Philip George William Bond (1 November 1934 – 17 January 2017) was a British actor. He was best known for playing Albert Frazer in 24 episodes of the 1970s BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.

Life and career Bond was born at 189 Uxbridge Street in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, to Welsh parents Matthew William Bond (1899–1951) and Blodwen (née John; 1900–1981); he had an older brother, Ifor John Bond (1929–1992), and a twin sister, Shirley. Samantha Bond on the Celebrity Genealogy website Bond's first acting experience was at Burton Boys' Grammar School, where he was a pupil, and in addition attended classes at the School of Speech and Drama in Burton.'Philip Bond and Victor Rogers are just two former School of Speech and Drama students' – Burton Mail 8 February 2015 In 1952 he joined the Central School of Speech and Drama (then based in rooms in the Royal Albert Hall), where contemporaries included Delena Kidd, Heather Sears and Ian Hendry.Hershman Gabriel, 'Send in the Clowns – The Yo Yo Life of Ian Hendry' (2013) pg 18 – Google Books In 1957, he played Sir John Marraby in the musical Zuleika, based on the novel Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.

His first television role was in the series ITV Television Playhouse (1958–61). He later appeared in, among others, The Saint (1963), Doctor Who (in the serial "The Daleks"; 1964), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1968), The Avengers (1969), Z-Cars (1969–75), Only Fools and Horses (1985), Casualty (2007), and Midsomer Murders (2007).

Bond's film roles include Count Five and Die (1957), Orders to Kill (1958), Foxhole in Cairo (1960), I Want What I Want (1972), and Fever Pitch (1997). He was interviewed in the 2008 documentary The Cult of The Onedin Line.

He married the television producer Pat Sandys (1926–2000) in 1959. The marriage was later dissolved.Obituary for Pat Sandys, The Guardian 26 May 2000 With Sandys he is the father of actresses Abigail and Samantha Bond, and the film and TV journalist Matthew Bond. He lived in the village of Abergwynfi in his parents' native Wales.

He died at the age of 82 on 17 January 2017, while on holiday in Madeira.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes1957Count Five and DiePiet van Wijt1958Orders to KillNilsUncredited1960Hell is a CityHeadquarters PCUncreditedFoxhole in CairoGerman Signals Sergeant1972I Want What I WantPhilip1990Destroying AngelDesk Clerk1997Fever PitchTurnstile Operator

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1956 1958

1961ITV Television PlayhouseLeading Seaman Hillbrook Shefford

Geoff Stone

unknownSeason 1, episode 33: "Morning Departure" Season 3, episode 46: "Cornelius"

Season 6: (2 episodes)1956 1960

1964ITV Play of the WeekPrivate McClelland Mark Elliott

Tom VeryanSeason 2, episode 8: "Yellow Jack" Season 5, episode 36: "The Green Pack"

Season 9, episode 53: "A Choice of Coward #3: The Vortex"1960The Voodoo FactorDr. Tony WilsonSeason 1: (3 episodes)Theatre 70unknownSeason 1, episode 10: "The Neighbour"1961Walk a Crooked MileFergus RyderSeason 1, episode 1StoryboardJohnnySeason 1, episode 3: "The Middle Men"The Terrorists2nd Lieutenant HargreavesTV movieBBC Sunday-Night PlayPhillip Barron Lieutenant MuellerSeason 2, episode 17: "The Intervener" Season 3, episode 12: "The Judge and His Hangman"1963SuspenseColin BannermanSeason 2, episode 10: "Project Survival"It Happened Like ThisBob TennantSeason 1, episode 13: "The Black Monk"Sergeant CorkGeorge MelroseSeason 1, episode 9: "The Case of the Sleeping Coachman"The SaintKenneth RipwellSeason 2, episode 5: "The Elusive Ellshaw"MaupassantunknownSeason 1, episode 12: "Foolish Wives"1964Ann Veronica Mr. Capes3 episodesDoctor WhoGanatus5 episodes; serial: The DaleksA Choice of CowardDavid VeryanSeason 1, episode 3: "The Vortex"The Old Wives' TaleGerald Scales3 episodesThe Indian Tales of Rudyard KiplingHoldenSeason 1, episode 21: "Without Benefit of Clergy1965RedcapCaptain PellySeason 1, episode 12: "A Place of Refuge"The Flying SwanConrad SternSeason 1, episode 2: "Trial Plan"199 Park LaneTony AshmanSeason 1, episode 1: "The New Tenant"No Hiding PlaceJulian Forrester Goldie PadgettSeason 7, episode 12: "Music for Murder" Season 8, episode 7: "Run, Johnny, Run"1966Armchair TheatreunknownSeason 6, episode 27: "The Long Nightmare"1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleArthur NortonSeason 1, episode 11: "The Black Doctor"The RevenueWhiteSeason 1, episode 8: "Sometimes There's a Bonus"1967 1968Man in a SuitcaseLuis Philip OliverSeason 1: (2 episodes)1968Theatre 625Stephen Stephens

