Dursley McLinden

Dursley McLinden

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.

  • Title: Dursley McLinden
  • Popularity: 0.635
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1965-05-29
  • Place of Birth: Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
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Dursley McLinden Movies

  • 1988
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    Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

    9.3 1988 HD

    London, 1963: The Doctor returns to the place where it all began — alongside his latest companion, Ace, with unfinished business. Not for the...

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  • 1988
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    Just Ask for Diamond

    Just Ask for Diamond

    4.3 1988 HD

    Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in...

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  • 1985
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    Anticasanova

    Anticasanova

    5.7 1985 HD

    Mirko is happily married man in his forties, employed in a record company. His quiet life is interrupted when a pretty young woman moves into an...

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  • 2024
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    Looking for Dursley

    Looking for Dursley

    1 2024 HD

    A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike Smith in the 1988 Doctor Who serial Remembrance of the Daleks), who sadly...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.864 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1990
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    Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean

    8 1990 HD

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

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