It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that British actor John Carson has passed away at the age of 89 years old in Cape Town, South Africa, on 5th November 2016.

Carson made a name for himself in such films at Seven Keys, Smokescreen, Master Spy, The Night Caller, The Plague of the Zombies, The Man Who Haunted Himself, Taste the Blood of Dracula, and Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter.

Television also got to see the best of Carson with roles in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, The Saint, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Baron, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions, Department S, Emergency – Ward 10, Ivanhoe, William Tell, Armchair Theatre, Maigret, Out of the Unknown, Emma (as Mr. Knightley), Dixon of Dock Green, Crown Court, The New Avengers, Telford’s Change, Secret Army, The Professionals, Tales of the Unexpected, Hammer House of Horror, Doctor Who, Shaka Zulu and Poirot.