Trevor Baxter

Trevor Baxter
Born	(1932-11-18)18 November 1932 Lewisham, London, England
Died	16 July 2017(2017-07-16) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)	Actor, playwright

Trevor Baxter (18 November 1932 – 16 July 2017) was a British actor and playwright. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Early years

A postal worker's son, Baxter was born in Lewisham, London, England, and was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

His credits include: Adam Adamant Lives!, Z-Cars, Maelstrom, Thriller, The New Avengers, Jack the Ripper, (1988) The Barchester Chronicles (1982) An Englishman Abroad (1983) and Doctors. He is known for his appearance in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977) as Professor George Litefoot and in 1978 in Rumpole of the Bailey. He reprised his role of Professor Litefoot in an episode of the audio series, Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles: The Mahogany Murderers. The following year he was Professor Litefoot again for a continuing series of Jago & Litefoot.

Trevor Baxter worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and in the West End, toured Shakespeare in South America with Sir Ralph Richardson, and also appeared in the US in David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre at Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 1986. He appeared in many films including Nutcracker (1983), Parting Shots (1999), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006).

He also wrote a number of plays including Lies, The Undertaking, and Office Games. His play Ripping Them Off was given its first performance at the Warehouse Theatre Croydon on 5 October 1990, directed by Ted Craig and designed by Michael Pavelka. The cast consisted of: Ian Target (Graham), Angus Mackay (Revd. Parkinson), Caroline Blakiston (Grace), Annette Badland (Hilda), Frank Ellis (Julian), Ewart James Walters (Max), Anthony Woodruff (Pauken), Ian Burford (Inspector Sands), Richard Clifford (Jeff) and C.P. Grogan (Susanna).

In 2003, he adapted Oscar Wilde's novella The Picture of Dorian Gray for the stage, followed in March 2005 by a touring version of Wilde's short story, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, revived in January 2010 at the Theatre Royal Windsor, starring Lee Mead in the title role.

Baxter continued to record Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions as Professor Litefoot, having completed thirteen series.

On 17 July 2017, it was announced that Trevor Baxter had died the previous day. The cause of death was not made public.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	The Cruise of the Toytown Belle		TV film
1961	Seven Keys	Police Constable	Uncredited
1962	Struck Off	First Doctor	TV film
1966	A Man for All Seasons	First Man	Uncredited
1978	A Most Public Affair	Witness	TV film
1979	The Life Of Henry The Fifth	Archbishop of Canterbury	TV film
1982	Nutcracker	Charlie Barker
1983	An Englishman Abroad	Pyjama Shop Manager	TV film
1986	The Great White Mountain	Prior	TV film
	Ping Pong	Priest in Church
1995	Cold Comfort Farm	Sneller	TV film
1997	The Hunchback	Chief Lawyer	TV film
1998	Parting Shots	Maitre d'
2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Dr. Jennings
2006	Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj	Sir Wilfred Own

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Tales from Soho		Episode: "The Rajah's Rope"
1961	Harpers West One	Compere	1 episode
	Boyd Q.C.	Mr. Austin QC	Episode: "The Headmistress"
	Doctor Faustus	Scholar	1 episode
	Drama 61-67	Second Lieutenant Roberts	Episode: "The Face of the Enemy"
1962	BBC Sunday-Night Play	Mr. Wakley	Episode: "Six Men of Dorset"
	Somerset Maugham Hour	Verity	Episode: "The Back of Beyond"
1963	Drama 61-67	Personnel Officer	Episode: "Andersen"
	Lorna Doone	Visitor from London	Episode: "The Secret"
	Taxi!	Doctor	Episode: "The Accident"
1964	Story Parade	Leo Marchant	Episode: "The Flaw in the Crystal"
1965	The Wednesday Play	Dr. Paul Evans	Episode: "The Seven O'Clock Crunch"
1966	Thirteen Against Fate	Priest	Episode: "The Witness"
	Mystery and Imagination	Undertaker	Episode: "The Body Snatcher"
	Public Eye	Howells	Episode: "There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth"
	Adam Adamant Lives!	Mr. Burke	Episode: "The Village of Evil"
1967		Beardsley	Episode: "Black Echo"
	The Seven Deadly Virtues	Reverend Johnson	Episode: "The Man with Two Heads"
	Boy Meets Girl	Vicar	Episode: "The Raging Moon"
	ITV Play of the Week	Mr. Williams	Episode: "The Small Rebellion of Jess Calvert"
		Vicar	Episode: "The Voysey Inheritance"
	The White Rabbit	M. Lecompte-Boynet	Episode: "The Raising Up"
1968	Z-Cars	William Orchard	Episode: "Inside Information"
	Mystery and Imagination	Cannon Tabard	Episode: "Feet Foremost"
1970	The Roads to Freedom	Blythe-Hardwick	Episode: "The Reprieve"
1973	The Edwardians	Schomberg McDonnell	Episode: "Daisy"
	So It Goes	Mr. Bunce	2 episodes
	BBC Play of the Month	Roger Garrett	Episode: "The Common"
1974	Zodiac	Neville	Episode: "The Cool Aquarian"
	Centre Play	Mayor	Episode: "Albert and the Mayor's Tree"
1975	BBC Play of the Month	Colonial Secretary	Episode: "The Apple Cart"
	Thriller	Winters	Episode: "Where the Action Is"
	Edward the Seventh	Bishop of London	Episode: "The Boy"
	Spy Trap	Gordon Beng	Episode: "With Friends Like You"
	Against the Crowd	Mr. Stone	Episode: "We Are All Guilty"
1976	Lorna Doone	Baron de Whichehalse	Miniseries
	The New Avengers	Brown-Fitch	Episode: "The Eagle's Nest"
	Dickens of London	Reverend Townshend	Episode: "Magic"
1977	Doctor Who	Professor Litefoot	Episode: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
	Rough Justice	Mr. Burrowes	Miniseries
	George and Mildred	The Reverend Stopes	Episode: "Jumble Pie"
1978	Rumpole of the Bailey	Maurice Nooks	Episode: "Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade"
1979	George and Mildred	Oxfam Man	Episode: "Finders Keepers?"
1982	The Barchester Chronicles	Dr. Gwynne	2 episodes
1983	The Dark Side of the Sun	Dr. Phillimore	2 episodes
1984	Horizon	Professor Breene	Episode: "The Intelligence Man"
1985	Maelstrom	Dr. Albrigtsen	Miniseries
1988	Jack the Ripper	Lanyon	Miniseries
1991	Selling Hitler	Frank Giles	Miniseries
1993	Paul Merton: The Series		1 episode
1995	The Politician's Wife	Gordon Naylor	Miniseries
2006	Doctors	Sam	Episode: "Three's a Crowd"
	My Family	Lionel	Episode: "The Art of Being Susan"

External links

• Trevor Baxter at IMDb