DEREK MARTIN
ACTING
Derek Martin has been one of the most authentic working class voices in British film and television since the 1970s.
Born Derek William Rapp in 1933, Martin was in the RAF for his National Service and took up a series of jobs including road worker, Smithfield Meat Market porter, and professional gambler, before entering showbusiness as an extra and stunt performer in a variety of programmes including Doctor Who.
- Keep It Up, Jack! 1974
- Priest of Love 1981
- Doctor Who: Inferno 1970
- Adventures of a Plumber's Mate 1978
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980
- Spaghetti House 1982
- The Big Switch 1968
- Ragtime 1981
- Elizabeth R 1971
- EastEnders 1985
- Minder 1979
- The Chinese Detective 1981
- The Sweeney 1975
- Survivors 1975
- Dixon of Dock Green 1955
- Private Schulz 1981
- Play for Today 1970
- Law & Order 1978
- Doctor Who 1963
- The Zoo Gang 1974
- Upstairs, Downstairs 1971
- The Detectives 1993
- Terry and June 1979
- Big Deal 1984
- Hart to Hart 1979
- Dempsey and Makepeace 1985
- The Professionals 1977