10 Star Wars Actors You Never Knew Were In Doctor Who

5. Graham Ashley

In the 1950's Graham Ashley began his long career as an actor. He was a main character on Dixon of Dock Green and The Young Detectives during the late 1950s through to the early 1960s, with one off spots in many other shows until his film career really picked up in the 1970s. Performing in seven films that decade, including Adventures of a Taxi Driver and The Black Panther, plus numerous roles in classic television shows such as Steptoe And Son, Play For Today, and Z Cars. He is most well known for playing the ill fated Gold Five in Star Wars: A New Hope, shot down by Darth Vader in a trench on the Death Star. The character, while not having much screen time, became a favorite of the fans, even enjoying a nice back story due to the expanded universe. Graham also portrayed the Atlantean Overseer in the Patrick Troughton Doctor Who serial, The Underwater Menace. It may have been a relatively small role, but it was a memorable one.
 
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