Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial ... The Sea Devils with Jon Pertwee. He also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. His early film work included a lead role as real life British criminal Donald Neilson in the 1977 film, The Black Panther. He also appeared in many television films and serials, including adaptations of Dickens' novels: Nicholas Nickleby in 2001, Great Expectations in 1999 and Bleak House in 1985. Also in 1985, he was remembered for the part of villain Ronnie Day in Big Deal. He played the part of suspected serial killer Alexander Bonaparte Cust in the (1992) Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, The ABC Murders. He has also appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Holby City, and A Touch of Frost. He also had a recurring role as Uncle Ginger in the Children's BBC series The Queen's Nose. He played Harold Chapple in Our Friends in the North, and portrayed the physicist Max Planck in Einstein and Eddington. He has also been seen as Kemp in the horror-drama series Being Human. In 2011 he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series Game of Thrones. His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).
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Game of Thrones
as Maester Luwin
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Apr 17, 2011
The Brack Report
as Paul Brack
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Apr 06, 1982
Jekyll and Hyde
as Garson
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 25, 2015
Being Human
as Kemp
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jan 25, 2009
Entitled
as Quincy
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Dec 19, 2023
Doctor Who
as Enrico Casali
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 23, 1963
Bombay Blue
as Supt. John Mayberry
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 04, 1997
Jesus of Nazareth
as Aram
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 27, 1977
One Child
as Jim Arthurton
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 05, 2014
The Mill
as Samuel Greg
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jul 28, 2013
Our Friends in the North
as Commander Harold Chapple
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 15, 1996
Cold Lazarus
as Dr. Rawl
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 26, 1996
Doctor Who
as Commander Ridgeway
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 23, 1963
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Edward Peveril
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 02, 1987
Fallen Angel
as Simon Martlesham
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 11, 2007
Les Misérables
as Mabeuf
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 30, 2018
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Parson Tringham
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 14, 2008
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
as Bishop Peter Ball
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 13, 2020
The Secret of Crickley Hall
as Gordon Pyke
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 18, 2012
In Deep
as Keith Sullivan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 19, 2001
12 Monkeys
as Seer
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 16, 2015
Chernobyl
as Zharkov
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 06, 2019
Peaky Blinders
as Arthur Bigge
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 12, 2013
Bleak House
as 'Nemo'
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 10, 1985
Midsomer Murders
as Tim Settingfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Bergerac
as Roscoe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1981
Quiller
as Brenman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 29, 1975
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Cust
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1989
Black Mirror
as Julian Hereford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 04, 2011
The Cleaner
as Sir James
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 2021
Minder
as Sudbury
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1979
Doctor Who
as The President
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 2005
Atlantis
as Tiresius
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 2013
New Worlds
as Sidney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 2014
Justice
as Villiers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1971
Bergerac
as Harry Tilson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1981
Endeavour
as Emil Valdemar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 2013
Spooks
as Stephen Kirby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 13, 2002
Merlin
as The Fisher King
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2008
Quirke
as Josh Crawford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 16, 2014
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
as Ministeren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2004
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
as Indenrigsminister Nacuk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2004
Our Friends in the North
as Harold Chapple
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Jan 15, 1996
Hadleigh
Episodes: 52
First Aired: Sep 16, 1969
Heroes and Villains
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 11, 2007
The Bill
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 16, 1984
Crocodile Shoes
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 10, 1994
Between the Lines
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 04, 1992
Ultimate Force
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2002
Softly, Softly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1966
Shoestring
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1979
Taggart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1983
A Touch of Frost
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 06, 1992
Dalziel & Pascoe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 16, 1996
Barlow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 04, 2003
The Adventures of Don Quick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 30, 1970
Eleventh Hour
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 2006
Play for Today
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Target
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1977
The First Churchills
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1969
The Last Detective
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 2003
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Rose and Maloney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2002
Drop the Dead Donkey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 09, 1990
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