Kevin Manser
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Kevin Manser was an Australia
n actor
best known for his career as a Dalek
operator in the early seasons of Doctor Who
. He was born in Adelaide
and worked for South Australian Engineering and Water Supply until 1957, when he emigrated to London
to work as a stage manager, which led to later work as a theatrical and television actor. In 1969 he returned to Australia and continued to play small parts on television and became involved with Doctor Who conventions. He wrote his autobiography, the Memoirs of a Dalek, in 2001, after being diagnosed with the cancer which eventually led to his demise.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best known for his career as a Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...
operator in the early seasons of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. He was born in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
and worked for South Australian Engineering and Water Supply until 1957, when he emigrated to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to work as a stage manager, which led to later work as a theatrical and television actor. In 1969 he returned to Australia and continued to play small parts on television and became involved with Doctor Who conventions. He wrote his autobiography, the Memoirs of a Dalek, in 2001, after being diagnosed with the cancer which eventually led to his demise.