Ian Hendry

Born 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, England, 'Ian Hendry' (qv)'s career began rather inauspiciously, playing the fall guy for a circus clown. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama, things started progressing nicely when he starred as "Dr. Geoffrey Brent" in _Police Surgeon (1960)_ (qv). This led directly to _The Avengers (1961)_ (qv) but, after only one season, he left to pursue film. This proved a fruitful move as he found plenty of work (perhaps not surprisingly, often as doctors and police officers), although he made occasional returns to the small screen, even guest-starring in an episode of _The New Avengers (1976)_ (qv). His career was cut short on 24 December 1984, as he died from an internal hemorrhage at age 53.::[email protected]