Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000)[1] was a Scottish stage, film and television actor.

He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949).

[2][3] He played Sergeant Roberts, too, in Suspended Alibi.

Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, Take The High Road and many other British television shows.

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