]
- 15 May - Controller of BBC One Peter Salmon was born.[20]
- 18 June - Actor Dominic Guard was born.[21]
- 1 July - Writer Matthew Jacobs was born.[22]
- 16 July - Actor Adrian Mills was born.[23]
- 17 July - Animatronic designer Tim Rose was born.[24]
- 26 July - Controller of BBC One Peter Fincham was born.[25]
- 8 August - Actor Jim Sweeney was born.
- 18 August - Composer John Debney was born.[26]
- 20 August - Actor Simon Shepherd was born.[27]
- 18 September - Actor Tim McInnerny was born.[28]
- 28 September - Actor Chris Jury was born.[29]
- 28 September - Actor Kiran Shah was born.[30]
- 8 October - Actor James Coombes was born.[31]
- 16 October - Actor Anna Savva was born.[32]
- 30 October - Actor Juliet Stevenson was born.[33]
- 8 November - Writer Richard Curtis was born.[34][35]
- 16 November- Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey was born.[36]
- 16 November - Director Karl Zwicky was born.[37]
- 29 November - Actor Owen Aaronovitch was born.[38]
- 17 December - Actor Owen Brenman was born.[39]
- 29 December - Actor Bernard Padden was born.[40]
- Unknown - Actor Joanna Munro was born.
Footnotes
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
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- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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- ↑ Aveleyman
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- ↑ Doctor Who Giode
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- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Super Stars Bio
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- ↑ IMDb
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- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Discogs
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Super Stars Bio
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Richard Curtis. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved on 10 March 2017.
- ↑ Roberts, Jem. The True History of the Blackadder. London: Arrow Books, 2013. Print.
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ All Famous Birthdays
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- ↑ Doctor Who Guide