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Carl Forgione

May 03, 1944 - Sep 10, 1998 (54 years old) in Dundee, Scotland, UK

Carl Forgione (3 May 1944 – 10 September 1998) was a British actor, best known for his television appearances.

He appeared in two Doctor Who serials - Planet of the Spiders in 1974 and Ghost Light in 1989.

Other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Jesus of Nazareth, Blake's 7, Star Cops, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm and The House of Eliott.

Born of Italian immigrant grandparents, Forgione grew up in the Rhondda Valley. A founder member of Bare Boards Theatre Company, he was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 while performing in The Country Girl in Greenwich. He fought the illness for the next three years, which would claim him.

Known For

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Great Performances
Second Guardia
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Doctor Who
Land
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Jesus of Nazareth
Plotinus
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The Protectors
Waiter
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The House of Eliott
Simon Parker
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Blake's 7
Grovane
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Land
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The Borgias
Giorgio
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Henry V
Rambures
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South Of The Border
Senior Customs Officer

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