Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby (2 January 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an English actor, most notable for playing police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series Softly, Softly: Task Force (1967).
Other credts include Dixon of Dock Green (1964-1967), Get Carter (1971), Watership Down (1978), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982), The Beiderbecke Connection (1985), Crossroads, Kings Oak (1987-1988), Boon (1991), Lovejoy (1994), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Born to Run (1997), Elizabeth (1998), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Colour Me Kubrick (2006), and Flick (2008).
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Early life
Terence Rigby was born in Erdington, Birmingham, and was educated at St Philip's School. He was trained at RADA and had his national service in the Royal Air Force.
Career
His film roles included Get Carter (1971), Watership Down (1978), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Elizabeth (1998), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Colour Me Kubrick (2006).
His notable television roles included Dixon of Dock Green (1964-1967), Softly, Softly: Task Force (1967); Z-Cars (1968), The First Lady (1969), Callan(1969), The Saint (1966-1968), Public Eye (1968 & 1971), Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Airline (1982), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983), Boon (1991), Lovejoy (1994), Our Friends in the North (1996), Born to Run (1997), Holby City (1999 & 2003), Midsomer Murders (1999), Crossroads, Kings Oak (1987-1988), (playing the part of motel boss, Tommy Lancaster), The Beiderbecke Affair and The Beiderbecke Connection (1985). He was also Dr Watson to Tom Baker's Sherlock Holmes in a BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982).
