It has been announced that actor Bernard Holley has passed away, at the age of 81. He was best known to Doctor Who fans for his role as the lead golden-skinned Axon in the 1971 story The Claws of Axos. In this he also provided the voice for Axos.
This was Holley's second appearance in the programme. In 1967 he had played the hapless archaeologist Peter Haydon, who is killed at the conclusion of the first episode of The Tomb of the Cybermen. Rather than use a body double or dummy, his corpse had to feature in the second instalment, so he got an extra week's work just for lying down.
Prior to appearing in The Claws of Axos, Holley had been a regular in the BBC police series Z-Cars. He wore his police officer's cap with his Axon costume on the first day of recording as a joke.
In later years he did a lot of commercials and voice work, alongside his theatre work.
RIP.
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