Lyndam Gregory(1955-2014)

Born 1955 Lyndam moved with his parents and brother Eric from his native India to England in the early 1960s. On leaving school he worked in a bank but had acting aspirations and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His first stage role was in 'The Blue Monster' directed by Nick Barter, later head of RADA. In 1984 he married Christine, whom he had met at a church club in Harrow, and they had a daughter Dominique. On television he appeared in numerous popular shows including roles in 'East Enders' and 'Coronation Street' though will probably be best remembered for the medical sitcom 'Surgical Spirit' which ran from 1989 to 1992, as one of the doctors on the receiving end of the sharp tongue of Nicola McAuliffe's Sheila Sabatini.