Douglas Simmonds
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Douglas Simmonds waa British
child actor
who played the part of Doughnut in the UK television
show Here Come the Double Deckers
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Douglas left acting to work in science and medicine, training as a medical student before becoming a theoretical physicist and researcher. After working for several years for the Department of Health as an expert in Medical Computing he retired and concentrated on cultivating his garden.
On the 15th March 2011 Douglas suffered a fatal heart attack.
United Kingdom
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child actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who played the part of Doughnut in the UK television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
show Here Come the Double Deckers
Here Come the Double Deckers
Here Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970-71 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused works yard.-The show:...
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Douglas left acting to work in science and medicine, training as a medical student before becoming a theoretical physicist and researcher. After working for several years for the Department of Health as an expert in Medical Computing he retired and concentrated on cultivating his garden.
On the 15th March 2011 Douglas suffered a fatal heart attack.