| Gerald Flood | |
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| Born | Gerald Robert Flood 21 April 1927 Portsmouth, England, UK |
| Died | 12 April 1989 (aged 61) Surrey, England |
Gerald Flood (21 April 1927 - 12 April 1989) was a British actor of stage and television.
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire but lived for most of his life in Farnham, Surrey, where he regularly appeared on stage at the Castle Theatre. He first came to national prominence whist starring alongside Patrick Allen and Sam Kydd in the Morocco-based police series, Crane, which ran from 1963 to 1965 on ITV. In this he played the character Colonel Sharif Mahmoud. Flood also appeared in a number of television and film roles over the years. These included the ITC series The Champions and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), The Rat Catchers, the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who as the voice of the robot companion Kamelion in two serials — The King's Demons and Planet of Fire as well as a brief scene in the regeneration between Peter Davison's to Colin Baker's Doctor. He portrayed Sir Richard Flashman in the BBC's popular 1971 television serial Tom Brown's Schooldays and was also in Bachelor Father. His film credits included Smokescreen (1964), Patton (1970), and Frightmare (1974).
Gerald Flood died from a heart attack aged 61. Toby Flood, the English international rugby union player, is Flood's grandson.