Stuart Organ obit

Stuart Organ death: Grange Hill actor dies aged 72

Actor was the longest-serving cast member on BBC programme 

He was not on the list.

Grange Hill star Stuart Organ has died aged 72, his representatives have confirmed.

The British actor was the longest-serving cast member on the BBC children’s TV show, playing headmaster Peter Robson.

Organ “died peacefully at home after a short illness”, it was announced on Friday (23 February).

He began his acting career in Leeds in 1975, and went on to appear in sci-fi series Doctor Who and portrayed Kevin Cross in the soap Brookside.

The actor will be best remembered for his 15-year stint on the BBC show, where his character arrived as the head of PE in 1988, and was promoted to the headmaster role 10 years later.

The show, which ran from 1978 to 2008, was about life in a London comprehensive school, and made headlines for tackling big issues such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and mental illness. It went on to make household names of characters such as Zammo McGuire, played by Lee MacDonald, and Tucker Jenkins, played by Todd Carty.

Organ left the show in 2003 after it was announced that production was moving to Liverpool.

His career also included appearances in medical dramas Casualty and Holby City and a number of 1990s films including Those Glory Glory Days, festive movie Present Spirits and Fork In The Road. More recently, Organ provided voiceovers for Star Wars video games and played a doctor in the Netflix series Bridgerton.

Organ started his professional career at Leeds Playhouse in a performance of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, a spin-off of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and would also tread the boards as Judge Turpin in Queens Theatre Hornchurch’s Sweeney Todd.

His other theatre roles include An Englishman Abroad, in which he played Guy Burgess in a 2003 production in York and Major Powell in the play Corpse, performed in Hornchurch in 2007.

 

Actor

Jeb: The Fame and the Fury

Mickey the Mouth (voice)

Post-production

 

The Gnomes Great Adventure (2023)

The Gnomes Great Adventure

6.0

David (voice)

2023

 

Nicola Coughlan in Bridgerton (2020)

Bridgerton

7.4

TV Series

Doctor

2020

1 episode

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught (2019)

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught

6.8

Video Game

Additional Voices (voice)

2019

 

Sarah Schoenbeck and Tallulah Haddon in Marina and Adrienne (2016)

Marina and Adrienne

5.2

Short

Skipper

2016

 

Doctors (2000)

Doctors

4.6

TV Series

Bill Richards

Colin Thwaite

Dave Parks ...

2001–2016

5 episodes

 

Spencer Garrett and Jennifer Hale in Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan (2014)

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan

8.0

Video Game

Commandant Iven

Lord Ray'en

Moff Pyron (voice)

2014

 

Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

7.1

Video Game

Additional Voices (voice)

2014

 

The Secret World: Issue 9 - The Black Signal (2014)

The Secret World: Issue 9 - The Black Signal

Video Game

Arturo Castiglione (voice)

2014

 

Christopher Eccleston and Rory Kinnear in Lucan (2013)

Lucan

6.9

TV Mini Series

Judge

2013

 

The Secret World: Issue 8 - The Venetian Agenda (2013)

The Secret World: Issue 8 - The Venetian Agenda

Video Game

Arturo Castiglione (voice)

2013

 

Jamie Bamber, Ben Daniels, Robert Glenister, Bill Paterson, Bradley Walsh, Harriet Walter, and Freema Agyeman in Law & Order: UK (2009)

Law & Order: UK

7.7

TV Series

Aaron Walker

2013

1 episode

 

Crime Stories (2012)

Crime Stories

4.8

TV Series

Doug Harper

2012

1 episode

 

Meet the Parents (2010)

Meet the Parents

4.6

TV Series

Businessman Client

2012

1 episode

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011)

Star Wars: The Old Republic

8.5

Video Game

Colonel Grang

Colonel Harok

Lieutenant Veet (voice) ...

2011

 

Ewan Bailey, Lewis Macleod, and Adam Howden in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

6.8

Video Game

(voice)

2011

 

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (2011)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

7.4

Video Game

Nathaniel (voice)

2011

 

Killzone 3 (2011)

Killzone 3

7.8

Video Game

Helghast Soldiers (voice)

2011

 

Fable III (2010)

Fable III

7.4

Video Game

(voice)

2010

 

Dante's Inferno (2010)

Dante's Inferno

7.7

Video Game

Background Shade

Brunetto Lattini

Count Ugolino (voice) ...

