Redmond Phillips

Redmond Phillips was a New Zealand actor of theater, television and film who also wrote for radio. Born in Reefton, he began acting at Victoria University of Wellington. He moved to Sydney in the late 1930s, acted with Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre group and wrote scripts for radio performer Jack Davey. In the Second World War he was a staff sergeant in the Australian Army's Entertainment Unit and also wrote for it. In 1948 he relocated to Britain, becoming a character actor on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Nottingham Playhouse and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. From 1957 he acted on television in series including Danger Man, The Saint, Maigret and The Avengers, and in BBC plays. He returned to Sydney in 1968, acted with the Old Tote Theatre Company, stayed busy in television and was a regular on Spyforce as the ruthless Colonel Cato. He died in 1993.