Dursley McLinden

Born: 1965-05-29

Dursley McLinden was a Manx-born Brirish actor of stage and screen. He appeared in the title role of Tim Diamond in the 1988 film Just Ask for Diamond. His television roles included a 1988 appearance in Doctor Who as Sgt Mike Smith in the story Remembrance of the Daleks and his reprise of the role of Tim Diamond for the 1991 spin-off series The Diamond Brothers. In the theatre, he mostly specialised in musicals such as Follies (Shaftesbury Theatre, 1988), in which he starred in the key role of Young Ben opposite Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, Millicent Martin and Eartha Kitt, and The Phantom of the Opera, in which he played Raol right up until his death from AIDS at the age of thirty in 1995. In 2021, Russell T. Davies wrote the Channel 4 series It's a Sin which was inspired by McLinden.


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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

as Mike Smith
Released: 1988-10-26

London, 1963: The Doctor returns to the place where it all began — alongside his latest...

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Anticasanova

as uncredited
Released: 1985-06-27

Mirko is happily married man in his forties, employed in a record company. His quiet life is...

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Just Ask for Diamond

as Tim Diamond
Released: 1988-09-01

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private...

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Looking for Dursley

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2024-10-28

A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike Smith in the 1988...

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Doctor Who

as Mike
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Mr. Bean

as Shoe Salesman
First aired: 1990-01-01

Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he...

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