of the Doctor ultimately went to Tom Baker. Crowden subsequently appeared in The Horns of Nimon (1979–80) as a villain opposite Baker. A regular role was in the BBC comedy-drama A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–88) as the alcoholic Dr Jock McCannon. In 1990, he appeared as a lecherous peer in the BBC comedy Don't Wait Up and in 1991 he played a modest role in the Rumpole of the Bailey episode "Rumpole and the Quacks", playing Sir Hector MacAuliffe, the head of a medical inquest into the potential sexual misconduct on the part of Ghulam Rahmat (played by Saeed Jaffrey). In 1990, he landed the role of Tom Ballard in the sitcom Waiting for God, opposite Stephanie Cole's character Diana Trent, as the two rebellious retirement home residents. The show ran for five years and was a major success. In 1994, Crowden played the part of Professor Pollux in the BBC TV adaptation of the John Hadfield novel Love on a Branch Line. Crowden then voiced the role of Mustrum Ridcully in the 1997 animated Cosgrove Hall production of Terry Pratchett's Soul Music. In 2001, he guest-starred in the Midsomer Murders episode "Ring Out Your Dead" and also played The Marquis of Auld Reekie in The Way We Live Now. Between 2001 and 2002, he played a role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series The Leopard in Autumn. In 2003, he made a cameo appearance as a sadistic naval school teacher in The Lost Prince. In 2005–08, he starred in the BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy Nebulous as Sir Ronald Rolands. In 2008, he appeared as a guest star in Foyle's War. For many years towards the end of his life, he lived in Mill Hill, London NW7. Death Crowden died on 19 October 2010 in Edinburgh after a short illness. Crowden was survived by his wife, Phyllida Hewat, whom he married in 1952, a son and three daughters, one of whom, Sarah Crowden, followed him into acting. Filmography Television roles Film roles References Michael Palin, Halfway to Hollywood, p. 162 External links Obituary in The Independent 1922 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors British Army personnel of World War II Male actors from Edinburgh People educated at Clifton Hall School People educated at Edinburgh Academy Royal Scots soldiers Scottish male film actors Scottish male radio actors Scottish male television actors