Tom Bell | |
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Born | Thomas George Bell 2 August 1933 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Died | 4 October 2006 Brighton, Sussex, England | (aged 73)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1959– 2006 |
Notable credit(s) | Albert Stokes in A Night Out Toby in The L-Shaped Room Adolf Eichmann in Holocaust Bill Otley in Prime Suspect Jack McVitie in The Krays |
Spouse |
Lois Daine
(m. 1960; div. 1976) |
Partner | Frances Tempest (1976–his death 2006) |
Children | 2 |
Thomas George Bell (2 August 1933 – 4 October 2006) was an English actor on stage, film and television. He often played "menacing or seedy roles, perhaps most memorably playing sexist Detective Sergeant Bill Otley, antagonist to Helen Mirren's DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.[1]