1978 (people)

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1978 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 1978, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 21 January - Writer Geoffrey Orme died.
• 25 January - Actor Fred Ferris died.
• 17 February - Actor Rory Kinnear was born.
• 31 March - Actor Daniel Mays was born.
• 1 April - Actor JJ Feild was born.
• 14 April - Actor Michelle Duncan was born.
• 11 May - Actor Warren Brown was born and actor Philip Ray died.
• 17 June - Actor James Corden was born.
• 1 July - Actor Kenneth Benda died.
• 8 July - Actor Eve Myles was born.
• 10 July - Actor Bryan Dick was born.
• 14 July - Actor Jack Woolgar died.
• 5 August - Script editor Brian Minchin was born.
• 9 August - Actor Daniela Denby-Ashe was born.
• 3 October - Actor Christian Coulson was born.
• 4 October - Actor Catherine Fleming died.
• 5 October - Actor May Warden died.
• 30 October - Writer Brian Hayles died.
• 11 November - Actor Vivienne Bennett died.
• 23 November - Actor Kayvan Novak was born.
• 28 November - Actor André Morell died.
• 20 December - Writer Eddie Robson was born.