Brown Derby (actor)

Brown Derby
Born5 May 1914
Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Died17 July 2000
NationalityScottish
OccupationActor

Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000)[1] was a Scottish stage, film and television actor. He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949).[2][3] He played Sergeant Roberts, too, in Suspended Alibi. Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, Take The High Road and many other British television shows.[4][5][6][7]

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  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Queen of Spades, The (1949) Credits".
  3. ^ Philip Horne (3 October 2008). "Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his work not better known?". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "BBC One - The Omega Factor, The Undiscovered Country". BBC.
  5. ^ "Omega Factor, the – TV Cream".
  6. ^ "Brown Derby".
  7. ^ "Brown Derby". TV.com. CBS Interactive.