British actor (1951–2024)
Stuart Organ |
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| Born | Stuart Adrian Organ
(1951-11-08)8 November 1951
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| Died | 15 February 2024(2024-02-15) (aged 72) |
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| Education | Cranbrook School, Kent |
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1976–2023 |
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Stuart Adrian Organ (8 November 1951 – 15 February 2024) was a British actor, best known for his role as teacher Peter Robson on the television series Grange Hill.[1] He appeared as the character for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, across 260 episodes.[2]
Career
Television and film
Organ was best known for his portrayal of the character Mr. Robson in the children's television drama Grange Hill.[3] Organ portrayed the series' longest-serving teacher, arriving in 1988 as the new head of PE. In 1998 he finally landed the headmaster's job, but left the series in 2003 soon after production of Grange Hill transferred to Liverpool.[2]
Prior to Grange Hill, Organ appeared as Kevin Cross in the Mersey TV soap opera Brookside, and played Bazin in the Doctor Who story Dragonfire in 1987.[2] Thereafter, he appeared in a variety of roles on T.V., including Monk, a flasher who exposed himself to Anna and yet was defended by Miles in This Life; Richard Thornton, who stalked Acting D.I. Sam Nixon across a double episode special in The Bill;[2] and later as D.I. Dixon in 2000, Leighton Peters, a top civil servant who was responsible for the downfall of Anthony Calf's regular in a double episode of Holby City and as solicitor Steve Morris in series 13, episode 14 of London's Burning.
Theatre
Latterly, he concentrated on work in the theatre, where his professional acting career had first started in 1976.[2] His roles included Guy Burgess in An Englishman Abroad (York Theatre Royal, 2003); Egeus in The Comedy of Errors (Sheffield Crucible, 2004); George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 2005);[4] Robert in Blue/Orange (Ipswich, 2006); and Serge in 'Art' (York Theatre Royal, 2006). He then returned to the Queens Theatre, to play Major Powell in their 2007 play "Corpse".[2]
Voicework
His regular voice work included lip-synching and dubbing cartoons and video games, including Star Wars: The Old Republic. Organ was also a familiar voice to London Underground tube passengers, announcing stations, lines, late arrivals and telling users to "mind the gap".[5]
Personal life and death
Stuart Adrian Organ was born in Bromley on 8 November 1951.[2] He was educated at Cranbrook School.[2] He married Julia Kehore in 2002.[2]
Organ died on 15 February 2024, at the age of 72.[2]
Selected filmography
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