Clinton Greyn obit

Obituary: Clinton Greyn – 'striking actor who enjoyed a long career on stage and screen'

 

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He as a Welsh-born actor noted for his appearances in British television series of the 1960s and 1970s.

After graduating from RADA in 1957, Greyn worked in rep at Ipswich, Chesterfield and the Belgrade Theatre Coventry. He made his film debut in the 1961 Scotland Yard short Wings of Death, before going on to appear in such popular British TV series as Z-Cars and Compact. By 1967 his career had progressed to prominent roles opposite Shirley MacLaine in Vittorio De Sica's Woman Times Seven (1967), Stanley Baker in Peter Yates' crime caper Robbery (1967), and Peter O'Toole in Herbert Ross's musical remake of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969). This led to him getting his own TV series in 1968, Virgin of the Secret Service, in which he played the dashing Captain Robert Virgin, travelling the world battling evil in the name of the British Empire. The series was not a success and he found himself making guest appearances in other adventure series, such as The Champions; Department S; and UFO ("The Dalotek Affair", 1971).

In the early 1970s he moved to Hollywood where he appeared in a number of films, including Raid on Rommel, The Love Machine, Swedish Fly Girls, and How to Steal an Airplane (all 1971).Returning to Britain he appeared in the action thriller Penny Gold (1973), and continued to guest-star in popular television series of the period such as Jason King, The Protectors, The Zoo Gang and Doctor Who.

Later in life he concentrated on the stage, appearing at the National Theatre as Nobel prize-winning Danish physicist Niels Bohr in Michael Frayn's Copenhagen in 2000.

Besides his acting career, Greyn studied architecture and design at the Open University and City University, London. He collaborated with Australian architect Russell Jones to build his dream home on a former bomb site in Bayswater, London.

Actor

The Chef's Apprentice

TV Series

Chamberlain

1989

1 episode

 

Maurice Colbourne, Jan Harvey, and Stephen Yardley in Howards' Way (1985)

Howards' Way

6.7

TV Series

Otis Seymour

1987

1 episode

 

Kenneth Cranham in Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)

Shine on Harvey Moon

7.6

TV Series

Howard

1985

1 episode

 

Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who

8.4

TV Series

Stike

Ivo

1980–1985

6 episodes

 

Jim'll Fix It (1975)

Jim'll Fix It

3.0

TV Series

Sontaran

1985

1 episode

 

Marti Caine and Philip Madoc in Hilary (1984)

Hilary

6.8

TV Series

Angel Wonderlight

1984

1 episode

 

BBC2 Playhouse (1973)

BBC2 Playhouse

6.7

TV Series

Michael Kaye

1982

1 episode

 

Sea Tales: The Return

TV Mini Series

Alec Morrison

1977

1 episode

 

Churchill's People (1974)

Churchill's People

5.6

TV Series

Richard Lionheart

1975

1 episode

 

Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse, and Lilli Palmer in The Zoo Gang (1974)

The Zoo Gang

7.5

TV Series

Anthony Martin (uncredited)

1974

1 episode

 

Robert Vaughn, Tony Anholt, and Nyree Dawn Porter in The Protectors (1972)

The Protectors

6.7

TV Series

David Cameron

1973

1 episode

 

Penny Gold (1973)

Penny Gold

5.2

Van Der Meij

1973

 

Scotch on the Rocks (1973)

Scotch on the Rocks

7.9

TV Series

Colonel Cameron

1973

5 episodes

 

Go Girl (1972)

Go Girl

5.6

Short

1972

 

Jason King (1971)

Jason King

6.9

TV Series

John Mallen

1971

2 episodes

 

Ray Barrett, Geoffrey Keen, and Philip Latham in Mogul (1965)

Mogul

7.2

TV Series

Karl Hansen

1971

1 episode

 

Swedish Fly Girls (1971)

Swedish Fly Girls

5.5

Derek

1971

 

The Love Machine (1971)

The Love Machine

4.8

Alfie Knight

1971

 

How to Steal an Airplane (1971)

How to Steal an Airplane

7.9

TV Movie

Evan Brice

1971

 

Raid on Rommel (1971)

Raid on Rommel

5.5

Major Tarkington

1971

 

Ed Bishop in UFO (1970)

UFO

7.9

TV Series

Tanner

1971

1 episode

 

Department S (1969)

Department S

7.2

TV Series

Gerard

1969

1 episode

 

Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

6.8

Bill Calbury

1969

 

Peter Kastner in The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968)

The Ugliest Girl in Town

4.9

TV Series

Alfie Adonis

1969

1 episode

 

Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt in The Champions (1968)

The Champions

7.5

TV Series

Lovegrove

1968

1 episode

 

Clinton Greyn and Veronica Strong in Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)

Virgin of the Secret Service

8.0

TV Series

Captain Robert Virgin

1968

13 episodes

 

Robbery (1967)

Robbery

6.9

Jack

1967

 

Woman Times Seven (1967)

Woman Times Seven

5.8

MacCormack (segment "Two Against One")

1967

 

The Newcomers (1965)

The Newcomers

6.9

TV Series

Max Edelman

1966

11 episodes

 

Susan Strasberg, Dirk Bogarde, and George Chakiris in McGuire, Go Home! (1965)

McGuire, Go Home!

5.9

Evans (uncredited)

1965

 

No Hiding Place (1959)

No Hiding Place

7.6

TV Series

Jack Morgan

1964

1 episode

 

Compact (1962)

Compact

7.8

TV Series

Mike McClusky

1962–1963

45 episodes

 

James Ellis and John Slater in Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.0

TV Series

Insp. McGrath

1962

1 episode

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

7.3

TV Series

John Jenkins

1961

1 episode

 

Wings of Death (1961)

Wings of Death

6.9

Short

Basil Swain

1961

 

Arms and the Man

TV Mini Series

Sergius Saranoff

1961

3 episodes

 

John Laurie in Tales of Mystery (1961)

Tales of Mystery

8.3

TV Series

Hackett

1961

1 episode

 

Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)

BBC Sunday-Night Play

8.7

TV Series

Robert Hunter

1961

1 episode

 

Androcles and the Lion

TV Mini Series

Ferrovius

1960

2 episodes

 

"Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

Exodus

6.7

Officer (uncredited)

1960

 

The Dark Pits of War

TV Movie

A German soldier

1960

 

Francis Storm Investigates

TV Series

Clive Ellison

1960

1 episode