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Stephen Thorne
London, England, UK
Stephen John Thorne (2 March 1935 – 26 May 2019) was a British actor of radio, film, stage, and television. He was best known for his regular BBC Radio 4 work and audiobook record…
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Stephen John Thorne (2 March 1935 – 26 May 2019) was a British actor of radio, film, stage, and television. He was best known for his regular BBC Radio 4 work and audiobook recordings, and for his portrayals of a few Doctor Who villains, including the Time Lord Omega. He played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London, including a tour to Russia. He worked extensively in radio with over 2000 broadcasts for the BBC, including as Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series Uncle Mort's North Country. His television credits included Z-Cars, Crossroads, and Doctor Who. In Doctor Who, he played three major villains (Omega, Azal, and Eldrad), as well as an Ogron, before later playing the villainous Max in The Ghosts of N-Space, a Doctor Who BBC Radio story, in the mid-1990s. Also on the radio, Thorne appeared as Aslan in The Magician's Nephew, as Treebeard in the Radio 4 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, and also in their adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! in which he portrayed Fred Colon (and also Death). Other television work included Death of an Expert Witness, David Copperfield, and Last of the Summer Wine. He voiced Aslan in the animated version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Thorne reprised the character on the BBC radio adaptation of the same name. He gave many poetry readings on radio, television, tape and in venues from Westminster Abbey to various pubs.
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2023
Tales of the Tardis
TV show Omega
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2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie Omega / Azal (archive footage)
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2007
The Omega Factor
Movie
- 2006
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1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV show King of Ninevah (voice)
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1996
The Fred Dibnah Story
TV show Narrator (Voice)
- 1996
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1993
Police 5: The Master
Movie Azal (archive footage)
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1993
The Tempest
Movie Stephano
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1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV show Stephano (voice)
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1988
Run for the Lifeboat
Movie Newsreader
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1986
David Copperfield
TV show Daniel Peggotty
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1986
Lollipop Dragon: The Magic Lollipop Adventure
Movie Baron Bad Blood (voice)
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1985
Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race
Movie Baron Bad Blood / Cobbler (voice)
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1983
Dalgliesh
TV show Paul Middlemass
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1983
Death of an Expert Witness
TV show Paul Middlemass
More credits
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1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Movie Omega (archive footage) (Special Edition)
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1979
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Movie Aslan (voice)
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1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Movie Kastrian Eldrad
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1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie First Ogron
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1973
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Movie Omega
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1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Movie Azal
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1967
The Inn Way Out
Movie Tall Friend
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Kastrian Eldrad
