Thomas Heathcote (9 September 1917 – 5 January 1986) was a British character actor, a former protégé of Laurence Olivier.

His films included A Night to Remember (1958), Village of the Damned (1960), Billy Budd (1962), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967).

[3] On television he had notable guest roles in Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Z-Cars and The Onedin Line, and several years as farmer Ed Lawton in the teatime soap Crossroads.

[4][5] Heathcote was also a regular actor in BBC radio drama, notably in several series of Paul Temple.

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