AndreiSeason 5: (3 episodes)BBC Play of the MonthGilles de RaisSeason 4, episode 1: "St. Joan"Sherlock HolmesStapletonSeason 2: (2 episodes)The Jazz AgeRupertSeason 1, episode 5: "Lily Christine"The ChampionsOfficerSeason 1, episode 4: "The Experiment"1969The AvengersLieutenant Roy CasperSeason 7, episode 14: "The Interrogators"Canterbury TalesKnightSeason 1, episode 5: "The Wife of Bath's Tale/ The Clerk's Tale1969– 1970

1975The Main ChancePeter FindonSeason 1: (5 episodes) Season 2: (6 episodes)

Season 4, episode 4: "Payment by Result"1969 1975Z-CarsHatchett Dag EriksonSeason 6, episode 276: "Two for the Record: Part 2"1970Thirty-Minute TheatrePeter BlakemanSeason 5, episode 14: "The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments"1971DoomwatchInspector DrewSeason 2, episode 10: "The Human Time Bomb"Jason KingJaevertSeason 1, episode 11: "Flamingos Only Fly on Tuesdays"1971– 1972The Onedin LineAlbert FrazerSeason 1: (12 episodes) Season 2: (12 episodes)1972The Man OutsideunknownSeason 1, episode 11: "Doubts Are Traitors"1974Justice Dr. Daniel RichardsSeason 3, episode 3: "Duty of Care"Dial M for MurderSimon PageSeason 1, episode 8: "Whatever's Peter Playing At?"Marked PersonalRay FalkSeason 1: (2 episodes)1974 1976WarshipCommander Hilliard LoaderSeason 2, episode 2: "Without Just Cause" Season 3, episode 11: "Divert with Despatch"1975Late CallTimbo EganSeason 1, episode 4The ITV PlayMajor BuxtonSeason 1, episode 4: "House in Regent Place: The Barrier"1977Crown CourtClifford GrantSeason 6, episode 40: "Capers Among the Catacombs: Part 1"The Children of the New ForestRatcilffeSeason 1: (4 episodes)1978An Englishman's CastleInspectorSeason 1: (2 episodes)1979KidsMichael GibbonsSeason 1, episode 13: "David"1980The SandbaggersSir Roderick HivesSeason 3, episode 3: "Unusual Approach"ShoestringKeithSeason 2, episode 9: "Where Was I?"1981Hedda GablerEilert LovborgTV movie1984Love and MarriagePetersonSeason 1, episode 5: "Home Is the Sailor"Cold WarriorLord StonewaySeason 1, episode 1: "Bright Sting"1985Travellers by NightHugo SchneiderSeason 1: (2 episodes)Only Fools and HorsesHendrik Van KleefeSeason 4, episode 8: "To Hull and Back"1986The Oldest Goose in the BusinessMaxTV movie1987BergeracTemperleySeason 5, episode 8: "Poison"1992Forever GreenClaud TaylorSeason 2, episode 61993LovejoyDuncan StrongSeason 4, episode 6: "Second Fiddle"1994Shakespeare: The Animated TalesTyrrel NarratorSeason 2: (2 episodes)1997Our BoyMagistrateTV movie2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyWalter BrayTV movie2007Midsomer MurdersDr. WyattSeason 10, episode 8: "Death in a Chocolate Box"2008The Cult of The Onedin LineHimselfTV documentary, (final television appearance)

References

External links

Bond on The Avengers Forever website