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Terry Scully
Scully in the Public Eye episode "Twenty Pounds of Heart and Muscle"
Born
Terence Scully

(1932-05-13)13 May 1932
Leigh, Lancashire, England
Died17 April 2001(2001-04-17) (aged 68)
Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Occupationactor

Terry Scully (13 May 1932 – 17 April 2001) was a British theatre and television actor.[1][2]

Early life

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Leaving school at 14, Scully became an odd-job boy in a local engineering works. Having vague ideas of becoming a concert pianist, he studied playing the piano in his spare time but after passing his ARCM exam at 16, he gave up piano lessons.[3] For four years, he worked as a bus conductor[4] on the Manchester to Liverpool route.[5]

Scully was invited to an audition with the Leigh Company Players after a member was impressed with his reading of a speech from Macbeth. He ended up playing leads with the company before going for an audition at Bristol Old Vic Drama School. So impressed with him, they persuaded Lancashire County Council to give Scully a grant to enable him to study. This was followed by performing with companies in Nottingham and Birmingham.[6]

Career

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After making his name in the theatre, from the 1960s onwards he became more known for TV work. In 1960 he starred in the BBC's production of An Age of Kings, playing King Henry VI in several episodes.[7]

Other notable roles for Scully were as Horatio Nelson in the 1968 television series, Triton, and as Bicket in the BBC's 1967 blockbuster adaptation of The Forsyte Saga.[8] He also appeared in Goodbye Gemini, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, Callan, Public Eye, The Venturers, and Angels.[8][9]

Like many actors of his generation, he is now probably best remembered for his roles in cult TV series, due to their enduring appeal - even though they were no more notable, at the time, than his many other TV roles. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Death, the Blake's 7 episode "Dawn of the Gods" and starred as Vic Thatcher in four episodes of the 1970s series Survivors.[10][11][12] During his time on that series, Scully suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, his role was filled by actor Hugh Walters in subsequent episodes.[13]

In 2001, Scully died of a stroke, aged 68.

References

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  1. ^ "Terry Scully - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. ^ "Terry Scully - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "A likely lad gets out of the rut". Manchester Evening News. 18 September 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  4. ^ "The Ex-Bus Conductor Storms the West End". Evening Standard. 11 May 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ^ "No time for films, says stage star". Liverpool Daily Post (Merseyside). 1 May 1962. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Bus Conductor to Leading Actor". The Bolton News. 10 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  7. ^ "An Age of Kings Part 14 The Dangerous Brother (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Terry Scully". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Terry Scully". www.aveleyman.com.
  10. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Seeds of Death - Details". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Dawn of the Gods (1980)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  12. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Survivors (1975-77) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  13. ^ "TV SHOWS Su to Sy - TVH". www.televisionheaven.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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