Terence Alexander

Terence Joseph Alexander 11 March 1923 28 May 2009 was an English film and television actor best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac He was born in London the son of a doctor and grew up in Yorkshire Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College Leicestershire and Norwood College Harrogate and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16 During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga One of his early roles was in the childrens series Garry Halliday He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers Terry and June 19791980 Behind the Screen 19811982 the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani and The New Statesman 1987 On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991 He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham 1971 Two and Two Make Sex 1973 There Goes The Bride 19745 and Fringe Benefits 1976  Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife the actress Jane Downs He died on 28 May 2009  Description above from the Wikipedia article  Terence Alexander  licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia