Tony Caunter
{{Short description|English actor (born 1937)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Caunter
| birth_name = Anthony Patrick Caunter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|09|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| yearsactive = 1962–2019
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Frances Wallace
| children = 4
| image = Tony Caunter in Flowers for the Living 1954 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Tony Caunter in Flowers for the Living, 1954
}}
Anthony Patrick Caunter (born 22 September 1937) is a retired English actor best known for his roles as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Queenie's Castle (1970–72), DCI Jim Logan in the first three seasons of Juliet Bravo (1980–1982), and his portrayal of the kindly car dealer Roy Evans in EastEnders (1994–2003).{{Cite book|last=Jaffee|first=Larry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wcf4K5srP4QC&q=tony+caunter+eastenders&pg=PA213|title=Albert Square and Me: The Actors of EastEnders|date=2009-08-01|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4401-5987-9|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a9288/caunter-dropped-from-quoteastendersquot/|title=Caunter dropped from "EastEnders"|last=Wilkes|first=Neil|date=2002-10-06|publisher=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/soaps/eastenders-roy-evans-to-leave-71357.html|title=EastEnders' Roy Evans to leave|date=2002-10-06|website=Irish Examiner|access-date=2020-04-14}}{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Caroline|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1363770/The-Windsors-make-it-a-double-at-the-Queen-Vic.html|title=The Windsors make it a double at the Queen Vic|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=2001-11-29|access-date=2020-04-14|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
Early life
Career
Caunter's numerous television credits include Crown Court, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Casualty, London's Burning, Home to Roost, Queenie's Castle, The Saint, Special Branch, The Champions, Dixon of Dock Green, Catweazle, The Main Chance, The Professionals, The Sweeney, Minder, Pennies From Heaven, Westbeach, Howards' Way, Lovejoy, May to December, Boon, Heartbeat, Juliet Bravo and The Scarlet Pimpernel. He played Titanic's chief officer Henry Wilde in S.O.S. Titanic. In The Chief, he played Deputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine.
Caunter appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Crusade (1965), Colony in Space (1971) and Enlightenment (1983). He also appeared in Blake's 7 in the episode "Deliverance" (1978).
Personal life
Caunter is married to Frances Wallace and has four children.
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name| id=0146579 | name=Tony Caunter}}
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Category:English male soap opera actors