Born: 22 August 1921
Died: 5 April 2007

Robert Marsden was pimarily an actor on stage and radio. He was also a director, dramatic recitalist and teacher of drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was also one of the earliest (and latest surviving) wartime members of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company, formed to meet the circumstances of World War II.

His contribution to Doctor Who was as Abraham Lincoln, one of the historical characters who featured in The Chase.