Stephen Thorne is a British actor of radio, film, stage and television. His television credits include "Z Cars", "Crossroads" and "Doctor Who". In "Doctor Who" he has played three major villains: Omega, Azal and Eldrad as well as an Ogron. On radio he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" playing the voice of Treebeard, …

John Le Mesurier, born John Charles Elton Le Mesurier De Somerys Halliley, was an English actor. He is most famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson on the popular 1970s BBC comedy "Dad's Army".

Bill Nighy is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981. He is perhaps best known for his roles in "Love Actually", the "Underworld" movies, "Shaun of the Dead" and as Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Sir Ian Holm, CBE (born 12 September, 1931), is an Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Father Vito Cornelius in "The Fifth Element" and as the android Ash in "Alien".

David Collings (born 4 January 1940 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a British actor. He has played many different roles on various television programmes. Collings has played several characters in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" including Mawdryn in the serial "Mawdryn Undead" and Poul in "The Robots of Death".

Simon Cadell was a British actor. Born in London, he was the grandson of the Scottish character actor Jean Cadell and the brother of the actor Selina Cadell. He was educated at Bedales School at Petersfield where his close friends included the writer and broadcaster (and one time Member of the British Parliament) Gyles Brandreth, who remained a friend until Cadell died. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Sir Michael Murray Hordern (October 3, 1911 - May 2, 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre.

Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 - 12 November 1995) was a leading actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. Stephens was born in Bristol, England, and rose to become one of the most respected actors of his generation. By the 1960s he was regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. He and his third wife, actress Maggie Smith appeared together on stage and in film, notably in the film version of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1969.

Peter Howell is a British actor. A regular in 1950s television hospital drama series "Emergency Ward 10", he has made guest appearances in "The Avengers", "The Prisoner", and "Doctor Who". He played the prison governor in the 1979 film "Scum". He played Saruman in the 1981 BBC Radio production of "The Lord of the Rings".

Peter Woodthorpe was an English movie, television and voice actor who is best known for supplying the voice of Gollum in the 1978 Bakshi version of "The Lord of the Rings" and BBC's 1981 radio serial. He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult series "Monkey" and was Max the pathologist in early episodes of "Inspector Morse". In the summer of 1955 he played Estragon in the first British production of "Waiting for Godot".

Patrick Barr (born February 13, 1908 - August 29, 1985) was a British actor born in Akola, India. British actor Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with "The Merry Men of Sherwood" (1932). He spent the 1930s playing various beneficient authority figures and "reliable friend" types, picking up where he left off in 1946 after six years of military service. In the early 1950s, he began working in British television, …

James Grout is an English television and radio actor. Grout attended RADA where he trained to be an actor. His radio appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 Radio 4 adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", the lead role in 10 series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series "King Street Junior" (1985 – 1998), the role of Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton's Hell-based comedy "Old Harry's Game" (1995 – 2005), Rev.

Peter Vaughan (born April 4, 1923), is an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He was born in Wem, Shropshire, and has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts. He became known for his performances on television, …