2010

 

Ciarán Hinds and Kelly Reilly in Above Suspicion (2009)

Above Suspicion

7.1

TV Series

DCI Morgan

2010

1 episode

 

Risen (2009)

Risen

7.6

Video Game

Brogar

Costa

Edgar (English version, voice)

2009

 

Hairy Scary (2008)

Hairy Scary

6.3

TV Series

(voice)

2008

1 episode

 

Billie Piper in Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

7.3

TV Series

Hannah's Dad

Niall

2007–2008

3 episodes

 

David Suchet in Maxwell (2007)

Maxwell

6.9

TV Movie

Peter Laister

2007

 

The Adventures of Ratman (2007)

Rat-Man

7.4

TV Series

Capt. Kirk (English version, voice)

2006

1 episode

 

Random Quest (2006)

Random Quest

6.4

TV Movie

Bates

2006

 

Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)

Holby City

5.8

TV Series

Leighton Peters

Tom Prewitt

1999–2005

2 episodes

 

Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)

New Tricks

8.0

TV Series

Tyson

2005

1 episode

 

Down to Earth (2000)

Down to Earth

6.9

TV Series

Len Parker

Mr. Parker

2004–2005

6 episodes

 

Martin Shaw in Judge John Deed (2001)

Judge John Deed

7.6

TV Series

Jonathan Powell

2005

1 episode

 

Mile High (2003)

Mile High

7.1

TV Series

Major Corckland

2004

1 episode

 

Joanne Froggatt in Bad Girls (1999)

Bad Girls

7.9

TV Series

Duty Officer Smithson

2004

1 episode

 

Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, Mark Wingett, and Delia Swan in The Bill (1984)

The Bill

6.7

TV Series

Richard Thornton

D.I. Dixon

David Cheyney ...

1993–2003

6 episodes

 

40 (2003)

40

7.2

TV Mini Series

Registrar

2003

2 episodes

 

Grange Hill (1978)

Grange Hill

7.1

TV Series

Mr. Robson

Mr Robson

1988–2003

265 episodes

 

London's Burning (1988)

London's Burning

7.0

TV Series

Steve Morris - Solicitor

2001

1 episode

 

Alex and Alexis (1998)

Alex and Alexis

6.9

TV Series

(English version, voice)

2000

1 episode

 

The Waiting Time (1999)

The Waiting Time

6.5

TV Movie

Major Perry Johnson

1999

 

Fork in the Road

9.0

Short

1996

 

Helen Masters, Jack Shepherd, and Jimmy Yuill in Wycliffe (1993)

Wycliffe

7.2

TV Series

Eddie Sowden

1996

1 episode

 

This Life (1996)

This Life

8.5

TV Series

Monk

1996

1 episode

 

Casualty (1986)

Casualty

6.1

TV Series

Ken

1996

1 episode

 

The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie (1995)

The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie

7.0

TV Movie

Sandokan (voice)

1995

 

The Legend of Snow White (1994)

The Legend of Snow White

6.7

TV Series

(English version, voice)

1994–1995

52 episodes

 

Robin Hood (1991)

Robin Hood

7.2

TV Movie

Friar Tuck (voice, as Stuart Ogden)

1991

 

Sue Jenkins, Sue Johnston, Dean Sullivan, and Claire Sweeney in Brookside (1982)

Brookside

6.6

TV Series

Kevin Cross

1984–1989

19 episodes

 

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

Bazin

1987

2 episodes

 

Don Henderson and Siobhan Redmond in Bulman (1985)

Bulman

8.0

TV Series

Police sergeant

1985

1 episode

 

All the World's a Stage (1984)

All the World's a Stage

TV Mini Series

Extract from Woyzeck

Extracts from The Lulu Plays

1984

2 episodes

 

By the Sword Divided (1983)

By the Sword Divided

8.1

TV Series

Corporal Turner

Sgt. Turner

1983

4 episodes

 

Those Glory Glory Days (1983)

Those Glory Glory Days

6.7

TV Movie

1961 Spurs Team Member

1983