William Gaunt

William Charles Anthony Gaunt (born 3 April 1937 in Pudsey, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor. He became widely known for television roles such as Richard Barrett in The Champions (1968–1969), Arthur Crabtree in No Place Like Home (1983–87) and Andrew Prentice in Next of Kin (1995–97). He has had many other roles on television and also an extensive stage career as an actor and director, including performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life Gaunt's father was a solicitor. Gaunt attended Giggleswick School and Baylor University, Texas, and then the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then spent three years working in repertory theatre at Worthing, Bath, Salisbury and Cheltenham after which he was in America for another year, later returning to the UK working on productions at Birmingham, Coventry and Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in the army. After minor roles in 1960s series such as Z-Cars and The Avengers, and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries films The Sinister Man (1961) and Solo for Sparrow (1962), he gained a role as the super-powered secret agent Richard Barrett in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction series The Champions. In 1966 he appeared in "Flight Plan", an episode of The Saint, where he played an Osprey pilot. He had also appeared in a recurring role in Sergeant Cork following policemen in Victorian London. Between 1977 and 1978 he appeared in 22 of the 26 episode television series "The Foundation" in the role of Gareth Brown. Later career 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 two-part serial Revelation of the Daleks (1985). 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 Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He starred in the 2004 Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III. He also appeared in the Channel 4 series Cast Offs. In December 2002 he appeared in an episode of Heartbeat. Series 12 episode 11. He played Charles Robertson in an episode titled Sins Of The Fathers.