Hugh Walters

Hugh Thornton Walters (2 March 1939 – 13 February 2015) was a British actor. During the early 1990s, Hugh Walters appeared regularly on The Russ Abbot Show, and he played a recurring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Chance in a Million. His films include Catch Us If You Can (1965), Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967), Alfie Darling (1975), George and Mildred (1980), Brimstone and Treacle (1982), The Missionary (1982), 1984 (1984), The Innocent Sleep (1995) and Firelight (1997). In 1975, Hugh Walters replaced Terry Scully in the role of Vic Thatcher late in the first series of the BBC series Survivors. Scully had appeared in 4 episodes, but then suffered a nervous breakdown, leaving the Survivors production team no choice but to recast the role of Vic with Vic's big episode Revenge coming up. Walters played Vic in episodes 11 and 13 of the first series.was also in an episode of on the buses as the drunken groom Filmography Catch Us If You Can (1965) - Grey Doctor Who (1965) - William Shakespeare in The Chase Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) - Carruthers Nicholas Nickleby (1968, TV Series) - Smike (Voice) The Train Now Standing (1972-1973, TV Series) - Peter Pringle Alfie Darling (1975) - Hugh, Advertising Man Survivors (1975, TV Series) - Vic Thatcher Doctor Who (1976) - Runcible in The Deadly Assassin George and Mildred (1980) - Waiter The Monster Club (1981) - Art Director (uncredited) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) - Man The Missionary (1982) - Fermleigh's Doctor 1984 (1984) - Artsem Lecturer Doctor Who (1985) - Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks The Innocent Sleep (1995) - Lewis Firelight (1997) - Dr. Geddes Heartbeat (1999-2004, TV Series) - Mr. Jones / Arthur Sykes Cor, Blimey! (2000, TV Movie) - Charles Hawtrey