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Carl Forgione

1944-05-03 – 1998-09-10 (age 54) Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Biography

Carl Forgione (3 May 1944 – 10 September 1998) was a British actor, best known for his television appearances.

He appeared in two Doctor Who serials - Planet of the Spiders in 1974 and Ghost Light in 1989.

Other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Jesus of Nazareth, Blake's 7, Star Cops, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm and The House of Eliott.

Born of Italian immigrant grandparents, Forgione grew up in the Rhondda Valley. A founder member of Bare Boards Theatre Company, he was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 while performing in The Country Girl in Greenwich. He fought the illness for the next three years, which would claim him.

Known For

Big Zapper
Big Zapper

1973

as Kono's Henchman

Henry V
Henry V

1979

as Rambures

Martin Luther, Heretic
Martin Luther, Heretic

1983

as Medieval Player

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
As You Like It
As You Like It

1978

as Duke Senior's Lord

The Moonstone
The Moonstone

1996

as Spy

Doctor Who: Ghost Light