Stuart Organ

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Short description|British actor (1951–2024)}} {{Sources|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Stuart Organ | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Stuart Adrian Organ | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|11|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|15|1951|11|8|df=yes}} | education = [[Cranbrook School, Kent]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1976–2023 | spouse = {{marriage|Julia Kehore|2002}} | website = }} '''Stuart Adrian Organ''' (8 November 1951 – 15 February 2024) was a British actor, best known for his role as teacher Peter Robson on the television series ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/23/grange-hill-actor-stuart-organ-who-played-peter-robson-dies-at-72|title=Grange Hill actor Stuart Organ, who played Peter Robson, dies at 72|website=The Guardian|date=23 February 2024|access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> He appeared as the character for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, across 260 episodes.<ref name = Telegraph>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/02/26/stuart-organ-actor-mr-robson-teacher-grange-hill-obituary/|title = Stuart Organ, actor best known as Mr Robson, headmaster of Grange Hill – obituary|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 26 February 2024|accessdate = 26 February 2024|url-access = subscription}}</ref>

==Career== ===Television and film=== Organ was best known for his portrayal of the character Mr. Robson in the children's television drama ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref name="McGownDocherty2003">{{cite book|last1=McGown|first1=Alistair D.|last2=Docherty|first2=Mark J.|last3=Institute|first3=British Film|title=The hill and beyond: children's television drama : an encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/hillbeyondchildr0000mcgo|url-access=registration|accessdate=30 May 2012|date=30 April 2003|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851708799|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hillbeyondchildr0000mcgo/page/18 18]–}}</ref> Organ portrayed the series' longest-serving teacher, arriving in 1988 as the new head of PE. In 1998 he finally landed the headmaster's job, but left the series in 2003 soon after production of ''Grange Hill'' transferred to [[Liverpool]].<ref name = Telegraph/>

Prior to ''Grange Hill'', Organ appeared as Kevin Cross in the Mersey TV soap opera ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'', and played Bazin in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Dragonfire (Doctor Who)|Dragonfire]]'' in 1987.<ref name = Telegraph/> Thereafter, he appeared in a variety of roles on T.V., including Monk, a flasher who exposed himself to Anna and yet was defended by Miles in ''[[This Life (1996 TV series)|This Life]]''; Richard Thornton, who stalked Acting D.I. Sam Nixon across a double episode special in ''[[The Bill]]'';<ref name = Telegraph/> and later as D.I. Dixon in 2000, Leighton Peters, a top civil servant who was responsible for the downfall of Anthony Calf's regular in a double episode of ''[[Holby City]]'' and as solicitor Steve Morris in series 13, episode 14 of ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]''.

===Theatre=== Latterly, he concentrated on work in the theatre, where his professional acting career had first started in 1976.<ref name = Telegraph/> His roles included Guy Burgess in ''[[An Englishman Abroad]]'' (York Theatre Royal, 2003); Egeus in ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' (Sheffield Crucible, 2004); George in ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 2005);<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/9913/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505160408/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/9913/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Reviews/Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?|last=Redman|first=Mary|work=The Stage|publisher=6 October 2005|accessdate=30 May 2012}}</ref> Robert in ''Blue/Orange'' (Ipswich, 2006); and Serge in ''[['Art']]'' (York Theatre Royal, 2006). He then returned to the Queens Theatre, to play Major Powell in their 2007 play "Corpse".<ref name = Telegraph/>

===Voicework=== His regular voice work included [[Lip sync|lip-synching]] and [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] cartoons and video games, including ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''. Organ was also a familiar voice to London Underground tube passengers, announcing stations, lines, late arrivals and telling users to "[[mind the gap]]".<ref name = Goldbart>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/stuart-organ-dead-grange-hill-long-serving-cast-member-72-mind-the-gap-1235835076/|title=Stuart Organ Dies: Longest-Serving Cast Member In Iconic BBC Kids Show 'Grange Hill' Was 72|website=Deadline|last=Goldbart|first=Max|date=23 February 2024|access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== Stuart Adrian Organ was born in [[Bromley]] on 8 November 1951.<ref name = Telegraph/> He was educated at [[Cranbrook School, Kent|Cranbrook School]].<ref name = Telegraph/> He married Julia Kehore in 2002.<ref name = Telegraph/>

Organ died on 15 February 2024, at the age of 72.<ref name = Telegraph/>

==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan="2"| 1983 | ''[[Those Glory Glory Days]]'' | 1961 Spurs team member | Television film |- | ''By The World Divided'' | Corp. Turner/Sgt. Turner | 4 episodes |- | 1984 | ''All The World's A Stage'' | | |- | 1984–1986, 1988–1989, 1999 | ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' | Kevin Cross | 23 episodes |- | 1985 | ''[[Bulman]]'' | Police sergeant | Series 1 episode 13 |- | 1987 | ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | Bazin | [[Dragonfire (Doctor Who)|Dragonfire episodes 1&3]] |- | 1988–2003 | ''[[Grange Hill]]'' | Mr Robson | 265 episodes |- | 1991 | ''Robin Hood'' | Friar Tuck | Animated film; voice only |- | 1994–1995 | ''[[The Legend of Snow White|Shirayuki-hime no densetsu]]'' | | English version; voice only; 52 episodes |- | 1995 | ''The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie'' | Sandokan | Voice only |- |rowspan="4"| 1996 | ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' | Ken | Series 10 episode 18 |- | ''[[This Life (1996 TV series)|This Life]]'' | Monk | Series 1 episode 10 |- | ''[[Wycliffe (TV series)|Wycliffe]]'' | Eddie Sowden | Series 3 episode 1 |- | ''Fork In The Road'' | | Short film |- |rowspan="2"| 1999 | ''The Waiting Time'' | Major Perry Johnson | Television film |- | ''[[Holby City]]'' | Tom Prewitt | [[Holby City (series 1)#Episodes|Series 1 episode 3]] |- | 2000 | ''Alex and Alexis'' | | Voice only |- | 2003 | ''40'' | Registrar | |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 | ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]'' | Duty Officer Smithson | Series 6 episode 6 |- | ''[[Mile High (TV series)|Mile High]]'' | Major Crockland | Series 2 episode 17 |- | 2004–2005 | ''[[Down to Earth (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth]]'' | Len Parker | 6 episodes |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 | ''[[Judge John Deed]]'' | Jonathan Powell | Series 4 and episode 4 |- | ''Holby City'' | Leighton Peters | [[Holby City (series 7)#Episodes|Series 7 episode 52]] |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Random Quest'' | Bates | Television series |- | ''Rat-Man'' | Capt. Kirk | 1 episode; voice only |- | 2007 | ''[[Maxwell (film)|Maxwell]]'' | Peter Laister | Television film |- |2007–2008 | ''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]'' | Hannah's Dad / Niall | 3 episodes |- | 2008 | ''[[Hairy Scary]]'' | | Voice only |- | 2010 | ''[[Above Suspicion (TV series)|Above Suspicion]]'' | DCI Morgan | Series 2 episode 1 |- | 2012 | ''[[Crime Stories (British TV series)|Crime Stories]]'' | Doug Harper | Series 1 episode 8 |- |rowspan="2"| 2013 | ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' | Aaron Walker | [[List of Law & Order: UK episodes#Series 7|Series 7 episode 6]] |- | ''[[Lucan (British TV series)|Lucan]]'' | Judge | |- | 2016 | ''Marina and Adrienne'' | Skipper | Short film |- | 2020 | ''[[Bridgerton]]'' | Doctor | Series 1 episode 4 |- | 2023 | ''The Gnomes Great Adventure'' | David | Voice only |- |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0649775}}

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