Don Fellows
Born: 1922-12-22 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: 2007-10-21
Known For: Acting
Biography
Don Fellows was an American actor known for his roles in British theater and television. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Fellows served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a member of the Actors Studio. He moved to London in 1973 to further his stage career. Fellows' TV appearances included Space: 1999, Z Cars, Lillie, The Sandbaggers, The Citadel, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Bill and Inspector Morse. His film appearances included The Naked Civil Servant, Spy Story, The Omen, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Eye of the Needle and Velvet Goldmine. He featured alongside fellow American expatriate actor Ed Bishop in the radio series The BBC Presents: Philip Marlowe. Throughout his life, Fellows suffered from a stutter, which he was able to suppress while acting. He died in 2007, at the age of 84.
Filmography
2013
- Malice: 1999 as Broadcaster
2006
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as General
2000
- The Man Who Cried as Joe
1998
- Velvet Goldmine as Lou
- Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt as Bill Clinton
- Horseshoe as Voice
1990
- Jeeves and Wooster as Stoker
- The Chief as Gen. Harald Finer
1989
- The Nightwatch as Paul Arland
1988
- Intrigue as O'Brian
1987
- Inspector Morse as Lyman Stansky
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Levon Hornsby
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Ralph Wiggins
- The Beiderbecke Tapes as Leo
- Breakthrough at Reykjavik as Edward Rowny
- The Trial of Klaus Barbie as Thomas
1986
- Maggie as Ralph Booker
- First Among Equals as American Diplomat
- The Last Days of Patton as Lt.Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
1985
- Monsignor Quixote as Professor Pilbeam
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as General Trent Tucker
- Reunion at Fairborough as Duffy
1984
- The Bill
- Electric Dreams as Mr. Ryley
1982
- American Playhouse as Army Chief
- Who Dares Wins as Ambassador Franklin
- Inside the Third Reich as American Major
- Enigma
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as Col. Musgrove
- Eye of the Needle as American Colonel
1980
- Superman II as General
- The Gentle Touch
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Renshaw
- Ike as Gen. Carl Spaatz
- Ike as Gen. Carl Spaatz
- One Fine Day as Arnold
- The London Connection as General
- Licensed to Love and Kill as Vice President
1978
- The Sandbaggers as Al Briscoe
- The Billion Dollar Bubble as Radio Voice (voice)
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Hugh
- Valentino as George Melford
- Raffles
- Twilight's Last Gleaming as Gen. Stonesifer
- Don't Forget to Write! as Sandy
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Board Member
- The Ambassadors as Waymarsh
- Exiles as Hugh
1976
- The Omen as Thorn's Second Aide
- Death Play as Arthur
- Spy Story as Colonel Schlegel
1975
- Space: 1999 as GTV Newscaster
- The Naked Civil Servant as 1st GI
- Inside Out as U.S. Colonel
- The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity as Jim Forbes
- Article Five as Jack
1974
- Happy Ever After
- Dial M for Murder as John Hammill
- The Spikes Gang as Cowboy
- Mousey as Foreman
1972
- Trick Baby as Phillips
1971
- Great Performances as Professor Pilbeam
1968
- Pretty Poison as Detective
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Board member
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Waymarsh
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Lanier
- Studio One as Turney