Carl Forgione
Acting
Biography
Carl Forgione (3 May 1944 – 10 September 1998) was a British actor, best known for his television appearances.
He appeared in two Doctor Who serials - Planet of the Spiders in 1974 and Ghost Light in 1989.
Other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Jesus of Nazareth, Blake's 7, Star Cops, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm and The House of Eliott.
Born of Italian immigrant grandparents, Forgione grew up in the Rhondda Valley. A founder member of Bare Boards Theatre Company, he was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 while performing in The Country Girl in Greenwich. He fought the illness for the next three years, which would claim him.
As actor 22
Doctor Who
1963
Great Performances
1971
Theatre 625
1964
Blake's 7
1978
The Protectors
1972
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
The House of Eliott
1991
The Day Today
1994
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
1994
South of the Border
1988
Star Cops
1987
Don't Forget to Write!
1977
The Borgias
1981
The New Statesman
1985
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
1973
As You Like It
1978
Henry V
1979
The Moonstone
1996
Big Zapper
1973
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989