Frank Middlemass

Frank Middlemass served in the British Army during the Second World War and was wounded at Dunkirk. He ended the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Frank Middlemass was a talented portrait painter from a young age.

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A memorial service for Frank Middlemass was held on 11 April 2007 at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden.

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In As Time Goes By (1992), Frank Middlemass played Geoffrey Palmer's father, even though in real life he was only eight years older than him.

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Frank Middlemass shared a house with Geoffrey Toone for more than forty years.

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Frank Middlemass was a member of the original cast of Heartbeat (1992).

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Frank Middlemass had a passion for portraying grumpy or friendly eccentric characters.

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Frank Middlemass began acting in 1949 with a repertory company in Penzance. In later years he appeared on stage at the Old Vic in the West End and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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After being evacuated from Dunkirk during the war, Frank Middlemass was placed at Clifton College in Bristol.

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After his war service, Frank Middlemass spent some time at the Old Vic Theatre in Bristol.

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Frank Middlemass's family was from Stockton.

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Frank Middlemass lived in Sunnyside House, now the Sunnyside Hotel, in Eaglescliffe.

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Frank Middlemass was the youngest child of a Liverpool shipping company executive. He had three sisters, all of whom died before him.

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Frank Middlemass spent four years playing Dan Archer in the long-running radio series The Archers.

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Frank Middlemass has a sister in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Frank Middlemass left Teesside while still under the age of 10.

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Although Frank Middlemass had been on stage since 1948, he was best known for playing Dan Archer for four years in the long-running radio series The Archers.

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Frank Middlemass appeared alongside David Burke in the 1984 Sherlock Holmes story The Blue Carbuncle, and also appeared in Midsomer Murders in the 2005 episode Midsomer Rhapsody.

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Frank Middlemass played Dan Archer in the radio series The Archers.

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Frank Middlemass was cremated at Haven Funeral Services in Northwood Hills. His ashes were buried in an urn at Northwood Cemetery.

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Frank Middlemass had a son, David Middlemass, who is a film production manager.

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Frank Middlemass was especially fond of Shakespeare and of Lear.

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Frank Middlemass was the fourth actor to play Dan Archer in the radio series The Archers.

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Frank Middlemass had appeared in a Bette Davis film, but his part was cut entirely.

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Frank Middlemass made his television debut as a tramp in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green.

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