Stanley Lebor

Stanley Lebor
Born	Stanley Harvey Lebor (1934-09-24)24 September 1934 East Ham, London, England
Died	22 November 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 80) Faversham, Kent, England
Occupation(s)	Stage, film and television actor

Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014^[1]) was an English actor.^[2] He was best known for his roles as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy series Ever Decreasing Circles, the Mongon Doctor in Flash Gordon (1980), and as RSM Lord in A Bridge Too Far (1977).^[3] Before this he was better known for villainous roles in series such as Jason King and The Tomorrow People.^[4][5]

Life

Lebor was born in East Ham, London.^[6] He studied acting at RADA in London.^[7] In 1961 he joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.^[8]

He appeared in Minder in the Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger, The Naked Civil Servant, Ever Decreasing Circles, Tarka the Otter, Gandhi, Grange Hill, 'Allo 'Allo!, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Last of the Summer Wine.^[6] In 1986 he acted with Lynda Baron in a party political broadcast for the SDP–Liberal Alliance.^[9]

Filmography

• The Deadly Affair (1966) – Lancaster (in "Edward II") (uncredited)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) – Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
• Arthur? Arthur! (1969) – Analyst
• Crossplot (1969) – First policeman
• Up the Front (1972) – Blitzen
• Nothing But the Night (1973) – Policeman
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) – 1st Gestapo Agent
• I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) – Police Sergeant
• Hennessy (1975) – Hawk
• The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – Mr. Pole
• A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Regimental Sergeant Major
• The Medusa Touch (1978) – Police Doctor
• Tarka the Otter (1979) – Farm Labourer
• Flash Gordon (1980) – Mongon Doctor
• Gandhi (1982) – Police Officer
• Ha-Kala (1985) – Ziggy
• Personal Services (1987) – Jones
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) – General Romoff
• La Passione (1996) – Harry Lambert
• Arabian Nights (2000) – Faisal

TV credits

• Elizabeth R - Episode 1: "The Lion's Cub" - Sir Robert Tyrwhitt (1971)
• Man of Straw – Herr Cohn (1972)
• The Protectors – Medina (1972)
• The Tomorrow People – Gaius (1974)
• Star Maidens – Carlo (1976)
• 1990 – Digger Radford (1978)
• Return of the Saint - Dalby (episode: "The Nightmare Man", 1978)

• Holocaust – Zalman (1978)
• Minder – Wilson (1979)
• Shoestring – Restaurant Manager (1980)
• Hammer House of Horror – Charles (episode: "Visitor From The Grave", 1980)
• Grange Hill – Mr. Durrant (1983)
• Ever Decreasing Circles – Howard Hughes (1984-1989)
• Last of the Summer Wine – Bramwell (episode: "The Phantom No 14 Bus", 1999)

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
2. "Stanley Lebor | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
3. "Stanley Lebor | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
4. "Stanley Lebor". www.aveleyman.com.
5. "A Rift in Time[01/04/74] (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020.
6. "Stanley Lebor". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
7. "Stanley Lebor – RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
8. Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk, retrieved 23 January 2018
9. "Social Democrat Party Election Broadcast: SDP/Liberal Alliance(06/05/86)". BFI Film and TV Database. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

External links

• Stanley Lebor at IMDb