Michael Darbyshire
He was a member of the Players Theatre Company based in London in Villiers Street, appearing regularly and also on many occasions on the BBC TV series The Good Old Days.
Michael Darbyshire died in 1979, during the interval of the first performance of a production of the Ray Cooney farce, Chase Me Comrade, at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 62. On the opening night, he played the first act splendidly. When he failed to respond to the call for the second act, he was found dead in his dressing room.
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