Born, 28 March 1924
Died, 31 July 2004

Beginning his career in the 1950s, Robert James was a Scottish character actor. He had a regular role in the 1970s in the popular period drama The Onedin Line. In 1966 he played the significant role of Lesterson, a misguided scientist who wanted to understand Daleks and was prepared to awaken them from hibernation and let them kill to achieve that. Ten years later, in Masque of Mandragora he was the High Priest of Mandragora.