Stanley Meadows (14 July 1931 – 16 September 2025) was an English actor.
Life and career Meadows was born in Stepney, London on 14 July 1931, the son of a sweet shop owner in Stepney Green. He won a scholarship to Forest School, in Epping Forest, and eventually graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955. After graduating he worked as a barman, storeman, waiter, and shipping representative, while also performing in a variety of repertory companies. He worked with Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Harold Pinter, and starred in a number of plays on ITV.
As his career developed further, Meadows made frequent appearances in British films and became something of a stalwart of British television series, including Public Eye, Undermind, Randall and Hopkirk and Widows (Eddie Rawlins).
Meadows died on 16 September 2025, at the age of 94.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1953 Three Steps to the Gallows 2nd Clerk - Travel Agent Uncredited1959 The Mummy Attendant 1960 Jackpot Police Intelligence Officer on Radio Uncredited1961 Payroll Bowen 1962 A Prize of Arms Sgt. White Uncredited1962 Live Now, Pay Later Second Bailiff On Doorstep Uncredited1963The Desperate PeopleLuther Harris1963 Panic Tom 1964 The Masque of the Red Death Guard Uncredited1964 Clash by Night George Brett 1964 The Saint Bob Stryker in "The High Fence"1964 The Main Chance Joe Hayes 1965 The Ipcress File Inspector Pat Keightley 1965 You Must Be Joking! Barry Morris Uncredited1965 The Night Caller Det. Tom Grant 1966 Bat Out of Hell Ned Tallboy Five episodes1966 Kaleidoscope Dominion Captain 1967 The Terrornauts Ben Keller 1967 The Avengers Erskine in "The Hidden Tiger"1967 The Naked Runner Psychiatrist Uncredited1968 The Fixer Gronfein 1970 Performance Rosebloom 1981 Prends ta rolls et va pointer Lord Archibald Swanson 1984 La 7ème cible
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