British actor turned television production manager John Fabian died in England on April 11, 2012. He was 84. Fabian was born in Wolverhampton, England, on May 19, 1927. He became involved in theater and began his career on stage in the late 1940s at Birmingham Rep. He was also featured in the films “Trottie True” (1949), “The Spider and the Fly” (1949), “Appointment In London” (1953), “Passing Stranger” (1954), “The Night My Number Came Up” (1955), “The Cockleshell Heroes” (1955), “A Town Like Alice” (1956), and “A Question of Adultry” (1958). He appeared in small roles in the science fiction & horror films “Enemy From Space” (aka “Quatermass II”) (1957), “The Haunted Strangler” (1958), and “First Man Into Space” (1959). He was also seen on television productions of “The Boy With a Cart” (1951), “To Live In Peace” (1951), “Henry V” (1951), “The Barretts ofWimpole Street” (1951), “The Life and Death of King John” (1952), and “Cinderella” (1958). His other television credits include episodes of “The Count of Monte Cristo”, “Assignment Foriegn Legion”, “White Hunter”, “Ivanhoe”, and “The Vise”. Fabian moved behind the camaras, where he directed episodes of “Panorama”, “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook”, “Z-Cars”, “Compact”, and “The Newcomers”. He became an assistant producer on the drama program “The Onedin Line” and was a production manager or associate producer on the series “Warship”, “The Bucceneer”, “Secret Army”, Juliet Bravo”, “Angels”, “Morgan’s Boy”, “Trainer”, and “Howards’ Way”. He also worked on Dutch films, directing action sequences. He retired from the BBC in 1987.
British actor turned television production manager John Fabian died in England on April 11, 2012. He was 84. Fabian was born in Wolverhampton, England, on May 19, 1927. He became involved in theater and began his career on stage in the late 1940s at Birmingham Rep. He was also featured in the films “Trottie True” (1949), “The Spider and the Fly” (1949), “Appointment In London” (1953), “Passing Stranger” (1954), “The Night My Number Came Up” (1955), “The Cockleshell Heroes” (1955), “A Town Like Alice” (1956), and “A Question of Adultry” (1958). He appeared in small roles in the science fiction & horror films “Enemy From Space” (aka “Quatermass II”) (1957), “The Haunted Strangler” (1958), and “First Man Into Space” (1959). He was also seen on television productions of “The Boy With a Cart” (1951), “To Live In Peace” (1951), “Henry V” (1951), “The Barretts ofWimpole Street” (1951), “The Life and Death of King John” (1952), and “Cinderella” (1958). His other television credits include episodes of “The Count of Monte Cristo”, “Assignment Foriegn Legion”, “White Hunter”, “Ivanhoe”, and “The Vise”. Fabian moved behind the camaras, where he directed episodes of “Panorama”, “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook”, “Z-Cars”, “Compact”, and “The Newcomers”. He became an assistant producer on the drama program “The Onedin Line” and was a production manager or associate producer on the series “Warship”, “The Bucceneer”, “Secret Army”, Juliet Bravo”, “Angels”, “Morgan’s Boy”, “Trainer”, and “Howards’ Way”. He also worked on Dutch films, directing action sequences. He retired from the BBC in 1987.
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