Editing Tony Anholt

{{Short description|British actor (1941–2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name   = Anthony Anholt
| image        = Tony Anholt.jpg
| caption      = Anholt in ''[[The Protectors]]''
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|1|19}}
| birth_place  = [[Singapore]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|7|26|1941|1|19}}
| death_place  = [[London]], England
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1965–2002
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Sheila Willet|1964|1986|end = divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Tracey Childs]]|1990|1998|end = divorced}}
}}
| children     = [[Christien Anholt]]
}}

'''Anthony Anholt''' (19 January 1941 – 26 July 2002), was a British television actor, known for several television roles over several decades. he is perhaps best known as Charles Frere in the BBC drama series ''[[Howards' Way]]'' (1985–90).

==Early life==
Anholt was born 19 January 1941<ref name=guardian /> in [[Singapore]] to an Anglo-Dutch family. They moved to Australia before the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]], then to [[South Africa]] for a brief time, eventually settling in the United Kingdom, where Anholt was educated at [[Cranleigh School]] in south [[Surrey]]. His father had been taken prisoner by the Japanese, was forced to work on the [[Burma Railway]], and died when his son was three. His mother remarried five years later.<ref name=independent/><ref name=guardian/>

==Career==
Anholt was originally a continuity announcer for the [[BBC World Service]].<ref name=guardian/>

He was a regular in two series produced by [[Gerry Anderson]] - ''[[The Protectors]]'' (1972–74) as Paul Buchet and ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (1976–77) playing the role of Security Chief [[Tony Verdeschi]] in the second series.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1402981/Tony-Anholt.html|title=Tony Anholt obiturary|date=30 July 2002|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=13 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/aug/01/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Tony Anholt|first=Dennis|last=Barker|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 August 2002|accessdate=13 August 2012}}</ref>

In 1974 he was cast as Mark Colebrook, a crooked architect in ''[[The Sweeney#Series 1 (1975)|Contact Breaker]]'' the 12th episode of the first series of the police drama, ''[[The Sweeney]].''<ref>{{Citation|title="The Sweeney" Contact Breaker (TV Episode 1975) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0714426/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|access-date=2021-05-24}}</ref> Anholt appeared in an episode of [[Juliet Bravo]] in 1984 as Martin Lee.

His only credited film role was as an FBI agent in ''[[Fear Is the Key (film)|Fear Is the Key]]'' in 1972; he also made appearances in the 1984 miniseries ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (miniseries)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' and as small-time crook Abdul, in the ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode ''[[To Hull and Back]]''.

His last filmed acting work was for Canadian television productions; he appeared in small roles in several episodes of ''[[Lexx]]'' and also guest-starred in his son Christien's series, ''[[Relic Hunter]]'' as the character of Vincent de Bourdin, Series 1, episode 19 (title "Love Letter", aired 1 May 2000).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0684733/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i183 | title=IMDB, 'Relic Hunter', Season 1 Episode 19, "Love Letter"| website=[[IMDb]]}} </ref>

==Personal life==
Anholt married and divorced twice. His first marriage was to Sheila Willet in 1964; they had a son, [[Christien Anholt|Christien]], who is also an actor. Anholt and Willet divorced in 1986. His second marriage was to actress [[Tracey Childs]], his co-star in ''Howards' Way''. They married in 1990, and divorced eight years later.<ref name=independent/><ref name=guardian/>

==Death== 
Anholt died in London aged 61 on 26 July 2002 after a long illness caused by a brain tumour. <ref name=independent/><ref name=guardian/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1971|| ''[[Kate (TV series)|Kate]]'' || Bruce Rogers ||
|-
|1972|| ''[[The Strauss Family]]'' || Eduard Strauss ||
|-
|1972|| ''[[Fear Is the Key (film)|Fear Is the Key]]'' || FBI Man ||
|-
|1972-1974|| ''[[The Protectors]]'' || Paul Buchet || 42 episodes
|-
|1976|| ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]'' || Johnny Baxter || 1 episode: "A Midsummer Nightmare"
|-
|1976-1977|| ''[[Space: 1999]]'' || Tony Verdeschi || 22 episodes
|-
|1981|| ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (miniseries)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' || Lepidus ||

|-
|1984|| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' || Johnny Petselli || 1 episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#Series 4 (1984)|Windows]]"

|-
|1984|| ''[[Triangle (1981 TV series)|Triangle]]'' || Nick Stevens ||
|-
|1985|| ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' || Abdul || 1 episode: "[[To Hull and Back]]"
|-
|1985-1990|| ''[[Howards' Way]]'' || Charles Frere || 72 episodes
|-
|2000|| ''[[Relic Hunter]]'' || Vincent de Bourdin || 1 episode: "Love Letter"
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0030022}}

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[[Category:Deaths from brain cancer in England]]