Gerald Flood

Gerald Flood was born in Portsmouth son of a Naval family He was a wireless operator during the War and worked as a filing clerk after the War ended until he landed a job with the Farnham Repertory Company It was there that he met his future wife Anne He toured in rep and appeared in productions including Hamlet Power and Glory and Charleys Aunt In 1960 he performed in The Complaisant Lover at the Globe Theatre and went on to appear in The Formation Dancers Childrens Day and Theres A Girl In My Soup In the 1960s he appeared in a science fiction series called Pathfinders in Space 1960 and its sequels Pathfinders to Mars 19601961 and Pathfinders to Venus 1961 Other television roles followed including The Ratcatchers 196667 A Sharp Intake of Breath Third Time Lucky and Bleak House He also guested on shows like Randall and Hopkirk Deceased A Disturbing Case 1969 Strange Report 1969 Steptoe and Son What Prejudice 1970 and Return of the Saint 1979 His films included Black Beauty 1946 Patton 1970 Smokescreen and Frightmare 1974 He died in April 1989