He wasn't. They found a simmilar actor to play his role...
The Five Doctors was created in 1983.
Meticare was first introduced into canda by the greatest Canadian Tommy Doudlas in 1983.
England, in 1975, 1979 and 1983.
The Five Doctors happened on 1983-11-23.
The Young Doctors ended on 1983-03-30.
The first portable computer was released in 1975 by IBM but the first portable computer using the term "laptop" was released in 1983.
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-11-11 was released on: USA: 11 November 1983
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-01-03 was released on: USA: 3 January 1983
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-01-20 was released on: USA: 20 January 1983
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-08-08 was released on: USA: 8 August 1983
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-10-31 was released on: USA: 31 October 1983
Wheel of Fortune - 1975 1983-08-05 was released on: USA: 5 August 1983