20 Doctor Who Actors Who Have Been In Star Wars (& 2 Who Will Be)
17. Leslie Schofield
Like Ayesha Dharker, Schofield is no stranger to British soap opera acting, having starred in EastEnders. Amazingly, he chalked up a Doctor Who role and his Star Wars appearance in the same year, 1977. For Doctor Who, he played Calib in the Fourth Doctor story The Face of Evil, a tale that introduced popular companion Leela. In Star Wars, meanwhile, Schofield portrayed Death Star worker Chief Bast. But Schofield was no newcomer to Doctor Who. He had already been in The War Games, the final story for Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor, where he played Leroy, a Revolutionary War soldier.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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