Ian Collier

{{Short description|British actor (1943–2008)}}

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| birth_name = Ian Gordon Arthur Collier

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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|10|1|1943|1|25}}

| death_place = London, England

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Ian Gordon Arthur Collier (25 January 1943 – 1 October 2008) was a British actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2008/ian-collier/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630234111/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2008/ian-collier/ |archive-date=30 June 2015 | newspaper=The Stage | date=4 October 2008 | accessdate=12 May 2009 | title=Ian Collier}}

Collier appeared on stage in Tony Richardson's production of Hamlet in 1969 at London's Roundhouse, and at the Lunt-Fontanne theater in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2/hamlet/production/v8x|title=Production of Hamlet | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/hamlet-2866#OpeningNightCast|title=Hamlet – Broadway Play – 1969 Revival | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}} Other repertory work includes appearances in Barrow-in-Furness and Liverpool, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company.[https://books.google.com/books?id=sMpBAQAAIAAJ&q=Ian+Collier+Royal+Shakespeare Spotlight - Issue 130, Part 1 - Page 679] He also appeared in various television programmes including Rentaghost, Hi-de-Hi! and Howards' Way as well as in the Doctor Who serial The Time Monster.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22337|title=Ian Collier|website=www.aveleyman.com}}

Collier portrayed the villain Omega in the Fifth Doctor serial Arc of Infinity and later in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Omega.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/arcinfinity/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Arc of Infinity - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}} He played Bernice Summerfield's father, Isaac Summerfield, in Death and the Daleks, and he guest starred in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio drama Excelis Decays.{{Cite web|url=http://www.drwhoguide.com/bs_a12.htm|title=Bernice Summerfield: Death and the Daleks|website=www.drwhoguide.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Excelisdecays.htm|title=Excelis Decays|website=www.clivebanks.co.uk}} Among his other television appearances was a guest part in an episode of Are You Being Served? in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/are_you_being_served/episodes/10/3/|title=Are You Being Served? Series 10, Episode 3 - The Hold Up|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}

Collier's film credits included roles in Hamlet (1969), The Next Man (1976), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979) and Heritage Africa (1989).{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2cb4184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924091400/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2cb4184|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2021|title=Ian Collier|website=BFI}}

Collier died on 1 October 2008 of unspecified causes.