Character actor Charles Pemberton had a long career in television but found theatrical fame with his one man entertainment, WS Gilbert - A Disagreeable Man? which he toured throughout the UK and Europe. The two hour show, from a script by Brian Jones, traced the life of the 19th century popular composer and martinet. Pemberton was born on September 19, 1939 in Leyland, Lancashire. He trained for the stage at the Rose Bruford Drama School and graduated with distinction in 1963. He joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company where he remained for two years before appearing in repertory at the Library Theatre, Manchester, Harrogate and Derby. He made his television debut in 1964 as a detective sergeant in the soap Crossroads and went on to play a succession of policemen, military types and officials in countless dramas and sitcoms such as Callan, The Professionals, Minder, Juliet Bravo and Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective. He was in two storylines of Doctor Who, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The War Games and he played Johnny Mann in Coronation Street (1973). He also had cameos in the award-winning drama The Naked Civil Servant (1975), John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy (1987), Great Expectations (1989) (as Mr Philbean 1989), Victoria Wood's Pat & Margaret (1994) and Foyle's War (2004). On the West End stage he appeared with Ingrid Bergman in Sir John Gielgud's revival of The Constant Wife (Albery Theatre 1973) and he played Ormonroyd in Priestley's When We Are Married (Whitehall Theatre). He also starred in several commercials including the award-winning series of John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter adverts. He later recorded his one man show on CD. Pemberton was an accomplished magician and held the Inner Magic Circle Silver Star. He was vice president of the Catholic Stage Guild and a much revered member of the CAA. He had recently been elected to the Savage Club where he had performed his own man show to much acclaim. A genial and kind man with a self effacing sense of humour he was a familiar figure in London's theatreland with his bewhiskered looks and jaunty smile. He will be much missed by his many colleagues in the profession. Friend Barbara Angell said, "We were friends through thick and thin - we were sometimes rich together but mostly poor, at least financially. We shared a lot of laughs. Pemberton had been suffering from cancer and died on May 13, 2007. He was survived by his mother.

Doctor Who: The War Games

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Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Danger UXB

Foyle's War

All Creatures Great and Small

The Box of Delights

Pat and Margaret

The Professionals

Sapphire & Steel

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Bread

Hammer House of Horror

Norbert Smith: A Life

King of Fridges

The Upper Hand

Return of the Saint

Centre Play

Minder

Shoestring

Shillingbury Tales

Porridge

The Four Feathers

The Naked Civil Servant

Dickens of London

Black Joy

Terry and June

Brannigan

Charters and Caldicott

No Strings

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

The Paradise Club

Romany Jones

Playing Away

The Black Panther

The Best of the Adventures

A Murder of Quality

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Eskimo Nell

Let's Get Laid

Gone to Seed

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Unfair Exchanges

The Russian Soldier

On Giant's Shoulders

Wayne and Albert

The Chauffeur