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

The Wrong Box poster
6.4

In 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

The Winter's Tale poster
7.5

Adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

The Winter's Tale

1962

The Informers poster
6.8

When 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

Hand in Hand poster
7.2

Seven-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

Crossroads to Crime poster
6.7

Crossroads 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

No artwork available
8.0

An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.

A Taste of Money

1960

No artwork available
9.0

A bomb is placed in a maternity home.

Doomsday at Eleven

1962

Chance of a Lifetime poster
6.5

The 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

No artwork available
10.0

After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.

Farewell Performance

1963

The Silent Playground poster
5.3

Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.

The Silent Playground

1963

The Stable Door poster
NR

This 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

Playback poster
NR

A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

Playback

1962