Carl Forgione
Acting • Born 1944-05-03 – Died 1998-09-10
Biography
Carl Forgione (3 May 1944 – 10 September 1998) was a British actor, best known for his television appearances. He appeared in two Doctor Who serials - Planet of the Spiders in 1974 and Ghost Light in 1989. Other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Jesus of Nazareth, Blake's 7, Star Cops, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm and The House of Eliott. Born of Italian immigrant grandparents, Forgione grew up in the Rhondda Valley. A founder member of Bare Boards Theatre Company, he was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 while performing in The Country Girl in Greenwich. He fought the illness for the next three years, which would claim him.
Filmography
20 credits
The Moonstone
Movie • 1996
Spy
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Movie • 1989
Nimrod
Henry V
Movie • 1979
Rambures
Big Zapper
Movie • 1973
Kono's Henchman
As You Like It
Movie • 1978
Duke Senior's Lord
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Movie • 1973
1st Man
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Movie • 1974
Land
Martin Luther, Heretic
Movie • 1983
Medieval Player
The Borgias
TV • 1981
Giorgio
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Land
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Plotinus
South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Senior Customs Officer
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Grovane
The New Statesman
TV • 1985
Angelo
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
TV • 1994
David Harrison
The House of Eliott
TV • 1991
Simon Parker
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Second Guardia
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Waiter
Star Cops
TV • 1987
Tour Guide
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Christopher