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Donald Sumpter

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82 Years Old

Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. 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 spin-off 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 Christie's 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 Children's BBC series The Queen's 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 horror-drama series Being Human. In 2011 he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series Game of Thrones. His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).

Born

Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK on 13th February 1943

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Game of Thrones
Maester Luwin
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Midsomer Murders
Tim Settingfield
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Cust
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
Pompeius
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Softly, Softly
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Peaky Blinders
Arthur Bigge
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Doctor Who
Commander Ridgeway
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Doctor Who
Enrico Casali
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Black Mirror
Julian Hereford
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Doctor Who
The President
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12 Monkeys
Seer
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A Touch of Frost
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The Phoenician Scheme
Chairman
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Chernobyl
Zharkov
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Play for Today
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Drop the Dead Donkey
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Minder
Sudbury
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Endeavour
Emil Valdemar
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Jesus of Nazareth
Aram
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Merlin
The Fisher King
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Barlow
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Justice
Villiers
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Bergerac
Roscoe
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The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Indenrigsminister Nacuk
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The Last Detective
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The Bill
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Les Misérables
Mabeuf
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BBC2 Play of the Week
Brother Martin Jerome
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Atlantis
Tiresius
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Between the Lines
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The Sarah Jane Adventures
Erasmus Darkening
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Crocodile Shoes
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Spooks
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Edward Peveril
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Jekyll and Hyde
Garson
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Target
Heslop
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Cold Lazarus
Dr. Rawl
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Being Human
Kemp
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Our Friends in the North
Commander Harold Chapple
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The Cleaner
Sir James
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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Parson Tringham
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Entitled
Quincy
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Dalziel & Pascoe
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One Child
Jim Arthurton
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The First Churchills
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Rose and Maloney
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Taggart
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Great Expectations
Compeyson
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The Adventures of Don Quick
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Ultimate Force
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Bombay Blue
Supt. John Mayberry
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Queen's Nose
Uncle Ginger
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Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
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In the Heart of the Sea
Paul Macy
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Eastern Promises
Yuri
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The Chief
CS Derek Gillman
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Limonov: The Ballad
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The Constant Gardener
Tim Donohue
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Shoestring
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K-19: The Widowmaker
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
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In Deep
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Curse of the Pink Panther
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New Worlds
Sidney
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London Boulevard
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Heroes and Villains
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Quirke
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Enigma
Leveret
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The Secret of Crickley Hall
Gordon Pyke
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Dracula
Alfred Singleton
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Einstein and Eddington
Max Planck
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Les Misérables
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The Mill
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Bleak House
'Nemo'
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Fallen Angel
Simon Martlesham
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Richard III
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Quiller
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Eleventh Hour
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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Into the Storm
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Pythol (voice)
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Being Human
Salgado
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Stardust
TV Concert Producer
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The Brack Report
Paul Brack
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The Black Panther
Donald Neilson
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The Point Men
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The Lost Continent
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The Murder at Road Hill House
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Great Expectations
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
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Hardcore
Mark
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Bypass
Grandfather
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
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The Walking Stick
Max
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Grushko
Kartashov
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I Am a Groupie
Steve
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Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
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Among Us
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Bleak Moments
Norman's Friend
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Coalition
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Night After Night After Night
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Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
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Antony & Cleopatra
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Mr. Axelford's Angel
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Bad Ronald
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Way of the Morris
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Mad Jack
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A Light That Shines
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The Saliva Milkshake
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Tom
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Catchpenny Twist
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Aimée
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The Long Bank Holiday
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Hello Sailor!