Douglas John Malin[4] (14 February 1928 – 1 January 2021),[5] known professionally as Mark Eden, was an English actor.
Mark Eden was born Douglas John Malin in St Pancras, London, England on 14 February 1928.
His television and film roles include the Doctor Who serial Marco Polo (1964) in which he played Marco Polo, a reporter in Quatermass and the Pit in 1958, Number 100 in The Prisoner in 1967, and Inspector Parker in the TV adaptations of several Lord Peter Wimsey stories in the 1970s.
[7] Eden's time in Coronation Street came to an end in December 1989 after Bradley was killed by a Blackpool tram.
[17] In 1993, Eden married Sue Nicholls, his co-star in Coronation Street and the daughter of Lord Harmar-Nicholls.