Ian Saynor

{{short description|British film and television actor}}

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Ian Saynor is a British film and television actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1b15f8b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312014745/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1b15f8b|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2019|title=Ian Saynor|website=BFI}} He has appeared in various TV dramas set in Wales, including the film The Corn is Green, in which he played the major role of Morgan.{{cite book|author=Jeffrey Richards|title=Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=1997|page=223}} He also appeared in episodes of The District Nurse, but is best known for playing Merak in the 1979 Doctor Who serial The Armageddon Factor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b704d45f1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824015917/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b704d45f1|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2017|title=The Corn Is Green (1979)|website=BFI}}{{cite . He is also known for playing lodger Adam Lockett in the fourth and final series of the TV comedy The Cuckoo Waltz, when he replaced Lewis Collins as the 'cuckoo' in the happy home of the impoverished young couple of the series (1980 Granada TV). web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/armageddonfactor/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Armageddon Factor - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}} Ian also played Adrian in the Granada Television sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz. He is well known in and around Wales having worked for various production companies, notably S4C, BBC (including BBC Wales and BBC South), and has been involved in many stage productions, mostly in Cardiff and London.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/remembering-popular-welsh-series-dinas-2037099|title=Remembering popular Welsh series Dinas|last=WalesOnline|date=4 January 2012|website=walesonline}} He lives in the Cotswolds and continues to act.{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ian-Saynor/|title=Ian Saynor - 3 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}

In the 2018 bilingual drama series Hidden, Saynor played the father of lead detective Cadi John.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jul/02/missing-the-bridge-already-hidden-could-be-the-perfect-replacement|title=Missing The Bridge already? Hidden could be the perfect replacement|date=2 July 2018|website=The Guardian|author=Graeme Vertue|access-date=26 September 2024}}