Catacombs Credits Guide
Guest Cast

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Stuart Damon	Parks Guido Verdeschi	Matter of Life and Death Bringers of Wonder	born 1937, real name Stuart Zonis American actor on stage in London and Broadway, who had a starring role in The Champions (1967), leading to guest roles in other series such as The Saint (1968), UFO (1969), The Adventurer (1972), The New Avengers (1977). Moved to US in 1977, for a regular role in General Hospital. He died 2021
Sam Dastor	Dr. Ed Spencer	Devil's Planet, Dorzak, Immunity Syndrome	See main entry
Robert Davies	Maya/Hyde	Journey To Where	In the cantina scene in Star Wars (1977); Enemy at the Door (1980)
Laurie Davis	Alphan	Breakaway Voyager's Return End Of Eternity The Last Enemy The Troubled Spirit Space Brain	No further details known.
Simon Dawson	Command Center Operative	The Taybor	The film and TV series Sweeney (1976), New Avengers (1977)
Venicia Day	Maya/Girl	The Seance Spectre	American model Mary Weston was based in London from the early 1970s and worked under a variety of stage names, including Venicia Day and Venetia Day. She was in Angels (1979), The Chinese Detective (1981) and Smiley's People (1982).
Andy Dempsey	Main Mission Operative	Year 1	born 1946, died 2014. Elizabeth R (1971), Dr Who (stories The Time Monster, as Atlantean Guard, 1972; The Face Of Evil, as Lugo's Warrior, 1977), Blakes 7 (1978)
Gregory De Polnay	Pete Garforth	Lambda Factor	born 1943. Dr Who (Robots Of Death, as the robot, 1977). After a on-stage accident in 1987, he turned to voice coaching and directing.
Jacqueline Delhaye	Main Mission Operative	Space Brain	Ubu roi (1976)
Jenny Devenish	Thulian	Death's Other Dominion	Buccaneer (1980), The Bill (1989)
Michael Dickinson	Blake Maine	Devil's Planet
Cliff Diggins	Security guard 3	The Beta Cloud The Dorcons	Sometimes credited as Cliff Diggings. Stunts and double for Koenig in Catacombs Of The Moon, New Adam New Eve, Devil's Planet, The Dorcons (also as an Alphan). Stuntman in From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and, on TV, The Sweeney and Blakes 7. Born 1931, died 2002. Aveleyman
Hilary Ding	Vegan (green dress)	One Moment of Humanity	Choreographer
Christine Donna	Main Mission Operative	Missing Link Guardian Of Piri	The Adventurer (1973), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), The World Is Full of Married Men (1979)
Stacy Dorning	Zova	Exiles	Born 1958. Child actress who found fame in The Adventures Of Black Beauty (1972).
Roy Dotrice	Commissioner Simmonds	Breakaway Earthbound	born 1923, died 2017 British character actor, in theatre and TV. As a prisoner of was from 1942-1945, he discovered a love of acting. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford in 1957, until 1966. In 1967 he starred in the play Brief Lives, which rapidly transferred to New York. In 1968 the play opened in the West End, London, where Dotrice played 400 performances and won the 1969 BAFTA award for best actor. In 1974 he took the role to New York, and then on a world tour, ending in Australia in 1979. His 1,782 performances entered the Guinness Book of World Records. He reprised the role in London in 2008. He was nominated for a Tony award in 1981 for the play "A Life", and won for featured role in the 2000 play A Moon for the Misbegotten. In 2006, he appeared in the play Best Of Friends, and received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 2007. His first film was The Heroes of Telemark (1965). On TV he appeared in several adaptations of plays, including The Wars of the Roses (1965) and The Caretaker (1966). and popular TV roles including Dickens Of London (1976). He dubbed Harvey Keitel's voice in the film Saturn 3 (1980). Dotrice moved to USA in early 1980s after success of Amadeus (1982). He was a regular in US TV series Beauty and the Beast (1988-1989), the series Picket Fences (1992), and as Zeus in Hercules The Legendary Journeys (1998). He also had roles in Babylon 5 (1995), Sliders (1999) and Angel (2003). Dotrice narrated a number of books on radio and more recently audiobooks. He narrated a number of Disney albums, including Little Mermaid (Grammy for Best Album for Children, 1991). His audiobooks for George R R Martin's Games Of Thrones earned another entry in the Guinness Book of World Records (the most number of character voices in a single book, 224). He appeared in the TV series in 2012 (he was originally cast in another role, but withdrew due to sickness; Julian Glover took the part). On 20 March 1974, he appeared on This Is Your Life, and was surprised on the set of Space: 1999. In 2008 he was awarded an OBE. Official site
Sarah Douglas	B	A B Chrysalis	born 1952 British actress who after fame in Superman II (1980) moved to the US for TV roles in Falcon Crest (1983-1985), and V (1984) and horror films. Was married to Richard LeParmentier (Sam in Dorzak). In 1982 she attended a Space 1999 Convention.
