Cast & creator
Carl Forgione
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Great Performances
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.
8
film credits
15
television credits
23
1963–1996 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (23)
Showing 23 of 23 credits
Doctor Who
Land
1963Doctor Who
Nimrod
1963
Great Performances
Second Guardia
1971
Theatre 625
Christopher
1964
Blake's 7
Grovane
1978
The Protectors
Waiter
1972
The House of Eliott
Simon Parker
1991
Jesus of Nazareth
Plotinus
1977
The Day Today
1994
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
David Harrison
1994
South of the Border
Senior Customs Officer
1988
Star Cops
Tour Guide
1987
Don't Forget to Write!
Reg
1977
The Borgias
Giorgio
1981The New Statesman
Angelo
1985
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Land
1974
Martin Luther, Heretic
Medieval Player
1983
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Nimrod
1989
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
1st Man
1973
As You Like It
Duke Senior's Lord
1978
Big Zapper
Kono's Henchman
1973
Henry V
Rambures
1979
The Moonstone
Spy
1996