Noel Coleman

{{Infobox person

| name = Noel Coleman

| image = Noel_Coleman.jpg

| imagesize =

| birth_name = Noel Philip Coleman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|10|12|1919|11|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = England

| alma_mater = RADA

| occupation = Actor

}}

Noel Coleman (26 November 1919 – 12 October 2007){{Cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/19819/obituaries-round-up |title=Obituaries round-up |accessdate=2012-06-06 |work=thestage.co.uk}} was an English actor who appeared in many television roles.

Early life

Coleman trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/noel-coleman/|title=Noel Coleman — RADA|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba936c818|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208231853/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba936c818|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2019|title=Noël Coleman|website=BFI}}

Career

Coleman appeared in the 1969 Doctor Who serial The War Games as General Smythe and in Red Dwarf as the Cat Priest in the episode "Waiting for God".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/wargames/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The War Games - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dhdc8/red-dwarf--s1-e4-waiting-for-god/|title=Red Dwarf - S1 - Episode 4: Waiting for God|website=Radio Times}} In the mid-1980s he had a recurring role in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside as Brian Palmer.{{cite web |title=Noel Coleman(1919-2007) Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171168/ |website=IMDb |access-date=23 October 2024}}

Coleman played General Webb in the BBC's eight-episode series The Last of the Mohicans in 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b83be4626|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621201023/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b83be4626|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2019|title=The Last of the Mohicans Part 6 (1971)|website=BFI}} Other television appearances included: Emergency – Ward 10, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Z-Cars, The Invisible Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Avengers, Play for Today, Doctor at Large, The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, The Fenn Street Gang, Sykes, Yus, My Dear, Emmerdale, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Happy Ever After, The Duchess of Duke Street, Mind Your Language, Terry and June, The New Statesman, Chancer, Lovejoy and The Detectives.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3376|title=Noel Coleman|website=www.aveleyman.com}} His film roles included appearances in You Can't Escape (1956), Our Miss Fred (1972), Burke & Hare (1971), Edge of Sanity (1989) and Under Suspicion (1991).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/noel-coleman-p14109|title=Noel Coleman | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}

Coleman's stage work included appearances in the West End and on Broadway.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1se6/noel-coleman|title=Noel Coleman | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/noel-coleman-94339|title=Noel Coleman – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}} He was the original narrator of Captain Pugwash in 1957, before being replaced first by Howard Marion-Crawford, then by Peter Hawkins.{{cite web

|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=%40title+Captain+Pugwash|title=Search results for "Captain Pugwash" at the BBC Programme Index|access-date=5 February 2025}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0171168|name=Noel Coleman}}
{{IBDB name|94339}}

Category:1919 births

Category:2007 deaths

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:English male stage actors

Category:English male television actors

Category:Male actors from Leicester