Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter born 13 February 1943 is an English actor He has appeared in film and television since the mid1960s One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea Devils with Jon Pertwee He also appeared in the Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures His early film work included a lead role as real life British criminal Donald Neilson in the 1977 film The Black Panther He also appeared in many television films and serials including adaptations of Dickens novels Nicholas Nickleby in 2001 Great Expectations in 1999 and Bleak House in 1985 Also in 1985 he was remembered for the part of villain Ronnie Day in Big Deal He played the part of suspected serial killer Alexander Bonaparte Cust in the 1992 Agatha Christies Poirot episode The ABC Murders He has also appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders The Bill Holby City and A Touch of Frost He also had a recurring role as Uncle Ginger in the Childrens BBC series The Queens Nose He played Harold Chapple in Our Friends in the North and portrayed the physicist Max Planck in Einstein and Eddington He has also been seen as Kemp in the horrordrama series Being Human In 2011 he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series Game of Thrones His film appearances include The Constant Gardener 2005 K19 The Widowmaker 2002 Enigma 2001 and Ultramarines The Movie 2010