Doctor Who Vs. William Hartnell at the Cinema, Part 3

Hill (aged 24) with Dermot Walsh in
The Blue Parrot

William Hartnell's many

cinema roles are shown

regularly on the Talking

Pictures TV channel.

Charter Films' romantic 
comedy Josephine and Men
was released in 1955, whilst
Rank's BAFTA nominated 
thriller Hell Drivers (see 
part 1 here) and Merton

 Park Studio's low-budget 
crime flick The Hypnotist
(known as Scotland Yard
 Dragnet in America) both
opened in July 1957.

In 1953 (a decade before

appearing with Hartnell in An Unearthly Child), Grace Jacqueline

Hill (1929-1993) made her acting debut in Act Films' crime noir,

The Blue Parrot - screened again today. The three black-and-white

features starred a total of six other future Doctor Who cast alumni:

The Hypnotist

• Denis [Joseph] McCarthy (PC) provided the voice of Controller Rinberg in (episode 2 of) The Moonbase

Josephine and Men

• Victor [Jack] Maddern (Henry) was Chief Robson in Fury from the Deep

The Blue Parrot

• Edwin [Ronald] Richfield (Campelli) was Captain Hart in The Sea Devils, and Mestor in The Twin Dilemma
• Victor [Stanley] Lucas (Owen) was Andor in The Face of Evil
• Aileen Lewis (Patron) was an Extra on The Silurians (6)
• Henry Montsash was hairdresser on Dr. Who and the Daleks too