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Donald Harley McKillop (15 February 1928 – 19 December 2005) was an English actor.

Early life

McKillop moved with his family to Ashton-under-Lyne when he was three. He studied at the grammar school there, where one of his classmates was fellow actor Ronald Fraser.

Career

After spending four years in repertory, McKillop went on to train at RADA.

Notable roles include Bert the Landlord in the Doctor Who fifth and final serial of the eighth season, The Dæmons in 1971, Jack in The Likely Lads, Bill in Rosie and as Sgt. McKechnie in the first series of the Scottish TV production Sutherland's Law, opposite Maev Alexander. He appeared in five episodes of Dr. Finlay's Casebook between 1964 and 1970. He also appeared in notable films such as The Breaking of Bumbo (1970), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Walter (1982).

Other work

During the late 1950s and 70s, between acting work, McKillop worked as a metalwork teacher, firstly in the late 1950s at Manvers Bilateral School in Nottingham and then at Sir Roger Manwood's School in Kent in the 1970s.

Don McKillop at Theatricalia

Don McKillop at British Film Institute

Don McKillop's Australian theatre credits at AusStage