Kevin Manser

Kevin Manser
Born	Kevin Baden Manser (1929-02-16)16 February 1929 Adelaide, South Australia
Died	New South Wales, Australia
Cause of death	Cancer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–2001
Known for	Dalek prop operator in Doctor Who (1960s)

Kevin Baden Manser (16 February 1929 – 21 December 2001) was an Australian actor best known for his career as a Dalek operator in the early seasons of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.

He was born in Adelaide and worked for South Australian Engineering and Water Supply until 1957, when he emigrated to London to work as a stage manager. This led to later work as a theatrical and television actor. In 1969 he returned to Australia and continued to play small parts on television while becoming involved with Doctor Who conventions. He wrote his autobiography, The Memoirs of a Dalek, in 2001, after being diagnosed with the cancer that eventually resulted in his death at the end of that year.

Amongst his TV and film roles, included appearances in the TV mini-series Bodyline (1984) and The Dismissal (1983), the film The Year My Voice Broke (1987) and appearing as Australian prime-minister William McMahon in the mini-series Vietnam (1987).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Dr. Who and the Daleks	Dalek Operator
1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Photographer
1969	Cry Wolf	Town clerk
1975	Scobie Malone	Unknown
	Ride a Wild Pony	Unknown	uncredited
1978	The Night, The Prowler	Citizen in bushes
1979	Dawn!	Official
1987	The Year My Voice Broke	Mr. Keith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963- 1966	Doctor Who	Dalek Operator Zarbi Operator	Season 1: (6 episodes) Season 2: (15 episodes) Season 3: (12 episodes) Season 4: (4 episodes)
1965	The Big Spender	Bank manager	Unknown
1966	Thirteen Against Fate	Auctioneer	Season 1, Episode 10: "The Son"
1967	Mrs Thursday	Mr. Bileman	Season 2, Episode 3: "The Train from Dunrich House"
1968	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width	Registrar	Season 2, Episode 6: "Hello Mother, Hello Father"
1972	Spyforce	Dr. Henry Holmann	Season 1, Episode 22: "The Doctor"
	Number 96	Mr. Fulton	Unknown
1975	Homicide	Sid Goodwin	Season 1, Episode 461: "The Long Weekend"
	Shannon's Mob	Harry Davis	Season 1, Episode 3: "Trip to Nowhere"
1976	Rush	Weinbaum	Season 2, Episode 8: "I'll See You Dead McKeller"
1978	Cass	Unknown	TV Movie
1979	Chopper Squad	Docker	Season 2, Episode 10: "Freedom"
1981	Bellamy	Gleeson	Season 1, Episode 13: "The Siege"
1982	A Country Practice	Sol Manning	Season 2: (2 episodes)
1983	The Dismissal	Unknown	TV Mini-series
1983 1984	Prisoner: Cell Block H	Phillip Bates Vicar	Season 1: (4 episodes)
1984	Bodyline	Unknown	TV Mini-series
1987	Vietnam	William McMahon	TV Mini-series
1988	Richmond Hill	Bank manager	Unknown
1994	Mother and Son	Butcher #2	Season 6, Episode 6: "The Promise"
2001	All Saints	Bill Kennedy	Season 4: (2 episodes)

External links

• Kevin Manser at the Internet Movie Database
• Real Doctor Who Fan Obituary