Ian Collier was a British

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 actor.
Collier appeared on stage in "Hamlet" in 1969 at the Lunt-Fontanne in New York City.
He appeared in various television programmes including Rentaghost

Rentaghost

Rentaghost is a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which rented out the ghosts for various tasks.-Background:The company,...

, Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi!

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and Howards' Way

Howards' Way

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. He appeared in the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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story The Time Monster

The Time Monster

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. Later he became the second actor to portray the villain Omega

Omega (Doctor Who)

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 (the other being Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne

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). Collier portrayed Omega in the Fifth Doctor

Fifth Doctor

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 serial Arc of Infinity

Arc of Infinity

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and later in the Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions

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 audio drama Omega

Omega (Doctor Who audio)

Omega is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:Jolly Chronolidays is offering sight-seeing tours of the "Sector of Forgotten Souls", the place where in ancient times the Time Lord Omega detonated a star that enabled...

. He also played Doctor Who companion Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Summerfield

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's father, Isaac Summerfield, in Death and the Daleks

Death and the Daleks

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. Ian Collier died on 1 October 2008, of unspecified causes.

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