Trevor Baxter

Trevor Baxter was a British actor and playwright who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked on stage and screen for several decades. Born in Lewisham, London, he acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appeared in the West End, traveled to South America to tour Shakespeare with Ralph Richardson, and in 1986 acted at Shakespeare Santa Cruz in A Life in the Theatre, by David Mamet. His television work included Adam Adamant Lives!, Z-Cars and Rumpole of the Bailey, and he was best known as Professor George Litefoot, whom he played in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a 1977 Doctor Who serial, and later in the Jago & Litefoot audio series. Among his films were Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006). He wrote plays including Lies and The Undertaking and adapted Oscar Wilde for the stage. He died in 2017.