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Stanley Meadows (14 July 1931 – 16 September 2025) was an English actor.

Life and career

Meadows was born in Stepney, London on 14 July 1931, the son of a sweet shop owner in Stepney Green. He won a scholarship to Forest School, in Epping Forest, and eventually graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955. After graduating he worked as a barman, storeman, waiter, and a shipping representative, while also performing in a variety of repertory companies. He worked with Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Harold Pinter, and starred in a number of plays on ITV.

As his career developed further, Meadows made frequent appearances in British films and became something of a stalwart of British television series including Public Eye, Undermind, Randall and Hopkirk and Widows (Eddie Rawlins).

Meadows died on 16 September 2025, at the age of 94.