John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

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 character actor.

Career

He appeared in many film and television roles including Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

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(1971), Murphy's War

Murphy's War

Murphy's War is a 1971 war film starring Peter O'Toole. It was directed by Peter Yates.-Plot:In the closing days of World War II, an Irishman Murphy is the sole survivor of the crew of a merchant ship, Mount Kyle, which has been sunk by a German U-Boat, which then machine-gunned the survivors in...

(1971), The Pallisers

The Pallisers

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(1974), The Mallens

The Mallens

The Mallens was a popular Granada Television adaptation of Catherine Cookson novels that ran for 13 episodes from 1979-1980.- Plot summary :Based on the novels The Mallen Streak,The Mallen Girl and the Mallen Litter...

(1979), Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon (film)

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(1980), Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

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(1981), the BBC

BBC

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 television adaptations of Prince Caspian

Prince Caspian

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and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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 (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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(1991). He also appears in the director's cut of the 1973 film The Wicker Man as McTaggart.

In 1973 he played the troubled Dr. Peter Conway in the science fiction series Moonbase 3

Moonbase 3

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.

He appeared in the science fiction

Science fiction

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 series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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as the memorable alien "Light" in the serial Ghost Light

Ghost Light (Doctor Who)

-Pre-production:Working titles for this story included The Bestiary and Life-Cycle. As revealed in the production notes for the DVD release, the story was renamed Das Haus der tausend Schrecken upon translation into German.The story evolved out of an earlier, rejected script entitled Lungbarrow...

(1989). He was also known as Barnsey, the prison cell mate of Den Watts

Den Watts

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 in EastEnders

EastEnders

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.

Death

On 14 November 2006, Hallam died in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England at age 65. He was divorce

Divorce

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d and had four children.

External links

• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-hallam-425062.htmlJohn Hallam obituary in The Independent
  The Independent
  The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
  
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