Acting
Donald Tandy
Born 1918-12-20 · Lambeth, London, England, UK
Donald Eric Tandy (20 December 1918 – 9 May 2014) was an English actor who appeared in over a dozen films (usually in minor or uncredited roles) and several dozens of televisions shows during his career. He played potman Tom Clements in EastEnders from 1986 through 1988. Tandy started his career in 1950 in the low-budget film Chance of a Lifetime. He appeared in many television programmes including Man from Interpol, Scotland Yard, You Can't Win, The Avengers, The Saint, Danger Man, Sergeant Cork, Sherlock Holmes, The Troubleshooters, and Colditz. Starting in 1986, he appeared in EastEnders as the Queen Vic potman, Tom Clements. His last appearance was in 1988.
Acting credits
6.4In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
The Wrong Box
1966
7.5Adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
The Winter's Tale
1962
6.8When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
The Informers
1963
7.2Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never". Unfortunately, the society that Michael and Rachel live in is one of religious intolerance. The fact that Michael is Irish Catholic and Rachel is Jewish is a point of conflict for just about everyone in the community.
Hand in Hand
1961
6.7Crossroads to Crime is about the investigations of a police constable (Anthony Oliver) who, working undercover without support from his colleagues, confronts and brings down a gang of vehicle hi-jackers.
Crossroads to Crime
1960
An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.
A Taste of Money
1960
A bomb is placed in a maternity home.
Doomsday at Eleven
1962
6.5The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
Chance of a Lifetime
1950
After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
Farewell Performance
1963
5.3Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.
The Silent Playground
1963
NRThis is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as a vulnerable target by an insurance salesman who suggests precautions, including buying insurance. Will the works be done in time and sufficient to stop the robbers?
The Stable Door
1966
NRA young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Playback
1962