Sylvester McCoy Biography (1943-)

Original name, Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith; born August 20, 1943, in Dunoon, Strathclyde, Scotland; married; children: two.

Nationality
Scottish
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
August 20, 1943
Dunoon, Strathclyde, Scotland

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Vision On, 1975
  • Turps, Big Jim and the Figaro Club, 1979
  • Eureka, 1981
  • O-Man, Jigsaw, 1982
  • The seventh Doctor Who, Doctor Who, 1987-89
  • Himself, Trekathon, 2000
  • Movies
  • The seventh Doctor Who, Doctor Who (also known as Doctor Who: Enemy Within and Doctor Who: The Movie), Fox, 1996
  • Michael Sams, Beyond Fear, 1997
  • Miniseries
  • Lieutenant "Birdie" Bowers, The Last Place on Earth, CBS, 1985
  • Mr. Dowling, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (also known asHenry Fielding's Tom Jones), Arts and Entertainment, 1997
  • Episodic
  • Angus, "Mr. Chairman," Frank Stubbs Promotes, 1994
  • Himself, Space Cadets, two episodes, 1997
  • Also appeared in episodes of Rab C. Nesbitt, TISWAS, and Trek Masters.
  • Other Television Appearances
  • Doctor Who: Then and Now, 1987
  • The seventh Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, 1993
  • The seventh Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (also known as Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis), 1993
  • Himself, Adventures in Space and Time, 1999
  • Appeared as the butler, Crud, Ghoul Lashed!; and as lord high chamberlain and Aunt Grizelda, See It Saw It.
  • Film Appearances
  • (As Sylveste McCoy) Walter, Dracula, Universal, 1979
  • Scotch Jack, All the Fun of the Fair, 1979
  • "Sylveste McCoy, Human Bomb," The Secret Policeman's Ball (documentary), 1981
  • Harry Pimm, Three Kinds of Heat, Warner Bros., 1987
  • An auditioner, Thrill Kill Video Club, 1991
  • Anthony Stanwick, The Airzone Solution, Carlton Home Entertainment, 1993
  • Dr. Colin Dove, The Zero Imperative (also known as P.R.O.B.E.:The Zero Imperative), Reeltime Pictures, 1994
  • Flynn, Leapin' Leprechauns, 1995
  • Himself, The Doctors: Thirty Years of Time Travel and Beyond (documentary), 1995
  • Flynn, Spellbreaker, Secret of the Leprechauns, Moonbeam Entertainment, 1996
  • Presenter, I Was a Doctor Who Monster (documentary), 1996
  • Himself, Bidding Adieu, 1996
  • Tallman, Mumbo Jumbo, Vine International Pictures, 2000
  • Also appeared in Leapin' Leprechauns II.
  • Film Work
  • Director and camera operator, Bidding Adieu, 1996
  • RECORDINGS
  • Audio Adventures
  • Performed as Doctor Who for a series of audio adventures, including Dalek Empire: The Genocide Machine, The Fearmonger, The Fires ofVulcan, The Shadow of the Scourge, and The Sirens of Time,released by Big Finish Productions, and Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures, including Guests for the Night, Island of Lost Souls, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Other Side, Prosperity Island,and Republica, released by BBV; performed in the series The Time Travellers, including Blood Sports, Ghosts, and Only Human, all BBV; performed as Reepicheep for The Chronicles of Narnia,BBC; other audio adventures include The Return of the Dominie: Punchline, BBV; Death Comes to Time; and Fly Me to the Moon.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books:
    • Howe, David J., and Steven James Walker, The Handbook: The Seventh Doctor, February, 1994 Virgin Publishing, 1998.
    Periodicals:
    • Starlog, .
    Electronic:
    • Sylvester McCoy--The Unofficial Site, http://www.sylvestermccoy.com/.

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