Talfryn Thomas was a British character actor, best known for supporting roles on British

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 television in the 1970s.

Biography

Talfryn Thomas was born in Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

 on 31 October 1922.

He excelled at playing quirky and sometimes seedy Welshmen. His distinctive appearance was enhanced by his protruding front teeth, which earned him the nickname 'Talf The Teef'. Thomas was a regular on Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd

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's BBC radio comedy show and The Ken Dodd Laughter Show, with Rita Webb

Rita Webb

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 and Pat Ashton; but he is probably best remembered (and most criticized) for his role as Private Cheeseman, a member of the Home Guard in later episodes of Dad's Army

Dad's Army

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. In 1975 he featured in several episodes of the first series of the cult BBC TV series Survivors

Survivors

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as Tom Price. He also appeared with Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

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 in the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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serials Spearhead from Space

Spearhead from Space

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, The Green Death

The Green Death

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and with Roger Moore

Roger Moore

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 in The Saint

The Saint

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.

Thomas died from a heart attack on November 4, 1982, four days after his 60th birthday.

Selected television roles

Year	Title	Role
1968	The Saint The Saint - Fiction :* Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations:** The Saint , starring Louis Hayward , George Sanders and Hugh Sinclair...	Owen Thomas
1973	Seven of One Seven of One Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half...	Mr Pugh
1973 to 1974	Dad's Army Dad's Army Dad's Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. The series ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio series, a feature film and a stage show...	Private Cheeseman
1975	Survivors Survivors Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977...	Tom Price
1979	The Ken Dodd Laughter Show	Various
1981	The Incredible Mr Tanner	Cledwyn
1982	Hi-de-Hi! Hi-de-Hi! Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom that aired on the BBC from 1980-1988. It was set in a holiday camp during the 1950s and 1960s and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had written Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. The title was the phrase used to greet the campers and in early episodes...	Gareth Davies

External links

• Article about Talfryn Thomas