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((Short description|British actor (1910–1984)))
((More citations needed|date=May 2009))
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((Infobox person
| name = Richard Hurndall
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| birth_name = Richard Gibbon Hurndall
| birth_date = ((Birth date|1910|11|3|df=y))
| birth_place = [[Darlington]], [[County Durham]], England
| death_date = ((Death date and age|1984|4|13|1910|11|3|df=yes))
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'''Richard Gibbon Hurndall''' (3 November 1910 – 13 April 1984) was an English actor.<ref name=whoology/><ref name=bfi>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f46b957|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918210238/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f46b957|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2017|title=Richard Hurndall))</ref><ref name=theatricalia>((cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1zy/richard-hurndall|title=Richard Hurndall – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com))</ref> He is best remembered for replacing [[William Hartnell]] in the role of the [[First Doctor]] for ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who's]]'' 20th anniversary special ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.

==Career==

===BBC radio===
Hurndall was born in [[Darlington]] and he attended Claremont Preparatory School, Darlington and [[Scarborough College]],<ref>((Cite news |title=Of Escomb, Eden and the Darlo Doctor Who |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8161596.Of_Escomb__Eden_and_the_Darlo_Doctor_Who/ |author=Chris Lloyd |date=12 May 2010))</ref> before training as an actor at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts]].<ref name="obit">((cite news |title=Richard Hurndall obituary (1984) |url=http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Richard_Hurndall_obituary |date=14 April 1984 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]))</ref> He then appeared in several plays at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]].<ref name=theatricalia/> Hurndall acted with the [[BBC]] radio drama repertory company from 1949 to 1952.<ref name="obit" /> In 1959, he played [[Sherlock Holmes]] in a five part adaptation of ''[[The Sign of Four]]''.<ref name=whoology>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RaI8KcaUdCsC&pg=PA39|title=Who-Ology: The Official Miscellany|first1=Cavan|last1=Scott|first2=Mark|last2=Wright|date=2017|publisher=BBC Books|isbn=978-1-84990-619-7|page=39))</ref> He continued to play roles on BBC radio until about 1980, often as the leading man.<ref>((Cite web |title=BBC Radio Times Archive – Richard Hurndall |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=Richard+Hurndall&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00))</ref>

===Radio Luxembourg===
In 1958 he became the third host of the [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]] program called ''[[This I Believe]]''. (This show had originally been hosted by [[Edward R. Murrow]] on the U.S. [[CBS]] Radio Network from 1951 to 1955 and it was then edited in [[London]] for rebroadcast on '''208''' with a British style of presentation at 9:30 PM on Sunday evenings.)((citation needed|date=October 2017))

===Television work===
Hurndall appeared in numerous radio and stage plays, films and television series over the course of his lengthy career.  He appeared in 'Someone at the Door', a 1949 live broadcast TV comedy/thriller, which also featured [[Patrick Troughton]] (with whom he was later to appear in [[Doctor Who]] – see below).<ref>((cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/1615|title=Someone at the Door · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk))</ref> Other television shows of the era that he appeared in include ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Persuaders!]]'', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ''[[Whodunnit!]]'' and ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/richard-hurndall-1/|title=Richard Hurndall|last=T.V.com|website=TV.com))</ref> He played the suave London gangster Mackelson in the gritty 1968 drama series ''[[Spindoe]]'' and the following year had a recurring role as flawed senior civil servant Jason Fowler in the final series of ''[[The Plane Makers/The Power Game|The Power Game]]''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=8427|title=Richard Hurndall|website=www.aveleyman.com))</ref> He appeared in the comedy series ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' in 1970 as Timothy, a gay antique dealer who takes a shine to Harold Steptoe, in Any Old Iron (series 5 episode 3, 20 March 1970).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d7095ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918210227/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d7095ca|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2017|title=Any Old Iron? (1970)))</ref> He guest starred in the third series of ''[[Callan_(TV_series)|Callan]]''.<ref>((cite web|url=https://archivetvmusings.blog/2015/03/24/callan-the-same-twick-twice/|title=The Same Trick Twice (1970)|date=24 March 2015 ))</ref> He appeared twice in the series ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'', first playing a distinguished entomologist who is unwilling to trace his missing son in "The Golden Boy" (10 January 1973) and later a priest in "How About a Cup of Tea?" (13 January 1975).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/TVEpisode.aspx?FilmID=1604&Episode=19730110|title=Public Eye: S|website=www.aveleyman.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b821c4d3d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204713/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b821c4d3d|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2017|title=How about a Cup of Tea? (1975)))</ref> He was Lord Montdore in ''[[Love in a Cold Climate (1980 TV series)|Love in a Cold Climate]]'' (1980).<ref>((cite web | url=https://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Richard_Hurndall | title=Richard Hurndall - the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive ))</ref>

