Derek Martin was one of the most authentic working class voices in British film and television since the 1970s. Born Derek William Rapp in 1933, Martin was in the RAF for his National Service and took up a series of jobs including road worker, Smithfield Meat Market porter, and professional gambler, before entering showbusiness as an extra and stunt performer in a variety of programmes including Doctor Who. He retired from stunt work following an injury on Elizabeth I in 1971 and moved into acting. His most famous break out role was as the corrupt detective Fred Pyle in GF Newman's controversial 1978 drama Law & Order. In the following decade Martin had major roles in TV dramas such as The Chinese Detective and King & Castle, and played James Cagney's aide in milos Forman's epic 1981 film Ragtime. In 2000, Martin joined the cast of EastEnders as Charlie, the patriarch of the Slater family, a role he continued to play on and off for sixteen years.

Filmography

• Harry Hill's Tea Time — Charlie Slater
• 2004EastEnders: Pat and Mo — Charlie Slater
• Celebrity Mastermind
• 1995Boston Kickout — Ray Saunders
• The Governor — Gary Marshall
• The Detectives — Groom's Father
• Eldorado — Alex Morris
• 1992The Cutter
• Fiddlers Three — Detective Sergeant Stubbs
• King and Castle — Ronald King
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Scott
• EastEnders — Charlie Slater
• Big Deal — Phil Graves
• The Bill — Dave Richards
• 1984The Hope and the Glory — Club Manager
• Storyboard — Det. Sgt. Ronald King
• 1983The Aerodrome — Provo Sgt. Peters
• 1982Jake's End — Corp
• 1982Spaghetti House — Commissioner Hutchinson
• 1981Priest of Love — Police Sergeant
• Private Schulz — Gruber
• 1981Ragtime — Waldo's Aide No. 2
• The Chinese Detective — D.C.I. Berwick
• 1980Dark Water — Security guard
• 1980Rifleman — Drill Sergeant
• The Enigma Files — Brewer
• 1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu — Museum Guard
• The Gentle Touch
• Hart to Hart — Inspector Drootin
• Minder — Cedric
• 1979Print-Out — Colley
• Shoestring — Parry
• Terry and June — Policeman, Mr. Parkins
• 1978Adventures of a Plumber's Mate — Motorcycle Dealer
• 1978Another Day — Frank
• Law & Order — Fred Pyall
• 1977Candleshoe — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1977Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl — David Mitchell
• Target — Taxi Driver, Alan Ziegler
• The Professionals — Renshaw
• 1976Bet Your Life — Jimmy
• 1976Diversions — Escort
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Ben Smythe, Sergeant
• Angels
• 1975Eskimo Nell — Floor Manager (uncredited)
• Survivors — Cyril
• The Sweeney — Spooner
• You're On Your Own
• 1974Keep It Up, Jack! — Client with Swing (uncredited)
• Playhouse — Reg, Corp
• The Zoo Gang — Gallery Guard
• 1973The Sex Thief — Doorman
• New Scotland Yard — Bill
• Elizabeth R — Horseman to Cecil
• Upstairs, Downstairs — Heckler
• 1970Doctor Who: Inferno — UNIT Soldier
• Play for Today — Security Guard
• Paul Temple
• 1968The Big Switch — 1st Heavy
• Softly, Softly
• Londoners — Barry
• 1965The Counterfeit Man — Guard
• 1964The Evil of Frankenstein — Roustabout (uncredited)
• Theatre 625
• Doctor Who — David Mitchell
• Z-Cars
• Maigret — Extra (uncredited)
• No Hiding Place
• Dixon of Dock Green — Len Drake

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Celebrity Coach Trip — Self
• Little Britain — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• GMTV — Self
• Six Fifty-Five Special — Self