... HILARY MINISTER Hilary Minster, wno nas aiea at the age of 54, had a long career in television as an actor but is probably best known for his comic portrayal of General Erich von KJinkerhoffen in the long running hit series 'Alto, 'Alto, which brought him an army of fans. In the sixties he was a regular on Doctor Who, appear ing in a number of guises, and built up something of a cult following ...

... DAVEMcLELLAN One of Scotland's best-known and most popular stage musi cians, Dave McLellan has died after a long illness, at the age of 69. As a boy in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, where he was bom, he developed a liking for playing trumpet and joined his elder brother's dance band, working as a teenager in theatre bands in Glasgow. On joining the RAF as a 2Oyear-old, he played military band ...

... NORMAN MEADOW One of the best known and respected 'feeds' in showbusi- ness, Norman Meadow has died at the age of 82. His immaculate sense of timing endeared him to many comedians. Meadow's partnership with the legendary Sandy Powell lasted for many years and is remembered with affection by many for their brilliant cross talk. Bom in Wigan in 1918, Meadow began as a dance band vocalist in 1935 ...

... Andrew Faulds Ramboyant and mellifluous- voiced actor Andrew Faulds died at the age of 77 on May 31. Younger performers with some political awareness may recognise his name. He will be remembered as a somewhat rebellious Labour backbencher who held his seat for more than a quarter of a century until he stood down at the last General Election. To those of us in his generation he was an heroic ...

... GEOFF GODDARD Songwriter and pianist Geoff Goddard, who wrote John Ley- ton's 1961 chart-topper Johnny Remember Me, and played on the ethereal Tornados trans-Atlantic hit Telstar a year later, has died aged 62. Goddard was bom and raised in Reading. Berkshire, and after studying at the Royal Academy of Music signed to Southern Music as a pop composer. His subsequent association with the ...

... SALLY HARRISON Distinguished choreographer and dancer Sally Harrison has died, aged 61. Throughout her long career she worked with leading directors such as Peter Hall, Jonathan Miller, Carol Reed, George Sidney and Roman Polanski, and was an assistant and a friend to the choreographer Gillian Lynne. She was educated at the Arts Educational School in Tring, and then joined London's Festival ...

... JOHANNA PETERS Though a fine singer during her days as an opera performer, Johanna Peters, who has died aged 68. may be remembered more for her work as a teacher and administrator. For some years she had been head of vocal studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and earlier she had assisted her close friend Anne Wood in running Phoenix Opera, a company which gained a high ...

... LEWIS ALLEN Aitnougn Lewis Alien, wno aieo on May 3 aged 94, was primarily associated with directing films in Hollywood, he also had a long stage career both in the West End and later on Broadway. Bom in Shropshire on Christmas Day 1905, he served in the Merchant Navy before deciding on an acting career in various repertory companies around the country. He later decided to go into both ...

... CLIVE COUN BOWLER Actor Clive Colin Bowler, who has died at the age of 59, was a prod uct of the sixties and a familiar face during a period when his antics often caught the eye of the Press. He was regularly seen in the company of the likes of Michael Caine and Terence Stamp and was linked with a series of glamorous actresses. He was a member of The Younger Generation Players, a group of ...

... sadly misted by her Sadly mused and fondly pannfT tdrian fcro|fc,r am/ remembered all friends and roUeaguei in the world of opera, theatre anil ballet. by Avril ED, family, in Britain friends and cofleagars. and Australia Obituaries can also be found on The Stage's Web srte at: www.thestage.co.uk ...

... GHISLAINE ALEXANDER Best known to the British public as a panellist on the hit televi sion snow What's My Line? in the fifties, Ghislaine Alexander has died at the age of 77. She was a society beauty whose chic style of dressing set fashions. Her natural, composed charm made her a hit with the viewers, and was in stark contrast to the grumpy demeanour of fellow panellist Gilbert Harding. Once ...

... FREDDIE HOLMES bole survivor of the close-harmony quartet the Radio Revellers, popular from the thirties to the fifties, Freddie Holmes died on May 24, aged 86. The group began when guitarist/vocalist Art Reed placed an advert in Melody Maker in August 1934 which read: Two boys and a guitar wish to meet two others to form a Mills Brothers style close-harmony quartet. Reed and his friend ...