{{Short description|British actor (1946–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} <!-- Do not use the "prod blp/dated" template directly; the above line is generated by "subst:prod blp|reason" --> '''Brian Douglas Fielder''' (6 June 1946 – 26 June 2019) known professionally as '''Douglas Fielding''' was a British actor of film and television, best known for playing the role of Sergeant Alec Quilley, previously Police Constable, in the police procedural drama ''Z-Cars'' (1969–1978). He later played the first regular policeman Roy Quick in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1985 until 1986.<ref>{{cite book|title=Behind the Laughter|author=Sherrie Hewson|publisher=HarperCollins|date=4 March 2011|isbn=978-0007416257|author-link=Sherrie Hewson}}</ref>
== Career == Fielding completed a three-year acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1965 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=Douglas Fielding|url=https://www.reflectionstalentagency.co.uk/douglas-fielding|publisher=Reflections Talent Agency|date=2012}}</ref>
He made his television debut in 1968 playing Young Hodge in an episode of ''Mystery and Imagination''. He also appeared in other successful television shows including ''Softly, Softly'', ''Callan'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Angels'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''The Bill'', ''ChuckleVision'', ''Family Affairs'', and ''Doctors''. In 2000 he returned to ''EastEnders'' playing a private investigator called Will.
Fielding appeared opposite Clive Owen in the video game ''Privateer 2: The Darkening'' (1996) and his film credits include the drama ''Holding On'' (<!-- NOT Holding On (TV series). -->1997) and the drama ''Hooligan Legacy'' (2016).
In 2018, it was announced that Fielding would guest star in Series 21 of ''Silent Witness''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/silentwitness21/emilia|title=BBC - Interview with Emilia Fox - Media Centre|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
He was the nephew of the sports administrator Dame Marea Hartman.
Fielding died on 26 June 2019, aged 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-douglas-fielding-dead-eastenders-17260553|title=EastEnders and Z Cars star Douglas Fielding dies at 73|first=Vicki|last=Newman|date=26 June 2019|website=Mirror.co.uk|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0276128}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fielding, Douglas}} Category:1946 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Male actors from London Category:English male film actors Category:English male soap opera actors Category:English male video game actors Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art