William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, Yorkshire) is an English actor. Gaunt's father was a lawyer. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham. He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home. He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks. From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith. In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs. In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You. In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode "The Dark Rider", first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012. This is his second appearance in this series, after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode "The Maid in Splendour". In May 2015, Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders. (Wikipedia)

Filmography

• 2021The Tragedy of Macbeth
• 2017A Woman of No Importance — Reverend Daubeny
• 2015Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — John of Gaunt
• 2015The Timber — Jebediah
• 2014The Crucible — Giles Corey
• 2012Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — Worcester
• 2012Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — Shallow
• 2012Rufus Stone — Rufus Stone
• Without You — Paul Manning
• 2009Roger Delgado: The Master
• 2008King Lear — Earl of Gloucester
• The Vice — Chivers
• Midsomer Murders — Michael Bannerman, Ludo DeQuetteville
• 1996The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
• 1996The Preventers — Controller
• Next of Kin
• Heartbeat — Charles Robertson
• G.B.H. — Hunningdon
• Capstick's Law — Edward Capstick
• A Gentleman's Club — Aubrey
• Casualty — Malc Stroud
• Open Air
• 1985Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks — Orcini
• Love and Marriage — Phillip Merrick
• The Far Pavilions — Commissioner
• 1983Legend of the Champions — Richard Barrett
• No Place Like Home — Arthur Crabtree
• Claire — Tony Hunter
• The Agatha Christie Hour — Major Charles Wilbraham
• 1981No Visible Scar — Patrick Witney
• The Enigma Files — Bert (Blowtorch)
• The Foundation — Gareth Brown
• Nobody's House — Peter Sinclair
• State of Emergency — Colonel Singleton
• Dial M for Murder — Alex Ferguson
• Wodehouse Playhouse
• Crown Court — Edward Cummings
• Holly — Gordon Godolphin
• The Ten Commandments — Bill Williams
• Menace — Lord
• 1970The Revolutionary
• Paul Temple
• The Champions — Richard Barrett
• The Wednesday Play — Peter
• Doctor Who — Orcini
• Sergeant Cork — Bob Marriott
• 1962Afternoon of a Nymph — Romeo
• Out of This World — Bill Sheridan
• 1962Solo for Sparrow — Detective Sergeant Reeve
• The Saint — Mike
• 1962The Winter's Tale — Dion
• Z-Cars
• The Avengers
• 1961The Sinister Man — Mitch Hallam
• Armchair Theatre — Romeo

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Remembers… — Self