Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 — 29 December 2003) was a British actor known mainly for his television appearances. Landen was born at Margate. He made his television debut in 1959 as Pip in an adaptation of Great Expectations and made his film debut in 1960, with a walk-on part in The League of Gentlemen. He first became well known during the 1960s when he starred in the TV series Mickey Dunne and The Mask of Janus, which was renamed The Spies in later series. He also had a parallel career as a stage actor, including as Richard Dazzle in the RSC's 1970 production of London Assurance. On radio, he appeared in the 1976 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Jim Eldridge's novel Down Payment on Death as Art Gordo. He also portrayed Rupert...