Lea Dregorn	Stewardess, Hilary Preston	Breakaway Force Of Life	born 1951. Later known as Lea Brodie. 5ft 4inches tall with blue-grey eyes. Warlords Of Atlantis (1978), North Sea Hijack (1980).
Norwich Duff	Texas City Operative	Journey to Where	Newscaster in Superman (1978), Rebel Officer in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Peter Dukes	Prisoner	Devil's Planet	born 1942, died 2003. Colditz (various roles, 1974), Dr Who (Invasion of the Dinosaurs, 1974; Planet of Evil, 1975), Star Wars (1977, cast but replaced); Blakes 7 (1978), Allo Allo (1992) aveleyman
Peter Duncan	Cantar	Exiles	born 1954 Mostly known as a presenter of Blue Peter (1980-1986), the first episode of which introduced him with photos of the ageing makeup in Exiles (he is one of two Blue Peter presenters who appeared in the series- the other being Anita West). Other roles include Doomwatch (1971), The Tomorrow People (1974), Survivors (1976), Duncan Dares (1984-1987), the film Flash Gordon (1980). In 2004 (until 2009) he became Chief Scout, the head of the UK's scouting organisation for boys. He attended the London:2024 convention.
Joanna Dunham	Vana	Missing Link	UK TV actress, born 1936, died 2014. Adventures Of William Tell (1958), The Invisible Man (1959), Danger Man (1961), The Adventurer (1972). Regular on Van Der Valk (1973-1977), female lead in TV movie Into Infinity (1975). She was Mary Magdalene in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), a role for which she was recommended by Marilyn Monroe who had seen her in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet in New York. Later work includes TV film Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess (1998)
Joe Dunne	Security guard	Breakaway, Ring Around The Moon, Guardian Of Piri, End Of Eternity, Death's Other Dominion, Space Brain, Mission Of The Darians, The Beta Cloud, Space Warp, Bringers Of Wonder part 1, Bringers Of Wonder part 2	born 1935, died 2022. Joe Dunne became a stunt co-ordinator on The Avengers when Ray Austin became a director. He first worked with the Andersons on The Protectors (1972-1973), both as a stunt arranger and stunt double for Robert Vaughn. He has worked in the US since the 1980s. Films as stuntman or stunt co-ordinator include Return Of The Pink Panther (1974), The Man With Two Brains (1983), Chaplin (1992), The Usual Suspects (1995), Mars Attacks (1996), Ronin (1998), Reindeer Games (2000). He has worked with some of the directors on the show many times, most notably Peter Medak, and recently bumped into Martin Landau and talked to him about their time together on the show. (Thanks to Mathew Dunne for the information)
Hilary Dwyer	Laura Adams	Troubled Spirit	Born 1945. The Prisoner (1967), regular in Hadleigh (1971). Space: 1999 was her last acting role. She then ran a talent agency, Duncan Heath & Associates, with her then husband, Duncan Heath (married 1974, divorced 1989). In the 1990s she was a film producer. In the 2000s, aged in her 60s, she studied mental health at King's College and moved to Barbados, becoming a drug counsellor. She died in 2020.
Richard Eden	Technician (Power Unit/corridor crowd)	Black Sun Earthbound	In Earthbound we only see the back of his head when he stunned in Main Power Unit. Colditz (1972), Dr Who (Day of The Daleks, 1972; The Time Monster 1972; Planet of Evil, 1975)
Sandor Eles	Eagle technician	Black Sun	Born 1936 in Hungary, died 2002. He emigrated to the UK during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is appeared in the Hammer horror films The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) and Countess Dracula (1971). He appeared in many adventure series such as The Avengers (1964, 1967), The Saint (1965, 1966, 1968), Danger Man (1966), The Baron (1967), Department S (1970), Timeslip (1970), The Adventurer (1972), Jason King (1972), Upstairs Downstairs (1973), The Professionals (1978). He had a recurring role in the UK soap Crossroads (1982-1986).
David Ellison	Ted	Death's Other Dominion	Born 1939. Star Maidens (1976), The Sweeney (1976, 1978), regular in Juliet Bravo (1980-1985), Stanley's Dragon (1984), Heartbeat (1995). Died 2010
Steve Emerson	Depot Guard	Breakaway	Born 1934. Stuntman and actor, Dr No (1962), You Only Live Twice (1967), Dr Who (The Macra Terror, 1967; War Games, 1969; The Claws of Axos, 1971; Frontios, 1984; Revelation of the Daleks, 1985), Doomwatch (1970), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Octopussy (1983), Batman (1989), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hugo (2011), Last Night In Soho (2021). Aveleyman
Roy Everson	Alphan/ Life Support Guard/ Les Johnson	Earthbound, Guardian of Piri, War Games, The Exiles, Beta Cloud, Bringers of Wonder part 2	Stand in for Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare (1968), Michael Culver in Empire Strikes Back (1980), for Dave Prowse and Peter Mayhew in Return of the Jedi (1983), for Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and again in The Russia House (1990). On-screen he had roles in Passport To Pimlico (1949), Expresso Bongo (1959), Eat The Rich (1987) Died 2021 aged 95.

Copyright Martin Willey. Thanks to Shaqui.