William Gaunt

Biography

William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor. Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Doctor Who (1963) — Orcini
2. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Michael Bannerman
3. The Avengers (1961)
4. The Saint (1962) — Mike
5. Casualty (1986) — Malc Stroud
6. The Timber (2015) — Jebediah
7. Heartbeat (1992) — Charles Robertson
8. The Champions (1968) — Richard Barrett
9. The Agatha Christie Hour (1982) — Major Charles Wilbraham
10. G.B.H. (1991) — Hunningdon
11. King Lear (2008) — Earl of Gloucester
12. The Far Pavilions (1984) — Commissioner
13. The Crucible (2014) — Giles Corey
14. The Revolutionary (1970)
15. Without You (2011) — Paul Manning
16. The Vice (1999) — Chivers
17. Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985) — Orcini
18. Z-Cars (1962)
19. Crown Court (1972) — Edward Cummings
20. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Romeo
21. Sergeant Cork (1963) — Bob Marriott
22. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Peter
23. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974)
24. Paul Temple (1969)
25. Out of This World (1962) — Bill Sheridan
26. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
27. Next of Kin (1995)
28. The Enigma Files (1980) — Bert (Blowtorch)
29. No Place Like Home (1983) — Arthur Crabtree
30. Open Air (1986)
31. State of Emergency (1975) — Colonel Singleton
32. Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012) — Worcester
33. A Woman of No Importance (2017) — Reverend Daubeny
34. Rufus Stone (2012) — Rufus Stone
35. The Winter's Tale (1962) — Dion
36. Nobody's House (1976) — Peter Sinclair
37. Afternoon of a Nymph (1962) — Romeo
38. Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012) — Shallow
39. The Preventers (1996) — Controller
40. The Sinister Man (1961) — Mitch Hallam