Lewis Fiander
Born	Lewis Ernest Fiander (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
Died	24 May 2016(2016-05-24) (aged 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actor

Lewis Ernest Fiander (12 January 1938 – 24 May 2016) was an Australian film, stage, and television actor.

Fiander was born inMelbourne to Mona Jane (née King) and Walter Lewis Fiander, and educated atTrinity Grammar School, Kew.^[1]

He began his stage career as a schoolboy with the Australian National Theatre Movement in Melbourne.^[2]

Fiander became a successful radio actor in Sydney and appeared in the first Australian television play,The Sub-Editor’s Room for ABC TV.^[3]

Moving to the UK from his native Australia, initially to appear in the playThe One Day of the Year, Fiander appeared in such films asI Start Counting (1970),Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971),Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972),The Abdication (1974),Who Can Kill a Child? (1976),Not Now, Comrade (1976),Sweeney 2 (1978),The Doctor and the Devils (1985),Georgia (1988) andPaperback Romance (1994). His first major role on television wasMr. Darcy in the BBC's first colour adaptation ofPride and Prejudice (1967).^[4]

In 1970, Fiander originated the role of John Adams in the London stage production of1776, a role he reprised in Australia.^{[citation needed]} Other stage appearances in West End musicals included the roles of Lord Melbourne and Disraeli inI and Albert,Noël Coward inNoel and Gertie and Puccini inCafe Puccini.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1970s, he was cast as Professor Tryst in theDoctor Who episode "Nightmare of Eden" and after discussion with his friendTom Baker chose to give the character a hybrid accent as would befit an alien in the future.^{[citation needed]} In 1974, he appeared asCasimir Dudevant playing oppositeRosemary Harris in the BBC seriesNotorious Woman and performed the role ofThomas Becket on a cast-album of the musicalThomas and The King.^{[citation needed]}

On radio, he played the eponymous lead role in the comedy seriesPatterson.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to Australia in the early 1980s and continued his acting career.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 he contributed the voice for airship engineer Kemp in Anthony Lucas's Oscar nominated animation,The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello.^{[citation needed]}

Lewis Fiander's last known film appearance was in the Don Percy short filmTwo Moments in Time. Fiander's scenes were shot in late September 2015. The film was completed in 2017, and premiered at theSt Kilda Film Festival in 2018.^[5]

Fiander died on 24 May 2016, following a stroke.^[6]

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