William Gaunt

William Charles Anthony Gaunt born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey Yorkshire is an English actor Gaunts father was a lawyer Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University Texas and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing Bath Salisbury and Cheltenham He then spent a year in America and returned to direct productions at Birmingham Coventry and Cheltenham interrupted by a spell in the army After minor roles in 1960s series such as ZCars and The Avengers and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries movies The Sinister Man 1961 and Solo for Sparrow 1962 he gained a role as the superpowered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionagescience fiction series The Champions He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London Between 1983 and 1987 he starred as harassed father Arthur Crabtree in the sitcom No Place Like Home He subsequently made many guest appearances in other series such as Juliet Bravo and in the Doctor Who episode Revelation of the Daleks From 1995 to 1997 Gaunt starred in the sitcom Next of Kin opposite Penelope Keith In 2010 he appeared in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeares Henry IV Part 1 He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III He is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs In December 2011 he was seen in Episode One of the ITV drama Without You In February 2012 Gaunt appeared in Midsomer Murders as Ludo DeQuetteville in the episode The Dark Rider first aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 1 February 2012 This is his second appearance in this series after playing Michael Bannerman in the 2004 episode The Maid in Splendour In May 2015 Gaunt played Judge St John Redmond in six episodes of EastEnders Wikipedia