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Carl Forgione
Acting Born May 3, 1944 Dundee, Scotland, UK 21 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Doctor Who (1963) as Land
- Great Performances (1971) as Second Guardia
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Christopher
- Blake's 7 (1978) as Grovane
- The Protectors (1972) as Waiter
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Plotinus
- The House of Eliott (1991) as Simon Parker
- Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) as David Harrison
- South of the Border (1988) as Senior Customs Officer
- Star Cops (1987) as Tour Guide
- The Borgias (1981) as Giorgio
- The Moonstone (1996) as Spy
- Don't Forget to Write! (1977) as Reg
- The New Statesman (1985) as Angelo
- The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1973) as 1st Man
- Big Zapper (1973) as Kono's Henchman
- Martin Luther, Heretic (1983) as Medieval Player
- Henry V (1979) as Rambures
- As You Like It (1978) as Duke Senior's Lord
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974) as Land
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light (1989) as Nimrod