The actor who helped shape children’s lives as Mr Robson in the iconic Grange Hill has died aged 72.
Stuart Organ was famous for his stint as Peter Robson in the legendary children’s TV drama. He played the PE and geography teacher who later became the headteacher in the series about a London school and was longest-serving member of staff.
Organ also had roles in other popular shows. He played Kevin Cross in Brookside and appeared in Doctor Who with Sylvester McCoy. He also featured in medical dramas Casualty and Holby City and films like Those Glory Glory Days, Present Spirits and Fork In The Road.
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Tributes have poured in for the TV star following the news of his shock death on Friday (February 23). One fan said: “Can’t believe it, that fella helped shape my childhood. Legend.” His acting career began at Leeds Playhouse in 1975 with a performance in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead.
He also performed in Sweeney Todd at Queens Theatre Hornchurch. Grange Hill which ran from 1978 to 2008, also helped launch the careers of many actors, including of Birds of a Feather star Lee MacDonald and EastEnders legend Todd Carty. Prior to Grange Hill, Organ appeared as Kevin Cross in Brookside, and played Bazin in the Doctor Who story Dragonfire in 1987.
Since then, he has appeared in a variety of roles on TV in the likes of Holby City, The Bill, This Life. He was more recently concentrating on work in the theatre. His roles have included Guy Burgess in An Englishman Abroad, Egeus inThe Comedy of Errors, George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Robert in Blue/Orange and Serge in Art.
He returned to the Queens Theatre, to play Major Powell in their 2007 play Corpse. His regular voice work included lip-synching and dubbing cartoons and video games, including Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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