Career Highlights: Only When I Larf, Doctor Who: Colony in Space, Episode 6, Doctor Who: Colony in Space, Episode 5
First Major Screen Credit: Only When I Larf (1968)
Biography
British leading and supporting actor Nicholas Pennell found success on stage, screen, and television. As with many British actors, he started out on stage. The Hammer horror film Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1965) was Pennell's film debut. His most notable television role was that of Michael Mont in The Forsythe Saga. Pennell regularly performed at the Stratford Festival after the early '70s. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Nicholas Pennell (born 19 November 1938 in Brixham, Devon, England - 22 February 1995) was an English actor who appeared frequently on film and television in the 1960s.
He moved to Brunner, Ontario, Canada and appeared in many Shakespearian productions with the Stratford Acting Company and toured with a one-man show entitled A Variable Passion. He died of cancer aged 56.