===''Doctor Who''===
In 1983, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BBC [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] planned a special event, ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', a 90-minute episode to feature four of the five actors who had at that point played the role of the Doctor.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-five-doctors/|title=Errors 500 – Doctor Who|website=Doctor Who))</ref> [[William Hartnell]], the actor who [[First Doctor|originated the role]], had died in 1975.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/544973/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Hartnell, William (1908–1975) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk))</ref> Hurndall eventually won the role of the First Doctor, playing him as "acerbic and temperamental but in some ways wiser than his successors." His casting in the role was approved((clarify|reason=Did she have to sign off on her late husband's role being recast? That seems unlikely, but that's what the wording implies. If it means she thought his performance was good, or just that she DID sign off (even though that wasn't a requirement), we should say so.|date=February 2018)) by Hartnell's widow, Heather.<ref>((Cite web |title=Richard Hurndall (1980's) |date=19 October 2009 |url=http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/richard-hurndall/))</ref>((bcn|date=September 2021)) When [[Tom Baker]], who played the [[Fourth Doctor]], declined to appear in the programme, Hurndall's role was expanded slightly to have the First Doctor take a greater part in the action.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-02-21/the-five-doctors/|title=The Five Doctors ★★★★))</ref> It was hoped Hurndall would reprise his portrayal of the First Doctor alongside the Doctor's granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]], played by [[Carole Ann Ford]], in the season 22 story ''[[The Two Doctors]]'', but Hurndall's death saw the storyline adjusted to feature the [[Second Doctor]] played by [[Patrick Troughton]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] played by [[Frazer Hines]].<ref>Doctor Who - The Complete History, Stories 139-141. Panini UK Ltd., 2016</ref>

===Films===
His films included ''[[Joanna (1968 film)|Joanna]]'' (1968), ''[[Hostile Witness]]'' (1968), ''[[Some Girls Do]]'' (1969), ''[[Zeppelin (film)|Zeppelin]]'' (1971), ''[[I, Monster]]'' (1971),<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v96173|title=I, Monster (1971) – Stephen Weeks – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie|website=AllMovie))</ref> ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972), ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' (1975), and ''[[Crossed Swords (1977 film)|Crossed Swords]]'' (1977).<ref name=bfi/>

==Death==
In April 1984, Hurndall died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the age of 73 in [[London]], less than five months after the first broadcast of ''The Five Doctors''.<ref name="obit" /> Many sources, including [[Elisabeth Sladen]]'s autobiography, state that he died before being paid for the role.<ref>((Cite web |title=Doctor Who: The Five Doctors Special Edition DVD review |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7526/doctor-who-the-five-doctors-special-edition-dvd-review |author=Simon Brew |author-link=Simon Brew |date=18 February 2008))</ref> However, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' writer Richard Bignell claims that this isn't true, saying "Hurndall had five different payments made out to him ... (four contractual, one expenses) and all were paid in 1982 and 1983, way before his death."<ref>((Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=Richard Bignell on Twitter: "No, it's all absolute tosh. Hurndall had five different payments made out to him with regards to The Five Doctors (four contractual, one expenses) and all were paid in 1982 and 1983, way before his death.… https://t.co/BTWsr8TqTA" |url=https://twitter.com/NothingLane/status/1271845398404116482 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153738/https://twitter.com/NothingLane/status/1271845398404116482 |archive-date=2021-12-15  |access-date=2022-06-28 ))</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Deadlier Than the Male]]'' 
| Suited Man at Judo Club 
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=3|1968
| ''[[Joanna (1968 film)|Joanna]]'' 
| Butler 
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Hostile Witness]]'' 
| Supt. Eley 
|
|-
| ''[[The Avengers (TV programme)|The Avengers]]'' 
| Farrer
| Episode: ''Legacy of Death''
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Some Girls Do]]'' 
| President of Aircraft Co. 
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' 
| Timothy Stanhope
| Episode: ''Any Old Iron?''
|-
| rowspan=3|1971
| ''[[Zeppelin (film)|Zeppelin]]'' 
| Blinker Hall 
|
|-
| ''[[I, Monster]]'' 
| Lanyon 
|
|-
| ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'' 
| Lord Faber
| Episode: ''The Ripening Rubies''
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' 
| Radical 
|
|-
| 1972-1973
| ''[[War and Peace (1972 TV series)|War and Peace]]''
| [[Fyodor Rostopchin|Count Rostopchin]]
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1972-1977
| ''[[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]]'' 
| Picard/Magistrate
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Gawain and the Green Knight (film)|Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' 
| Bearded Man 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1974
| ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]''
| Clifton
| Episode: ''A Bad Mistake''
|-
| ''[[Father Brown (1974 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
| Father Superior
| Episode: ''The Arrow of Heaven''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' 
| Detchard 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1977
| ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' 
| [[Thomas Cranmer|Archbishop Cranmer]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Just William (1977 TV series)|Just William]]''
| Great Uncle George
| Episode: ''William's Worst Christmas'' 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Blake's 7]]'' 
| Nebrox 
| Episode: ''Assassin''
|-
| rowspan=2|1983
| ''[[Blue Peter]]'' ||rowspan=2|[[First Doctor]]||
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Episode: ''[[The Five Doctors]]''
|-
|}

==See also==
*''[[This I Believe]]'' – 1957 second season on Radio Luxembourg

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb name|0403528))

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