Roger Tonge
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| Roger Tonge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roger Tonge 30 January 1946 |
| Died | February 26, 1981 (aged 35) |
| Occupation | Television actor |
Roger Tonge (30 January 1946 - 26 February 1981) was a British actor.
Roger was working as a Post Office clerk when he took on the role of Sandy Richardson in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads, a role he would play for 17 years.
During Roger's tenure in the series, his character Sandy became a wheelchair user after a car crash, and in a case of life imitating art, Roger became one too through his illness. Roger became the first disabled actor in a soap; however, it was something he always played down and his illness was never talked about.
He was 35 when he died and had been suffering from Hodgkin's disease since 1975.
Roger's other TV roles included Z-Cars and Nearest and Dearest.
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