2020 (people)

2020 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 2020

21st century | 2020s

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In 2020, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

2 January - Actor Edmund Kente died.^[1]
3 January - Actor Derek Acorah died.^[2]
3 January - Actor Christopher Beeny died.^[3]
4 January - Actor Henley Thomas died.^[4]
9 January - Film editor John Griffiths died.^[5]
10 January - Executive producer Alex Beaton died.^[6]
13 January - Actor Norman Hartley died.^[7]
16 January - Actor Gillian Martell died.^[8]
16 January - Script editor Alan Pattillo died.^[9]
17 January - Actor Derek Fowlds died.^[10]
25 January - Actor Alan Harris died.^[11]
28 January - Actor Nicholas Parsons died.^[12]
14 February - Actor John Shrapnel died.^[13]
March - Actor Tim Oldroyd died.^[14]
13 March - Actor Ivor Danvers died.^[15]
14 March - Actor and costume recreator Paul Lunn died.^[16]
15 March - Actor Roy Hudd died.^[17]
20 March - Actor Peter Stenson died.^[18]
23 March - Actor David Collings died.^[19]
26 March - Actor Hamish Wilson died.^[20]
30 March - Actor Barry Wilsher died.^[21]
5 April - Actor Honor Blackman died.^[22]
6 April - Actor James Garbutt died.^[23]
7 April - Actor Peter Badger died.
12 April - Actor Tim Brooke-Taylor died.^[24]
14 April - Writer Pip Baker died.^[25]
16 April - Documentary producer Tony Cash died.^[26]
30 April - Writer Wally K Daly died.^[27]
4 May - Actor James Marcus died.^[28]
11 May - Assistant floor manager Catherine Childs died.^[29]
21 May - Actor Peter Stanton died.
26 May - Actor Cynthia Etherington died.^[30]
1 June - Assistant floor manager Nick Laughland died.^[31]
6 June - Actor Malcolm Terris died.^[32]
8 June - Vision mixer Derek Kibble died.^[33]
16 June - Actor John Benfield died.^[34]
20 June - Actor Philip Latham died.^[35]
28 June - Actor Louis Mahoney died.^[36]
3 July - Actor Earl Cameron died.^[37]
7 July - Actor David Cannon died.^[38]
11 July - Cameraman Colin Reid died.^[39]
14 July - Actor Maurice Roëves died.^[40]
18 July - Actor Peggy Batchelor died.^[41]
4 August - Actor Harry Dickman died.^[42]
12 August - Actor John Rolfe died.^[43]
September - Actor Mike Lennox died.^[44]
6 September - Actor Joan Blackham died.^[45]
10 September - Actor Diana Rigg died.^[46]
13 September - Actor Conrad Asquith died.^[47]
19 September - Actor John Cannon died.^[48]
26 September - Actor Jimmy Winston died.^[49]
30 September - Actor Frank Windsor died.^[50]
2 October - Costume designer Nicholas Bullen died.^[51]
7 October - Actor Tex Fuller died.^[52]
8 October - Actor Philip Anthony died.^[53]
9 October - Production manager Tony Redston died.^[44]
2 November - Actor John Sessions died.^[54]
5 November - Actor Timothy Craven died.^[55]
5 November - Actor Geoffrey Palmer died.^[56]
6 November - Actor John Fraser died.^[57]
13 November - Actor Philip Voss died.^[58]
23 November - Actor Louise Pajo died.^[59]
28 November - Actor Dave Prowse died.^[60]
9 December - Actor Tony Harwood died.
10 December - Actor Barbara Windsor died.^[61]
13 December - Writer Philip Martin died.^[62]
17 December - Actor Jeremy Bulloch died.^[63]
17 December - Actor David Ashford died.^[64]
19 December - Actor Dorian Van Bramm died.^[65]
29 December - Actor Robin Hargrave died.^[66]
30 December - Actor Peter Craze died.^[67]
Unknown - Actor Norman Bacon died.^[68]
Unknown - Actor Ralph Harvey died.^[69]
Unknown - The Soundhouse engineer Dan Hennessey died.^[69]
Unknown - Actor Andrew Jacks died.^[69]
Unknown - Actor Steve King died.^[69]
Unknown - Actor Don Paul died.^[44]
Unknown - Visual effects assistant Bill Pearson died.^[69]
Unknown - Cameraman Nick Squires died.^[69]
Unknown - Dresser Neil Sweetmore died.^[70]
Unknown - Actor Ian Sheridan died.^[71]

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